Paul Walker

Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He is best known for films such as She's All That, Varsity Blues, Into the Blue and The Fast and the Furious and the its sequels, reprising his role in the five others. The film Furious 7 was a tribute to him as he died during production of the film.
==Early life==
Walker was born in Glendale, California, and was the son of Cheryl (née Crabtree), and Paul William Walker III. The oldest of five siblings, Walker was raised primarily in the Sunland community of Los Angeles and attended high school in the San Fernando Valley, graduating from Sun Valley's Village Christian School in 1991. After high school, Walker attended several community colleges in Southern California. 
==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 in 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 Showbiz Pizza. Walker's film career began in 1986, with the horror/comedy film Monster in the Closet. In 1987 he appeared in The Retaliator (aka Programmed to Kill), a low budget cyborg action film, with Robert Ginty. He and his sister Ashlie were contestants on a 1988 episode of the game show I'm Telling!; they finished in second place. In 1993 he played Brandon Collins on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He and his co-star Heather Tom, who played Victoria Newman, were nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a soap opera at the Youth in Film Awards. In 1998, Walker made his feature film debut in the comedy Meet the Deedles, which finally gained him fame. This subsequently led to supporting roles in the movies Pleasantville (1998), Varsity Blues (1999), She's All That (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. The film established Walker as a notable film star and leading man and led to his reprise of the role in the 2003 sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious. He continued his career with leading roles in films such as Joy Ride (2001), Timeline (2003), and Into the Blue (2005). He had a supporting role in Clint Eastwood's adaptation of Flags of Our Fathers (2006).
Walker then starred in the crime thriller Running Scared and Walt Disney Pictures' Eight Below, both released in 2006. Eight Below garnered critical-acclaim and opened in first place at the box office, grossing over US$20 million during its first weekend. During the filming of Running Scared, director Wayne Kramer stated that "[Walker] is that guy on some level" when comparing Walker with his character in the movie, Joey Gazelle. Kramer continued on to say that he "loved working with [Walker] because as a director he's completely supportive of my vision of what the film is. And even better, he's completely game for it."
Walker starred in the independent film The Lazarus Project, which was released on DVD on October 21, 2008. He subsequently returned to The Fast and the Furious franchise, reprising his role in Fast & Furious, which was released on April 3, 2009. Walker then appeared in the crime drama Takers, which began filming in September 2008 and was released in August 2010.
The Coty Prestige fragrance brand Davidoff Cool Water for Men announced in January 2011 that Walker was going to be the new face of the brand as of July 2011. He reprised 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 cast in Wayne Kramer's Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013), which was Walker's last film released before his death.
Shortly after his death, the Hurricane Katrina based film Hours, which he had completed earlier in 2013, was released on December 13, 2013. He had also completed the action film Brick Mansions, a remake of the French film District 13, which was released in April 2014. At the time of his death, Walker had been filming Furious 7, which was slated for release in July 2014. The film was completed by using his brothers Caleb and Cody as his body doubles/stand-ins, and CGI, and was released in April 2015.
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*'Fast & Furious 7' will shoot scenes with doubles and replace Paul Walker with CGI to keep him in the film – NY Daily News
* Walker was also set to play Agent 47 in the video game adaptation Hitman: Agent 47, but died before production began.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1986	Monster in the Closet 	"Professor" Bennett	
1987	Programmed to Kill 	Jason 	Credited as Paul W. Walker
1994	Tammy and the T-Rex 	Michael 	
1998	Meet the Deedles 	Phil Deedle 	
1998	Pleasantville 	Skip Martin 	
1999	Varsity Blues 	Lance Harbor 	
1999	She's All That 	Dean Sampson 	
1999	Brokedown Palace 	Jason 	
2000	The Skulls 	Caleb Mandrake 	
2001	The Fast and the Furious 	Brian O'Conner 	
2001	Joy Ride 	Lewis Thomas 	
2002	Life Makes Sense If You're Famous 	Mikey 	
2003	The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious	Brian O'Conner 	Short film
2003	2 Fast 2 Furious 	Brian O'Conner 	
2003	Timeline 	Chris Johnston 	
2004	Noel 	Mike Riley 	
2005	Into the Blue 	Jared Cole 	
2006	Eight Below 	Jerry Shepard 	
2006	Running Scared 	Joey Gazelle 	
2006	Flags of Our Fathers 	Hank Hansen 	
2007	The Death and Life of Bobby Z 	Tim Kearney 	
2007	Stories USA 	Mikey 	
2008	The Lazarus Project 	Ben Garvey 	
2009	Fast & Furious 	Brian O'Conner 	
2010	Takers 	John Rahway 	
2011	Fast Five 	Brian O'Conner 	
2013	Vehicle 19 	Michael Woods 	
2013	Fast & Furious 6 	Brian O'Conner 	
2013	Pawn Shop Chronicles 	Raw Dog 	
2013	Hours 	Nolan Hayes 	Posthumous release
2014	Brick Mansions 	Damien Collier 	Posthumous release
2015	Furious 7 	Brian O'Conner 	Posthumous release
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1984, 1994	CBS Schoolbreak Special 	n/a, Dill 	Episodes: "Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story" and "Love in the Dark Ages"
1985, 1986	Highway to Heaven 	Todd Bryant, Eric Travers	Episodes: "Birds of a Feather" and "A Special Love (Parts 1 & 2)"
1987 	Throb 	Jeremy Beatty 	23 episodes
1990 	Charles in Charge 	Russell Davis 	Episode: "Dead Puck Society"
1991 	Who's the Boss? 	Michael Haynes 	Episode: "You Can Go Home Again"
1991 	What a Dummy 	Rick 	Episode: "Bringing Up Baby"
1992 	The Young and the Restless	Brandon Collins 	7 episodes (+ 10 "credits only")
1996 	Touched by an Angel 	Jonathan 	Episode: "Statute of Limitations"
2010 	Shark Men 	Himself 	3 episodes, aka Expedition Great White
2013 	Shark Week 	Himself 	1 episode
===Music videos===
Year	Artists 	Song 	Notes
1997	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	"Wrong Thing Right Then"	
2003	Ludacris 	"Act a Fool" 	
2013	2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa 	"We Own It" 	Archival footage
2015	Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth 	"See You Again" 	Archival footage
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Nominated work 	Result
2002	MTV Movie Award 	Best On-Screen Team (shared with Vin Diesel) 	The Fast and the Furious	
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Action 	Fast Five 	
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson) 	Fast & Furious 6 	
2014	MTV Movie Award 	Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Vin Diesel) 	Fast & Furious 6 	
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Action 	Furious 7 	
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris)	Furious 7 	
==References==
==External links==
*Paul Walker on Wikipedia 
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