In Memory of Paul Walker

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Born Paul William Walker IV
September 12, 1973
Glendale, California, U.S.

Died November 30, 2013 (aged 40)
Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, U.S.

Cause of death Traffic collision
Height 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1985–2013
Children 1


Walker, the son of Cheryl (née Crabtree), a fashion model, and Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor, was born in Glendale, California, and raised in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County. He was of Irish, English, and German descent.His paternal grandfather was professional boxer "Irish Billy Walker". Walker was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He graduated from Village Christian School. After high school, he attended several community colleges, majoring in marine biology.


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 same 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. He and his sister Ashlie were contestants on a 1988 episode of the game show I'm Telling!; they finished in second place. He continued with roles in several other movies without much success. 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 film established Walker as a notable film star and leading man and led to his reprisal 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), Into the Blue (2005), and Timeline (2003); 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 early 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). Upcoming films in which Walker starred or appeared due for release are Hours set for release in December 2013, and Brick Mansions, set for release in May 2014. He had been slated to return for the seventh installment Fast and Furious 7 slated for release in July 2014. He was also slated he was to play Agent 47 in the Hitman film adaptation.

Walker lived in Santa Barbara with his dogs.He and Rebecca McBrain, a one-time girlfriend,had a daughter who lived with her mother in Hawaii for 13 years and then moved to California to live with Walker in 2011. He held a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo "Franjinha" Miller at Paragon Jiu-Jitsu.
Walker's first passion was marine biology; he joined the Board of Directors of The Billfish Foundation in 2006.[20] He fulfilled a lifelong dream by starring in a National Geographic Channel series Expedition Great White, which premiered in June 2010. He spent 11 days as part of the crew, catching and tagging 7 great white sharks off the coast of Mexico. The expedition, led by Chris Fischer, founder and CEO of Fischer Productions, along with Captain Brett McBride and Dr. Michael Domeier of the Marine Conservation Science Institute took measurements, gathered DNA samples, and fastened real-time satellite tags to the great white sharks. This allowed Dr. Domeier to study migratory patterns especially those associated with mating and birthing over a 5-year period of time.
In March 2010, Walker went to Constitución, Chile to offer his help and support to the people injured in the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on February 27. He flew with his humanitarian aid team, REACH OUT Worldwide, to Haiti to lend a helping hand to the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.


Paul Walker drove a Nissan Skyline in 2 Fast 2 Furious.
An avid car enthusiast, he competed in the Redline Time Attack racing series in which he raced a M3 E92 and was on the AE Performance Team. His car was sponsored by Etnies, Brembo Brakes, Ohlins, Volk, OS Giken, Hankook, Gintani, and Reach Out Worldwide. Walker had been preparing for an auto show prior to his death.

On November 30, 2013, at approximately 3:30 p.m. PST, Walker and Roger Rodas, age 38, left an event for Walker's charity Reach Out Worldwide for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Shortly after leaving in Rodas' red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, the driver lost control and crashed into a light pole and tree in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, and the vehicle burst into flames.
Rodas was believed to be driving the car. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department declared the two dead at the scene. Walker's publicist, Ame van Iden, confirmed early reports of his death. Rodas became friends with Walker after meeting at a race track. Rodas became Walker's financial advisor in 2007 and helped to establish Reach Out Worldwide. Rodas was the CEO of Always Evolving, a Valencia performance shop for high-end vehicles. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office stated that speed was a factor in the crash. Burned rubber and doughnut marks were found in figure 8 patterns on the road near the crash site, but it was not clear to officials if these were related to the crash. Fast & Furious co-stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Sung Kang posted tributes to Walker on social media.
(Wikipedia)
Trivia
Has a daughter with ex-girlfriend, Rebecca, named Meadow Rain, born November 4, 1999.

Graduated from Village Christian High School (located in Sun Valley, California) class of 1991.

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful Persons in the world in 2001.

He didn't like to watch himself on screen and would only watch his own movies once.

Described himself as a "total gear head" and he owned the Nissan Skyline R34 which he used in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).

Was a keen traveler and had visited countries such as India, Fiji and Costa Rica.

Has four siblings: brothers Caleb and Cody and sisters Ashlie and Amie.

His grandfather Paul Walker, Jr. (aka. "Irish" Billy Walker) was a professional boxer, raced cars for Ford, and is a Pearl Harbor survivor.

Was a fan of marine biologist Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Owned a Labrador named Zero, a Chesapeake Bay puppy, and a horse named Cowboy.

His ancestry included English, Irish, and German.

Was best friends with Oakley Lehman since childhood.





Personal Quotes (11)
You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae. - in Flaunt Magazine, July 2001.

Some people say that you should go to all the parties, to the nightclubs, the Viper Room, and make contacts, and I look at them and say, 'You don't want to have contacts with those people.' Look at what happened to River Phoenix (who died in 1993 of a drug overdose outside the Viper Room). If you get caught up in that, it ruins you. Hollywood is garbage.

Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.
I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.

I'm a dreamer. I've got this whole thing where I think I'm supposed to be a musician. I live by the seat of my pants, but I'd like to think that I'm also pretty sensible.

I want to get married. I think about it a lot. But I also think about my cars, so maybe my priorities aren't exactly in line just yet.

Life's too short. And the biggest curse is falling in love with somebody.

I'm much more likely to give myself a kick in the butt than a pat on the back.

I like low maintenance, natural, outdoor, shy girls.

I'm a Christian now. The things that drove me crazy growing up was how everyone works at fault-finding with different religions. The people I don't understand are atheists. I go surfing and snow boarding and I'm always around nature. I look at everything and think, 'Who couldn't believe there's a God? Is all this a mistake?' It just blows me away.

(2010) I'm passionate about animals and I hunt too. It's like I save and I kill. I'm a walking, talking contradiction. I'm all about preserving the environment but I'm racing cars on the weekend. I tell everyone I'm a gun-loving hippy.

(IMDB)


Filmography


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1986 Monster in the Closet 'Professor' Bennett





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1987 Programmed to Kill Jason





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1994 Tammy and the T-Rex Michael





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1998 Meet the Deedles Phil Deedle





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1998 Pleasantville Skip Martin





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1999 Varsity Blues Lance Harbor





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1999 She's All That Dean Sampson





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1999 Brokedown Palace Jason





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2000 The Skulls Caleb Mandrake





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2001 The Fast and the Furious Brian O'Conner





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2001 Joy Ride Lewis Thomas





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2002 Life Makes Sense If You're Famous Mikey





2003 Turbo-Charged Prelude Brian O'Conner 6 minute short film introductory film for 2 Fast 2 Furious





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2003 2 Fast 2 Furious Brian O'Conner





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2003 Timeline Chris Johnston





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2004 Noel Mike Riley





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2005 Into the Blue Jared Cole





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2006 Eight Below Jerry Shepard





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2006 Running Scared Joey Gazelle





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2006 Flags of Our Fathers Hank Hansen





2007 Stories USA Mikey





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2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Tim Kearney





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2008 The Lazarus Project Ben Garvey





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2009 Fast & Furious Brian O'Conner





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2010 Takers John Rahway





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2011 Fast Five Brian O'Conner





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2013 Vehicle 19 Michael Woods





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2013 Fast & Furious 6 Brian O'Conner





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2013 Hours Nolan





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2013 Pawn Shop Chronicles Raw Dog





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2014 Brick Mansions Damien Post-production, to be released posthumously





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2014 Fast & Furious 7 Brian O'Conner