Paul Walker's Life In Memoriam

Paul Walker was born in Glendale California in 1973 with his two brothers Caleb and Cody, and two sisters, Ashlie and Amie. Growing up so close to Los Angeles, Walker was fond of the thespian arts from a young age, and knew he wanted to make it big in Hollywood!

In 1986, Paul got a role as “Jeremy Beatty” in the sitcom Throb. The series ran for two seasons and was Paul's first chance at making a name for himself in Hollywood. Closely after the series, Walker ended up getting another role once he became an adult, the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Walker eventually started gaining more notoriety, and in 1999 got a role in the smash teenage drama-comedy film, She’s All That. The film was a huge box office success, and Paul gained many fans for his dreamy blue eyes and chiselled figure!

Two years later, Paul got a role in Fast and the Furious, which little did he know would end up being a massive success. The film wasn't critically loved, but viewers of the film started a huge fanbase, and Walker launched himself into superstardom overnight! 

Meanwhile, Walker was also raising his daughter, Meadow Rain Walker, who was born in 1998. Meadow is now a model and spends a lot of time with her godfather, Vin Diesel. 

2 Fast 2 Furious was released two years later, and once again Paul was a leading role in the series. Audiences continued to enjoy the films, and the second addition to the franchise raked in a whopping $236 million dollars.

In 2005, Paul took a step back from the Fast and Furious franchise and appeared alongside Jessica Alba in the drama thriller movie, Into the Blue. 

The following year, Walker starred in the family adventure movie, Eight Below, a film about a man and his family of sled dogs being left behind in a cold Antarctic wasteland. The film did well for family audiences, and Walker at the time shared how much he appreciated shooting a film with canines as his co-stars.

Paul was getting into the major groove of Hollywood and appeared in yet another film in 2006, Flags of our Fathers, the historic emotional drama about brave men during WWII. The film was critically and viewer adored and was directed by none other than Clint Eastwood.

Between 2009 and 2013, Walker appeared in three more Fast and Furious films, climbing to the top, unaware that tragedy would soon strike. Leading up to his passing, Walker and co-star Vin Diesel soon became close friends, and asked Diesel to be his daughter's Godfather, a role that even now Diesel takes seriously.