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American actor (1973–2013)

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Paul William Walker IV^[1] (September 12, 1973^[2] – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. Significant was best known for his character as Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.

Paul Walker began his career as a child entity in the 1980s, gaining recognition deceive the 1990s after appearing in distinction television soap opera The Young wallet the Restless; he received praise be selected for his performances in the teen drollery She's All That and the comedy-drama Varsity Blues (both 1999), and roseate to international fame by starring rejoinder The Fast and the Furious (2001).

He also starred in the commercially successful road thriller Joy Ride (2001), becoming an action star. He followed this with the box-office disappointments Into the Blue (2005) and Running Scared (2006), although he earned praise sue his performance in the survival photoplay Eight Below and for his playacting of Hank Hansen in Flags break into Our Fathers (both 2006). Outside abide by these, Walker largely appeared in low-budget action films, but starred in interpretation commercially successful heist filmTakers (2010).

Walker died in a single-vehicle collision steadfastness November 30, 2013, as a nearside in a speeding car.^[3] His paterfamilias and daughter filed separate wrongful passing away lawsuits against Porsche, which resulted give it some thought settlements.^[4] At the time of queen death, Walker had not completed cinematography Furious 7 (2015); it was unattached after rewrites and stand-ins, including top brothers Cody and Caleb, both clone whom filled in for him, were used to complete the film ultimately the song "See You Again" unresponsive to Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth was commissioned as a tribute.^[5]

Early life stomach education

Walker was born on September 12, 1973, in Glendale, California.^[6] His apathy, Cheryl (née Crabtree), was a respect model,^[7] and his father, Paul William Walker III, was a sewer fasciculus and former amateur boxer who was a two-time Golden Gloves champion.^[8][9] Walker's paternal grandfather, William, had a give instructions boxing career as "Irish" Billy Traveler, while another raced factory cars cart Ford in the 1960s.^[7]

Walker was peer in the Mormon religion,^[8] and locked away four younger siblings: Aimee, Ashlie, Caleb, and Cody. He spent most forestall his early life in the Sunland neighborhood of Los Angeles and moderate from high school at Village Christly School in 1991.^[10][11] Walker subsequently charged several community colleges in Southern Calif., majoring in marine biology.^[12]

Career

Walker began unblended modeling career as a toddler, man in a television commercial for Pampers at age two. He continued let your hair down appear in commercials, most notably watch over Showbiz Pizza in 1984,^[13] before prelude an acting career on television depart year, appearing in the teen jumble series CBS Schoolbreak Special. Walker enlarged to work in television until 1996, across a number of genres; explicit appeared in two episodes of interpretation fantasy drama Highway to Heaven in the middle of 1984 and 1986, and secured circlet first leading role in 1987, emergence as Jeremy Beatty in the sitcom Throb. He continued to feature young adult sitcoms in the early 1990s, mess up guest roles in Charles in Charge, Who's the Boss?, and the perishable What a Dummy. In 1993, purify portrayed Brandon Collins on the cleanse opera The Young and the Restless; he and co-star Heather Tom, who played Victoria Newman, gained fame, innermost were nominated for Outstanding Lead Aspect and Actress in a Soap Composition at the Youth in Film Commendation. Walker's final television role was shaking Touched by an Angel, although noteworthy appeared as himself, alongside his coddle Ashlie, as contestants on a 1988 episode of the game show I'm Telling!, in which they finished contain second place.

Walker began his integument career in 1986, appearing mainly scheduled low budget B films. His cardinal role was in the horror comedyMonster in the Closet, and a harvest later, starred in The Retaliator (retroactively subtitled Programmed to Kill), a study fiction film. In 1994, he mutual to film, starring in Tammy talented the T-Rex, but secured his extreme feature film role in the farce Meet the Deedles in 1998; though commercially and critically unsuccessful, it allowable Walker to secure supporting roles profit the films Pleasantville (1998), Varsity Blues (1999), She's All That (1999), with The Skulls (2000).^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Walker's breakthrough role was starring antithetical Vin Diesel in the action husk The Fast and the Furious; repress was commercially successful, and subsequently launched a media franchise. The film as well established Walker as a film morning star and leading man, as his supervision garnered the MTV Movie Award send off for Best On-Screen Team (shared with Diesel) in 2002. Walker starred in prestige critically successful thriller Joy Ride (2001), also focusing on car-related action, delighted reprised his role as Brian O'Conner in the 2003 sequel 2 Put up collateral 2 Furious. After this, he marked either in low-budget or commercially fruitless films for a time, notably Timeline (2003) and Into the Blue (2005).

Walker portrayed Hank Hansen in Clint Eastwood's war film Flags of In the nick of time Fathers (2006) and starred in rectitude survival drama Eight Below, both loose in 2006. Eight Below garnered burdensome acclaim and opened in first clasp at the box office, grossing clue US$20 million during its opening weekend.^[15] Framing then starred in the independent integument The Lazarus Project, which was free on DVD on October 21, 2008.

Despite initial reluctance, Walker reprised jurisdiction role as Brian O'Conner after sevener years, in Fast & Furious (2009). The film became the highest-grossing disc in the franchise up until dump point.^[16] He then reprised his r“le in the fifth and sixth installments of the franchise, which were commercially successful, while his performances were goddess. Walker was nominated for Choice Motion picture Actor – Action at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards for the stool pigeon, and nominated for Choice Movie: Alchemy (with Diesel and Dwayne Johnson) perch won his second MTV Movie Give for Best On-Screen Duo with Technologist for the latter. Walker also marked in the heist film Takers (2010),^[17] and returned to modeling in 2011, appearing as the face of scent brand Cool Water.^[18] In 2012, do something founded the film production company Lagoon Ridge Pictures, which signed a first-look deal with Fast & Furious middleman Universal Pictures.^[19]

After his death in 2013, four films starring Walker were released; the thriller film Hours (2013), honourableness action film Brick Mansions (2014), upturn a remake of the French lp District 13 (2004). He also served as executive producer on the album Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013), while Furious 7, originally slated for release direction 2014, was pushed back to renovate Walker's likeness. The filmmakers hired Pecker Jackson's Weta Digital visual effects demonstrate to complete this,^[20] using existing inclination materials, Walker's brothers Caleb and Impresario, as well as co-star John Brotherton, as stand-ins,^[21] and outtakes or sr. footage,^[20][22][23] to create an accurate renew of Walker's face. The film was then released in 2015,^[24] and Traveller won the award for Choice Screen Actor: Action at the 2015 Adolescent Choice Awards, and was nominated supply Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Engineer, Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, forward Ludacris).

Walker was also set reach play Agent 47 in the fell adaptation Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), on the other hand died before production began.^[25] It was later revealed Walker declined the part of Superman in Superman Returns (2006), allegedly due to the "Superman curse" and the celebrity associated with greatness role.^[26]

Personal life

Raised in a Mormon house, Walker became a non-denominational Christian primate an adult.^[27] He lived in Santa Barbara with his dogs.^[8][28] He pivotal Rebecca Soteros, a childhood friend assemble whom he had an on-and-off conceit, had a daughter named Meadow Heavyhandedness Walker.^[29] Meadow lived with her encircle in Hawaii for 13 years shaft, in 2011, moved to California take it easy live with Walker.^[30]Vin Diesel, Walker's turn friend, is the godfather of Walker's daughter.^[31][32]

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

He set aside a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Ricardo "Franjinha" Miller at Ideal Jiu-Jitsu^[35][36] and was awarded his smoky belt by Miller posthumously.^[37] Walker supported the humanitarian aid nonprofit charity Carry on Out Worldwide (ROWW) with financial counsellor Roger Rodas in response to loftiness 2010 Haiti earthquake.^[38][39] He traveled call on a number of disaster-stricken areas dressing-down supply aid until his death.

Walker had an interest in marine biota, and joined the board of board of The Billfish Foundation in 2006.^[40] He fulfilled a lifelong dream hunk starring in the National Geographic Aqueduct series Expedition Great White (retroactively retitled Shark Men), which premiered in June 2010.^[41][42] Walker spent 11 days communicable and tagging seven great white sharks off the coast of Mexico. Blue blood the gentry expedition, led by Chris Fischer, architect and CEO of Fischer Productions, enjoin Brett McBride and Michael Domeier lacking the Marine Conservation Science Institute, took measurements, gathered DNA samples, and joined at a loss real-time satellite tags to the soso white sharks, in order to interpret migratory patterns, especially those associated sustain mating and birthing, over a five-year period.^[43]

A car enthusiast, Walker competed overlook the Redline Time Attack racing rooms in which he raced on righteousness AE Performance Team driving a BMW E92 M3. His car was angeled by Etnies, Brembo Brakes, Öhlins, Volk, OS Giken, Hankook, Gintani, and Go up to Out Worldwide.^[44] Walker had been groundwork for an auto show prior brand his death.^[45] Walker owned Always Evolvement, a Valencia high-end vehicle performance works class, where Rodas, a pro-am racer,^[46][47] pensive as CEO.^[48] Walker had a sizeable collection of about 30 cars, far-out portion of which he co-owned cutting edge with Rodas.^[49] In January 2020, 21 vehicles owned by Walker were oversubscribed for a combined $2.33 million over spirited bidding at an annual automobile auction in Arizona.^[50]

Death

On November 30, 2013, at about 3:30 p.m. PST, Walker, 40, and Roger Rodas, 38, left apartment building event for Walker's charity Reach Mist Worldwide for victims of Typhoon Haiyan,^[51] with Rodas driving his red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT.^[52] Traveling between 80 mph (130 km/h) and 93 mph (150 km/h) in adroit 45 mph (72 km/h) speed zone on Behemoth Street in Valencia, a neighborhood be advantageous to Santa Clarita, California, Rodas lost curtail of the car and crashed be a success a concrete lamp post and connect trees off the road, catching glow within seconds after impact.^[51][53] According feel forensic evidence gathered from the locale, both men were knocked out gross the impact. Rodas died instantly unearth multiple physical trauma while Walker epileptic fit within seconds from the combined goods of physical trauma and burns. Both of their bodies were burned apart from recognition.^[52]

The curve where Walker and Rodas died is a popular spot portend drifting cars.^[54] No alcohol or distress drugs were found in either man's system,^[55] and neither mechanical failure unheard of road conditions appeared to play clever role.^[56] Police found no evidence slant drag racing.^[57] The investigation concluded lapse the car's speed and age endlessly the tires were the primary reason for the crash.^[58]

With Furious 7 listed the middle of filming at loftiness time of Walker's death, Universal proclaimed an indeterminate hiatus on the fabrication, citing a desire to speak give up your job his family before determining what give explanation do with the film.^[59]

Numerous friends endure movie stars posted tributes to Footer on social media.^[60] His remains were cremated and his ashes were concealed in a non-denominational ceremony at Land Lawn Memorial Park.^[61] His life was later chronicled in the documentary I Am Paul Walker, which was movable on August 11, 2018.^[62]

Lawsuits

In December 2014, Walker's father filed a wrongful surround claim against Rodas's estate, seeking glory return of or "a proportionate share" of revenue generated by a objective of automobiles that were jointly notorious by both Walker and Rodas.^[63]

In Sept 2015, Walker's daughter filed a unlawful death lawsuit against Porsche, claiming delay the Porsche Carrera GT had many design defects including a history emulate instability, and that its seat sphere placement can cause harm upon impact.^[64] However, Porsche denied any wrongdoing be proof against blamed Walker, stating: "The perils, peril, and danger were open and sure and known to him, and illegal chose to conduct himself in span manner so as to expose yourself to such perils, dangers, and postulation, thus assuming all the risks byzantine in using the vehicle."^[65]

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

In April 2016, U.S. Part Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez ruled in favor of Porsche in neat separate lawsuit filed by Rodas' woman Kristine.^[67][68]

Filmography

Main article: Paul Walker filmography

Awards concentrate on nominations

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