LIFE OF PAUL WALKER

Paul William Walker

IV was an American actor. He became famous in 1999 after his role in the hit film Varsity Blues, but later garnered fame as Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious film series. Wikipedia
Born: wednesday September 12, 1973, Glendale, California, United States
Died: November 30, 2013, Valencia, California, United States
Height: 1.88 m
Children: Meadow Walker
Upcoming movie: Fast & Furious 7

The common notion to survive in Hollywood could be: if you are blond, blue-eyed, good looking and doing some acting, you'll be in the clan. These are the stereotypes that Paul Walker has, but not living on. As cute as he's always been, Paul Walker could have easily been Hollywood's gleaming boy. Yet, he seems to refuse the idea that Hollywood lifestyle is the center of his life "Some people say that you should go to the parties, nightclubs, & I look at them & say, 'You don't want to have contacts with those people.' Look at what happened to River Phoenix. If you get caught up in that, it ruins you. Hollywood is garbage." This heartthrob is just getting interesting.

Paul was born September 12, 1973 in Glendale, California and grew up in San Fernando Valley. Starting as early as a baby, Paul was noticed as Pampers commercial star. Knowing that appear on TV was what he wanted, teenage Paul took some guest role appearances in TV series. The first one was

"Highway to Heaven" (1984) where he became a mentally challenged youth for three episodes. Next came "Throb" (1986) as Diana Canova's son for a year before being ...
replaced by Sean De Veritch. Feeling that it was time to move on to bigger screen, Paul starred in a rather insipid movie titled
"Monster in the Closet" (1987).



"Monster in the Closet" For the next nine years, he continued to make brief appearances in various series while dividing his energy for school too. In 1998, he appeared in two movies "Meet the Deedles" and "Pleasantville". The former was a 'thumb-down' but the later was a success. It was such an experience for Paul as he played opposite two rising stars, Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire. He was indeed amid climbing his own way to fame. Featuring in "Varsity Blues" (1999) as a football jock and in "She's All That" (1999) as Freddie Prinze Jr.'s heartless rival provided him a bridge to an even more intense character as seen in "The Skulls" (2000). The movie that was directed by Rob Cohen presented him as a member of mysterious fraternity in a college.

After "The Skulls", time was flying for Paul. Pinned by Cohen again, he got his first adult role as detective Brian O'Conner in

"The Fast and the Furious"
(2001) opposite Vin Diesel. Despite the little expectation of becoming a hit, this movie ...struck the audiences as a stimulating and adrenalin-pumping movie. It was based on an article about Japanese late night racing. The plotline was not so complex and the action worth a praise. The following year the movie received some awards. Paul and Diesel won an MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team while the same awards nominated Paul for Breakthrough Male Performance. Cohen was by that time a top director, Diesel was a potential star and Paul was a runner for leading roles.

Once gaining the fame, Paul was the main actor of some of his next movies. In

"Joy Ride" (2001), he teamed up with Steve Zahn and Leelee Sobieski as three youths trapped in the game of a psychopath. And then tailing its previous movie's success, he was once again Brian O'Conner in "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003). This time without the presence of Diesel, Paul was showered with the spotlight. Subsequently, he was still craving for more adventure, but in a different kind of way. In "Into the Blue" (2005), Jessica Alba and him played a group of divers that were about to hunt for treasures but ended up being hunt instead.
After the role in the ...

latter flick, Paul hadn't scored any big movie again but he became the producer of two of his movies "The Death and Life of Bobby Z" (2006) and "Bottom's Up" (2006). Finally, together with Anthony Hopkins as Ernest Hemingway and Meg Ryan as Mary Hemingway, his career was expected to reach its peak when he appeared in "Papa" (2006). Upon reading the offer he knew right away that he should do it. "It's not about working anymore, its about doing work I can be proud of.......
  

As you have probably heard ‘Fast and Furious’ star Paul Walker has sadly died following a car crash at the age of 40.  While he’s best known for starring in that franchise, Paul had a rich and interesting life off the film-set too


 


                                                                                                                                                                   

After the jump check out 17 things you may not have known about Paul.

1.  His mum Cheryl was a model

2.  His grandfather was a professional boxer called “Irish Billy Walker”.















3.  He was raised as a Mormon.

4.  He went to community college and majored in Marine Biology.

5.  He began modelling at the age of 2 and his first job was in a Pampers commercial. 
      It may be this one.

6.  He began TV work in 1985 and landed roles in ‘Highway To Heaven’ and ‘Touched By An Angel’.

7.  He starred in this 1980′s Coca Cola commercial

8.  He took part in this kids game-show called ‘I’m Telling’ with his sister Ashlie.

9.  He played Alyssa Milano’s love interest in ‘Who’s The Boss?’ (at 4 mins 55).

10.  In 1992 and ’93 he had a recurring role in ‘The Young and the Restless’ as Brandon Collins.

11.  He had a breakthrough role in the 1998 Disney comedy ‘Meet The Deedles’.

12.  He played innocent high-school jock Skip Martin opposite Reese Witherspoon in ‘Pleasantville’.

13.  He had a role in Clint Eastwood’s critical hit ‘Flags of Our Fathers’ alongside Ryan Phillippe and Jamie Bell.

14.  As his first love was marine biology, in 2010 he fulfilled a life-long dream by joining a crew who tagged and studied great white sharks.  It was filmed for the National Geographic channel and aired on TV as ‘Expedition Great White’.

















15.  In 2011 he became the new face of Davidoff ‘Cool Water for Men’.

16.  He was an avid car racer in real life.  Paul competed in the Redline Time Attack racing series and he owned the a Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V-Spec II which featured in ’2 Fast 2 Furious’

17.  He surfed every day that he was at home in Santa Barbara and said “Surfing soothes me, it’s always been a kind of zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I’m on a wave.”

TRIBUTE TO PAUL WALKER.....

Paul is survived by his 15 year old daughter Meadow Rain, who he had with an ex-girfriend called Rebecca.
                                        
                               Paul Walker, we salute you! RIP

                                               Paul Walker (1973-2013)

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