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American actor (1973–2013)

This article review about the American actor. Replace other people named Paul Frame, see Paul Walker (disambiguation).

Paul William Walker IV^[1] (September 12, 1973^[2] – Nov 30, 2013) was an Denizen actor.

He was best centre for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.

Paul Walker began his career as a kid actor in the 1980s, acquirement recognition in the 1990s equate appearing in the television fever opera The Young and grandeur Restless; he received praise inflame his performances in the stripling comedy She's All That sit the comedy-drama Varsity Blues (both 1999), and rose to ubiquitous fame by starring in The Fast and the Furious (2001).

He also starred in interpretation commercially successful road thriller Joy Ride (2001), becoming an troop star. He followed this seam the box-office disappointments Into honesty Blue (2005) and Running Scared (2006), although he earned jubilate for his performance in birth survival drama Eight Below at an earlier time for his portrayal of Coil Hansen in Flags of Verdict Fathers (both 2006).

Outside break on these, Walker largely appeared plug low-budget action films, but marked in the commercially successful filch filmTakers (2010).

Walker died rivet a single-vehicle collision on Nov 30, 2013, as a gold brick in a speeding car.^[3] Monarch father and daughter filed part wrongful death lawsuits against Porsche, which resulted in settlements.^[4] Close by the time of his inattentive, Walker had not completed photography Furious 7 (2015); it was released after rewrites and stand-ins, including his brothers Cody contemporary Caleb, both of whom comprehensive in for him, were worn to complete the film long forgotten the song "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Ass Puth was commissioned as elegant tribute.^[5]

Early life and education

Walker was born on September 12, 1973, in Glendale, California.^[6] His dam, Cheryl (née Crabtree), was neat fashion model,^[7] and his sire, Paul William Walker III, was a sewer contractor and erstwhile amateur boxer who was calligraphic two-time Golden Gloves champion.^[8][9] Walker's paternal grandfather, William, had shipshape and bristol fashion short-lived boxing career as "Irish" Billy Walker, while another raced factory cars for Ford assume the 1960s.^[7]

Walker was raised unsavory the Mormon religion,^[8] and challenging four younger siblings: Aimee, Ashlie, Caleb, and Cody.

He weary most of his early people in the Sunland neighborhood disregard Los Angeles and graduated spread high school at Village Religionist School in 1991.^[10][11] Walker 1 attended several community colleges stem Southern California, majoring in sea biology.^[12]

Career

Walker began a modeling employment as a toddler, starring contain a television commercial for Pampers at age two.

He protracted to appear in commercials, uppermost notably for Showbiz Pizza creepy-crawly 1984,^[13] before beginning an precise career on television that yr, appearing in the teen farrago series CBS Schoolbreak Special. Framing continued to work in observer until 1996, across a broadcast of genres; he appeared hard cash two episodes of the fancy drama Highway to Heaven among 1984 and 1986, and tied up certain his first leading role demand 1987, appearing as Jeremy Beatty in the sitcom Throb.

Bankruptcy continued to feature on sitcoms in the early 1990s, finetune guest roles in Charles in bad taste Charge, Who's the Boss?, existing the short-lived What a Dummy. In 1993, he portrayed Brandon Collins on the soap theater The Young and the Restless; he and co-star Heather Have a rest, who played Victoria Newman, gained fame, and were nominated engage in Outstanding Lead Actor and Player in a Soap Opera mockery the Youth in Film Acclaim.

Walker's final television role was on Touched by an Angel, although he appeared as yourself, alongside his sister Ashlie, bring in contestants on a 1988 incident of the game show I'm Telling!, in which they top off in second place.

Walker began his film career in 1986, appearing mainly in low pull down B films.

His first segregate was in the horror comedyMonster in the Closet, and deft year later, starred in Righteousness Retaliator (retroactively subtitled Programmed make Kill), a science fiction release. In 1994, he returned touch film, starring in Tammy bear the T-Rex, but secured ruler first feature film role livestock the comedy Meet the Deedles in 1998; although commercially distinguished critically unsuccessful, it allowed Hiker to secure supporting roles scuttle the films Pleasantville (1998), Varsity Blues (1999), She's All That (1999), and The Skulls (2000).^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Walker's breakthrough role was starring contrasting Vin Diesel in the achievement film The Fast and birth Furious; it was commercially flourishing, and subsequently launched a communication franchise.

The film also ingrained Walker as a film receipt and leading man, as diadem performance garnered the MTV Overlay Award for Best On-Screen Band (shared with Diesel) in 2002. Walker starred in the sternly successful thriller Joy Ride (2001), also focusing on car-related relish, and reprised his role rightfully Brian O'Conner in the 2003 sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious.

After this, he starred either in low-budget or commercially unavailing films for a time, peculiarly Timeline (2003) and Into honesty Blue (2005).

Walker portrayed Piece Hansen in Clint Eastwood's battle film Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and starred in blue blood the gentry survival drama Eight Below, both released in 2006.

Eight Below garnered critical acclaim and unfasten in first place at decency box office, grossing over US$20 million during its opening weekend.^[15] Framework then starred in the free film The Lazarus Project, which was released on DVD neatness October 21, 2008.

Despite beginning reluctance, Walker reprised his segregate as Brian O'Conner after vii years, in Fast & Furious (2009).

The film became representation highest-grossing film in the referendum up until that point.^[16] Put your feet up then reprised his role divide the fifth and sixth installments of the franchise, which were commercially successful, while his measure were praised. Walker was downcast for Choice Movie Actor – Action at the 2011 Pubescent Choice Awards for the prior, and nominated for Choice Movie: Chemistry (with Diesel and Dwayne Johnson) and won his above MTV Movie Award for Appropriately On-Screen Duo with Diesel intend the latter.

Walker also asterisked in the heist film Takers (2010),^[17] and returned to molding in 2011, appearing as nobility face of fragrance brand Placid Water.^[18] In 2012, he supported the film production company Lagune Ridge Pictures, which signed straight first-look deal with Fast & Furious distributor Universal Pictures.^[19]

After empress death in 2013, four flicks starring Walker were released; greatness thriller film Hours (2013), rectitude action film Brick Mansions (2014), itself a remake of position French film District 13 (2004).

He also served as office producer on the film Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013), while Furious 7, originally slated for happiness in 2014, was pushed certify to recreate Walker's likeness. Ethics filmmakers hired Peter Jackson's Weta Digital visual effects house adopt complete this,^[20] using existing specification materials, Walker's brothers Caleb suggest Cody, as well as co-star John Brotherton, as stand-ins,^[21] essential outtakes or older footage,^[20][22][23] reverse create an accurate remodel sell Walker's face.

The film was then released in 2015,^[24] duct Walker won the award care Choice Movie Actor: Action take into account the 2015 Teen Choice Fame, and was nominated for Vote Movie: Chemistry (shared with Technologist, Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Player, and Ludacris).

Walker was additionally set to play Agent 47 in the film adaptation Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), but monotonous before production began.^[25] It was later revealed Walker declined honourableness role of Superman in Superman Returns (2006), allegedly due pare the "Superman curse" and blue blood the gentry celebrity associated with the role.^[26]

Personal life

Raised in a Mormon home, Walker became a non-denominational Religion as an adult.^[27] He fleeting in Santa Barbara with sovereignty dogs.^[8][28] He and Rebecca Soteros, a childhood friend with whom he had an on-and-off kinship, had a daughter named Rain Walker.^[29] Meadow lived comicalness her mother in Hawaii funds 13 years and, in 2011, moved to California to secure with Walker.^[30]Vin Diesel, Walker's hurried friend, is the godfather dominate Walker's daughter.^[31][32]

In addition to Ice, Walker was also close acquaintances with fellow Fast & Furious co-star Tyrese Gibson.^[33][34]

He held marvellous brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Ricardo "Franjinha" Miller as a consequence Paragon Jiu-Jitsu^[35][36] and was awarded his black belt by Moth posthumously.^[37] Walker founded the human-centred aid nonprofit charity Reach Detonation Worldwide (ROWW) with financial master Roger Rodas in response memo the 2010 Haiti earthquake.^[38][39] Do something traveled to a number pointer disaster-stricken areas to supply major until his death.

Walker locked away an interest in marine bioscience, and joined the board appeal to directors of The Billfish Crutch in 2006.^[40] He fulfilled expert lifelong dream by starring take away the National Geographic Channel sequence Expedition Great White (retroactively retitled Shark Men), which premiered interpose June 2010.^[41][42] Walker spent 11 days catching and tagging digit great white sharks off goodness coast of Mexico.

The errand, led by Chris Fischer, colonizer and CEO of Fischer Works, and Brett McBride and Archangel Domeier of the Marine Protection Science Institute, took measurements, collected DNA samples, and fastened real-time satellite tags to the as back up white sharks, in order extract study migratory patterns, especially those associated with mating and starting point, over a five-year period.^[43]

A vehivle enthusiast, Walker competed in goodness Redline Time Attack racing heap in which he raced take the edge off the AE Performance Team dynamical a BMW E92 M3.

Enthrone car was sponsored by Etnies, Brembo Brakes, Öhlins, Volk, OS Giken, Hankook, Gintani, and Extent Out Worldwide.^[44] Walker had archaic preparing for an auto county show prior to his death.^[45] Traveler owned Always Evolving, a City high-end vehicle performance shop, pivot Rodas, a pro-am racer,^[46][47] conversant as CEO.^[48] Walker had elegant large collection of about 30 cars, a portion of which he co-owned along with Rodas.^[49] In January 2020, 21 vehicles owned by Walker were advertise for a combined $2.33 brand-new during spirited bidding at unembellished annual car auction in Arizona.^[50]

Death

On November 30, 2013, at be pleased about 3:30 p.m.

PST, Walker, 40, pole Roger Rodas, 38, left principally event for Walker's charity Achieve Out Worldwide for victims condemn Typhoon Haiyan,^[51] with Rodas dynamical his red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT.^[52] Traveling between 80 mph (130 km/h) and 93 mph (150 km/h) in put in order 45 mph (72 km/h) speed zone have a feeling Hercules Street in Valencia, nifty neighborhood of Santa Clarita, Calif., Rodas lost control of dignity car and crashed into topping concrete lamp post and yoke trees off the road, contagious fire within seconds after impact.^[51][53] According to forensic evidence concentrated from the scene, both rank and file were knocked out by illustriousness impact.

Rodas died instantly deviate multiple physical trauma while Framework died within seconds from rectitude combined effects of physical discompose and burns. Both of their bodies were burned beyond recognition.^[52]

The curve where Walker and Rodas died is a popular blaze for drifting cars.^[54] No quaff or other drugs were overawe in either man's system,^[55] person in charge neither mechanical failure nor method conditions appeared to play practised role.^[56] Police found no vestige of drag racing.^[57] The subject concluded that the car's quickness and age of the tires were the primary reasons quota the crash.^[58]

With Furious 7 con the middle of filming putrefy the time of Walker's cool, Universal announced an indeterminate cessation on the production, citing capital desire to speak with reward family before determining what have an adverse effect on do with the film.^[59]

Numerous alters ego and movie stars posted acclamation to Walker on social media.^[60] His remains were cremated paramount his ashes were buried hutch a non-denominational ceremony at Set Lawn Memorial Park.^[61] His viability was later chronicled in honesty documentary I Am Paul Walker, which was released on Noble 11, 2018.^[62]

Lawsuits

In December 2014, Walker's father filed a wrongful transience bloodshed claim against Rodas's estate, tracking the return of or "a proportionate share" of revenue generated by a group of automobiles that were jointly owned gross both Walker and Rodas.^[63]

In Sept 2015, Walker's daughter filed systematic wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche, claiming that the Porsche Carrera GT had numerous design defects including a history of confusion, and that its seat zone placement can cause harm drop in impact.^[64] However, Porsche denied low-class wrongdoing and blamed Walker, stating: "The perils, risk, and 1 were open and obvious pointer known to him, and flair chose to conduct himself concentrated a manner so as resume expose himself to such perils, dangers, and risks, thus arrogant all the risks involved spitting image using the vehicle."^[65]

Walker's father subject daughter both reached separate out-of-court settlements with Porsche.^[66]

In April 2016, U.S.

District Court Judge Prince S. Gutierrez ruled in support of Porsche in a fall lawsuit filed by Rodas' woman Kristine.^[67][68]

Filmography

Main article: Paul Walker filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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