NAME: PAUL WALKER
Date of Birth: September 12, 1973
Date of Death: November 30, 2013
He was born in raised in Glendale, South California, Paul Walker has two brothers, Caleb and Cody, and one sister, Ashlie, and Started his career as a child, doing modeling and acting.
He excelled at sports and picked up a passion for surfing. He has always maintained a sense of freedom and a carefree ideology. His friends nicknamed him "Vagrant" because he never stays in one place for long.
After graduating from Village high school, he attended several community colleges and at first majored in Marine Biology. He considered various career possibilities including marine biology. But with experience in modeling, a number of television guest spots on shows like Who's The Boss?. Different Strokes and The young and the Restless already to his credit, he decided acting was definitely the way to go.
He made his feature film debut in the outrageous Comedy Meet the Deedles (1998), with Steve Van Wormer, A.J. Langer and Dennis Hopper. This campy, silly but surprisingly fun film failed to garner much attention.
Fortunately, his next film, Pleasantville (1998), with Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maquire was a hit with critics and viewers, and landed Walker on the map. From there, popularity continued to rise with strong performances in Brokedown Palace (199), Varsity Blues (199) and She's All That (199).
In 2000, Walker co-starred with Joshua Jackson in The Skulls, and then went on the road to escape a psycho-killer in the thriller Squelch, but it was Fast & Furious (2001) that propelled him to stardom. He also starred in the sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). More recently, he appeared in Furious 6 (2013) and Brick Mansions (2014).
In his spare time, Walker enjoyed surfing, snowboarding, skiing, snorkeling, sailboarding, sailing, shooting, and soccer. He has a daughter, Meadow, with ex-girlfriend.
He died in a crash on Saturday, November 30, 2013 when the Porsche he was a passenger in hit a tree and burst into flames. Both Walker and the driver were pronounced dead at the scene.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Monster in the Closet (1986)
Programmed to Kill (1987)
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
Meet the Deedles (1998)
Pleasantville (1998)
Varsity Blues (1999)
She's All That (1999)
Brokedown Palace (1999)
The Skulls (2000)
Furious (2001)
Joy Ride (2001)
Life Makes Sense If you're Famous (2002)
Furious 2 (2003)
Timeline (2003)
Noel (2004)
Furious (2009)
Into the Blue (2005)
Running Scared (2006)
Eight Below (2006)
Flags of our Fathers (2006)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
The Lazarus Projects (2008)
Takers (2010)
Fast 5 (2011)
Vehicle 19 (2013)
Furious 6 (2013)
Brick Mansions (2014)
Date of Birth: September 12, 1973
Date of Death: November 30, 2013
He was born in raised in Glendale, South California, Paul Walker has two brothers, Caleb and Cody, and one sister, Ashlie, and Started his career as a child, doing modeling and acting.
He excelled at sports and picked up a passion for surfing. He has always maintained a sense of freedom and a carefree ideology. His friends nicknamed him "Vagrant" because he never stays in one place for long.
After graduating from Village high school, he attended several community colleges and at first majored in Marine Biology. He considered various career possibilities including marine biology. But with experience in modeling, a number of television guest spots on shows like Who's The Boss?. Different Strokes and The young and the Restless already to his credit, he decided acting was definitely the way to go.
He made his feature film debut in the outrageous Comedy Meet the Deedles (1998), with Steve Van Wormer, A.J. Langer and Dennis Hopper. This campy, silly but surprisingly fun film failed to garner much attention.
Fortunately, his next film, Pleasantville (1998), with Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maquire was a hit with critics and viewers, and landed Walker on the map. From there, popularity continued to rise with strong performances in Brokedown Palace (199), Varsity Blues (199) and She's All That (199).
In 2000, Walker co-starred with Joshua Jackson in The Skulls, and then went on the road to escape a psycho-killer in the thriller Squelch, but it was Fast & Furious (2001) that propelled him to stardom. He also starred in the sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). More recently, he appeared in Furious 6 (2013) and Brick Mansions (2014).
In his spare time, Walker enjoyed surfing, snowboarding, skiing, snorkeling, sailboarding, sailing, shooting, and soccer. He has a daughter, Meadow, with ex-girlfriend.
He died in a crash on Saturday, November 30, 2013 when the Porsche he was a passenger in hit a tree and burst into flames. Both Walker and the driver were pronounced dead at the scene.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Monster in the Closet (1986)
Programmed to Kill (1987)
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
Meet the Deedles (1998)
Pleasantville (1998)
Varsity Blues (1999)
She's All That (1999)
Brokedown Palace (1999)
The Skulls (2000)
Furious (2001)
Joy Ride (2001)
Life Makes Sense If you're Famous (2002)
Furious 2 (2003)
Timeline (2003)
Noel (2004)
Furious (2009)
Into the Blue (2005)
Running Scared (2006)
Eight Below (2006)
Flags of our Fathers (2006)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
The Lazarus Projects (2008)
Takers (2010)
Fast 5 (2011)
Vehicle 19 (2013)
Furious 6 (2013)
Brick Mansions (2014)
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