Claim: Paul Walker was an actor.

Joy Ride -LRB- also known as Roadkill -RRB- is a 2001 American horror thriller film . The film was written by J. J. Abrams and Clay Tarver and directed by John Dahl and starring Steve Zahn , Paul Walker , and Leelee Sobieski . The film follows after three university students and friends going out to a ride on the highway and eventually coming into a terrfying conflict with a mysterious yet murderous truck driver .