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Josie Davis and Paul Walker in Charles in Charge (1984)

Paul Walker in The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Paul Walker in Turbo Charged Prelude to 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Paul Walker in Furious 7 (2015)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Furious 7 (2015)

Vin Diesel, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Paul Walker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Cody Walker, and Caleb Walker in Furious 7 (2015)

Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, and Paul Walker in Furious 7 (2015)

Jordana Brewster and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Vin Diesel, Sung Kang, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Paul Walker, and Gal Gadot in Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Vin Diesel, Sung Kang, Tyrese Gibson, and Paul Walker in Fast Five (2011)

Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Paul Walker, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, and Gal Gadot in Fast Five (2011)

Jordana Brewster and Paul Walker in Fast Five (2011)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Fast Five (2011)

Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, and Paul Walker in Fast Five (2011)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious (2009)

Tyrese Gibson and Paul Walker in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Thom Barry and Paul Walker in 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Vin Diesel, Chad Lindberg, Matt Schulze, Johnny Strong, and Paul Walker in The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Steve Van Wormer and Paul Walker in Meet the Deedles (1998)

John Ashton, Steve Van Wormer, and Paul Walker in Meet the Deedles (1998)

A.J. Langer and Paul Walker in Meet the Deedles (1998)

Paul William Walker IV was born in Glendale, California. He grew up together with his brothers, Caleb and Cody, and sisters, Ashlie and Amie. Their parents, Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor, and Cheryl (Crabtree) Walker, a model, separated around September 2004. His grandfather, William Walker, was a Pearl Harbor survivor and a Navy middleweight boxing champion, while his maternal grandfather commanded a tank battalion in Italy under General Patton during World War II. Paul grew up active in sports like soccer and surfing. He had English and German ancestry.

Paul was cast for the first season of the family sitcom, Throb (1986) and began modeling until he received a script for the 1994 movie, Tammy and the T-Rex (1994). He attended high school at Village Christian High School in Sun Valley, California, graduating in 1991. With encouragement from friends and an old casting agent who remembered him as a child, he decided to try his luck again with acting shortly after returning from College.

He starred in Meet the Deedles (1998), a campy, silly but surprisingly fun film which failed to garner much attention. However, lack of attention would not be a problem for Paul Walker for long. With Pleasantville (1998), he appeared in his first hit. As the town stud (a la 1950s) who more than meets his match in modern day Reese Witherspoon, he was one of the most memorable characters of the film. That same year, Paul and his then-girlfriend Rebecca had a baby girl named Meadow Walker (Meadow Rain Walker). Even though Paul publicly admitted that Meadow was not planned, he said that she is his number one priority. Paul and Rebecca separated and Meadow lives with her mother in Hawaii. She often visited with Paul as his homes in Santa Barbara and Huntington Beach, California.

Roles in the teen hits Varsity Blues (1999), She's All That (1999) and The Skulls (2000) cemented Walker's continued rise to celebrity. He was chosen to be one of the young stars featured on the cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue in April 2000. While the other stars on the cover, brooded and tried their best to look sexy and serious, Paul smiled brightly and showed why he is not part of the norm. This is one young actor who certainly stood apart from the rest of the crowd, not only with his talent but with his attitude. The Dallas Morning News commented in March of 2000 that, "Paul is one of the rarest birds in Hollywood- a pretension free movie star." The latest blockbuster hit, The Fast and the Furious (2001), had raised his stardom to an even higher level.

His fighting scenes in movies lead to a passion for martial arts. He has studied various forms of Jujitsu, Taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do and Eskrima. Paul mentioned in a magazine interview that he had hoped enroll in the Keysi Fighting Method when it comes to the United States. Other than practicing martial arts, Paul enjoyed relaxing at home with his daughter, Meadow Rain, surfing near his Huntington Beach abode, walking his dogs and just driving.

When Paul seriously did get a break from the entertainment business, he said he loved traveling. Paul had traveled to India, Fiji, Costa Rica, Sarawak, Brunei, Borneo and other parts of the Asian continent. Tragically, Paul Walker died in a car crash on Saturday November 30, 2013, after attending a charity event for "Reach Out Worldwide".

Several of Paul's films were released after his death, include Hours (2013), Brick Mansions (2014), and his final starring role in The Fast and the Furious series, Furious 7 (2015), part of which was completed after his death. The film's closing scenes paid tribute to Walker, whose character met with a happy ending, and rode off into the sunset. He appeared archival footage in Fast X (2023).

Paul Walker at an event for Fast & Furious (2009)

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