Paul Walker

                                                       

Paul Walker was an American actor .He was born on September 2, 1973 in Glendale California. Paul Walker appeared in front of the camera at a young age, modeling and acting in television shows such as “Charles in Charge” “Highway to Heaven” and “who’s the Boss”. Paul Walker III a sewer contractor and boxer who was a two time Golden Gloves Champion. Paul’s patemal grandfather had a boxing career as ‘Irish Billy Warker’. Paul’s ancestry was mostly English with some German, Swiss and Irish. One of the grandfather raced factory cars for Ford in the 1960s. The oldest of five sibling Walker was raised primarily in the Sunland Community of Los Angeles and attended high school in the San Fenando Valley, Graduating from Sun Valley’s Village Christain School in 1991. He was raised as a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day Saints. After high school Walker attended several Community Colleges in Southern California majoring in marine biology.

Career:

                      Walker began his small screen career as a toddler, when he starred in a television commercial for pampers. He began modeling at the age of two and began working on television shows in 1985, with roles shows such as “Highway to Heaven”, “who’s the Boss”, “The Young and the Restless” and “Touched by an Angel”. That year he starred in a commercial for ‘Show biz Pizza’ Walker film career began in 1986 with the horror/comedy film “Monster in the Closet”. In 1987 he appeared in the retaliator “Programmed to kill” a low budget action film with Robert Ginty. Paul Walker worked hard and box office successful movie “Tammy and the T-Rex” (1994), “Meet the Deedles” (1998) which finally him fame “Pleasantville” (1998), “Varsity Blues” (1998). This subsequently led to supporting roles into movies “She’s All That” (1999), “BrokeDown Place” (1999) and “The Skulls” (2000).   

                          In 2001 Walker’s breakthrough role arrived when he starred opposite actor Vin Diesel in the successful action film “The Fast and the Furious” the first film in the franchise and Paul play leading role the film is “joy Ride” (2001) Two years later, the franchise was back with its first sequel “2 Fast 2 Furious” (2003) and Walker was again along for the ride. The film’s gross was even larger than the first and a Bona Fide hit series was under way. Walker then appeared action oriented movie “Timeline” (2003) and while also signing on to appear in the ensemble drama “Noel” (2004). And few more action movies “Into the Blue” (2005), “Running Scared” (2006) and the children’s adventure movie “Eight Below” (2006), Walker also showed his range as an actor in the 2006 war drama “Flag of our Fathers” (2006) directed by Clint Eastwood. In 2007 Walker released full action movie “The Death and Life of Bobby z” (2007) this movie is very successful.

                          Walker starred in the independent film “The Lazarus Project” which was released on October 21, 2008. He subsequently returned to the “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, reprising his role in “Fast & Furious” which was released on April 3,2009. Paul then appeared in the crime drama “Taker” (2010) on July 2011 Paul Walker reprising his role in the fifth installment of “The Fast and the Furious” series “Fast Five” (2011) and again in “Fast & Furious 6” (2013) for this film he won the 2014 MTV movie Award as best on screen duo with Vin Diesel. He was part of an ensemble cost in Wayne Kramer’s “Pawn Shop Chronicles” (2013) and very fabulous film “Vehicle 19” (2013)

                          After his death, the Hurricane Katrina based film “Hours” Which he had complete earlier in 2013, was released on December 13,2013. He had also Complete the action film “Brick Mansions” a remark of the French film “District 13”. At the time of his death Walker had been filming “Furious 7” which was released in july 2014. The film was complete by using his brother.

Tragic Death:

                            Paul Walker died in a car accident on November 30, 2013 at the age of 40. Walker was in Santa Clarita California to attend a charity event for reach out Worldwide to benefit victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. He was reportedly in the passenger of a Porsche when his friend who was driving lost control crashing the vehicle into a tree. The car was engulfed in flames and both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Major work:  

                             He is best remembered for his role as Brian o’conner the most protagonist in “The Fast and the Furious” film franchise. He played the role of an undercover cop who must stop semi-truck hijacker from stealing expensive electronic equipment. This was the role that established Paul Walker as an accomplished Hollywood Star.

Award & Achievements:

             

.     He won 2014 MTV movie Award for the best on screen duo, with Vin Diesel

         for the movie “Fast& Furious 6” (2013).

Paul Walker Favorite Things:

Hobbies:

                        Surfing, Martial Arts, Acting, Driving Cars, Birding

Color:

                        Blue, Charcoal

Food:

                   Lasagne, Mexican Food

Music:

                            N/A

Movie:

                     Star war, Raising Arizona

Actor:

                  Jeff Daniels, Tom Hanks

Tv Shows:

                      Discovery Channel, Animal Planet

Sports:

                  Skiing, Martial Arts, Surfing, Snow Boarding

Cars:

                      BMW 74 2002 Touring, Ford Escort Cosworth Porsche Carrera GT

                      R33 Nissan Skyline, JDM

Personal Life:

                               He was once in a relationship with Rebecca Soteros which resulted in the brith of a daughter Meadow Walker. Paul Walker died in a tragic car accident on November 30,2013. The movie “Furious 7” was in the middle of filming at the time of Walker death and was released more than a year after his death.

                Walker was close friends with his “The Fast and the Furious” co-star Tyrese Gibson and Vin Diesel. Diesel became Walker daughter Meadow’s godfather following Walker’s death.

Trivia:

                Paul Walker was the founder of ‘Reach out Worldwide’ (ROWW) an organization for providing relief efforts to regions devastated by natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes.

Paul Walker Filmography

Film Name	Year
Monster in the Closet	1986
Tammy and the T-Rex	1994
Meet the Deedles	1998
Pleasantville	1998
She’s All That	1999
Varsity Blues	1999
The Skulls	2000
The Fast and the Furious	2001
Joy Ride	2001
2 Fast 2 Furious	2003
Timeline	2003
Turbo Charged Prelude	2003
Noel	2004
Into the Blue	2005
Eight Below	2006
Running Scared	2006
Flags of our Fathers	2006
Bottom Up	2006
The Death and Life of Bobby Z	2007
Stories USA	2007
The Lazarus Project	2008
Fast & Furious	2009
Taker	2010
Fast Five	2011
Pawnshop Chronicles	2013
Vehicle 19	2013
Hours	2013
Fast & Furious	2013
Brick Mansions	2014
Furious 7	2015
The Retaliator	2015