Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
- Fame70.6
- Momentum4.9
- Global rank#224
Source-basedStable
- Fame70.6
- Momentum4.9
- Global rank#224
- United States rank#126
- Actors rank#243
- Wikipedia434.8K
Lived 1973–2013, aged 40United States
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Updated 2026-06-09
He turned street-racing B-movies into a global franchise, then died at 40 in the passenger seat of a Porsche going too fast—leaving a film half-finished and a song that became the eulogy for a generation.
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Paul William Walker IV started as a child actor in the 1980s, moved through soap opera work on The Young and the Restless, and broke through in 1999 with She's All That and Varsity Blues. The Fast and the Furious in 2001 made him Brian O'Conner and an international name, followed by the successful Joy Ride the same year. The mid-2000s brought a string of disappointments—Into the Blue, Running Scared—though Eight Below and Flags of Our Fathers earned him some praise in 2006. He spent years in low-budget action films before Takers landed in 2010. On November 30, 2013, he died as a passenger in a…
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- MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
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Stable70.6
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Historical39.7
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