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Paul William
Walker IV was born on September 12th 1973 in Glendale,
California. Paul grew up together with his brothers, Caleb and
Cody together with his sister, Ashlie. Paul's parents Paul
William Walker III and Cheryl Walker separated sometime around
September 2004. His paternal grandfather, William Walker was
actually a Pearl Harbor survivor and a Navy middleweight
boxing champion, while his maternal grandfather commanded a
tank Battalion that attacked Italy under General Patton in
World War II.
The 6' 3" tall star attended high school at Village Christian
High School in Sun Valley California. Paul also went to a
Christian school before leaving for high school. He graduated
from his high school in the year of 1991 when he was 18 years
old. After that, Paul set his mind to be in the entertainment
industry. Paul attended a number of auditions before he got a
role in the movie, Varsity Blues in 1999.
That same year, Paul and his then-girlfriend had a baby girl
named Meadow Rain Walker. Even though Paul publicly admitted
that Meadow was not planned, he says that she is his number
one priority. Paul and Meadow's mother, Rebecca separated a
few years ago and his daughter Meadow is currently living with
her in Hawaii. Paul also has custody of his daughter whom he
will visit and bring back to his home in Santa Barbara and
Huntington Beach, California.
This part Irish and German star became famous as a child star
as he was appearing in TV commercials at a young age. After
gaining some popularity, he was cast for the first season of
the family sitcom, Throb. After that, he then started modeling
after a few modeling scouts has discovered it. He kept working
as a model until he received a script for the 1994 movie,
Tammy and the T-Rex. Soon after that, Paul started to carve
his name in the industry as he was more noticed by the public
eye.
Among the movies which gained him popularity and get noticed
were Pleasantville opposite fellow Hollywood members Reese
Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire, Varsity Blues opposite actor
Scott Caan and also another teenage movie, She's All That
opposite then-teenage heartthrobs, Freddie Prinze Jr. and
Rachel Leigh Cook. Paul's real success knocked on his front
door when he appeared on the hit movie, The Fast and The
Furious opposite renowned Hollywood actor, Vin Diesel. Paul
played the character Brian O' Conner for the first and second
installment of the Fast and Furious movie franchise.
His job in the industry also got Paul a few new friends. Paul
has formed a friendship with Tyrese Gibson, his co-star from 2
Fast 2 Furious, Jason Biggs from the movie Eight Below, his
stunt double, Oakley Lehman whom he has been best friend with
since he was 7 years old, and even Jessica Alba from Into the
Blue.
Aside from that, Paul enjoys working out. His fighting scenes
in the movies he has acted in eventually developed a passion
for martial arts. Paul has studied a few forms of martial arts
that include Jujitsu, Taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do and Eskrima.
Paul mentioned in a magazine interview that he hopes to be
able to enroll himself as a student in Keysi Fighting Method
when it comes to the United States martial arts talent.
Other than practicing martial arts, Paul enjoys relaxing at
home with his daughter, Meadow, surfing near his Huntington
Beach abode, walking his dogs and just driving around with his
car. When Paul seriously does get a break from the
entertainment business, he says he loves traveling. So far,
Paul has traveled to places like India, Fiji, Costa Rica,
parts of Sarawak, Brunei, Borneo and even a few other parts in
the Asian continent. Paul mentioned that he finds traveling a
great way to free his mind from all the rush he gets working
in the entertainment business and he gets to experience other
people's culture and their lives.
Source:
imbd
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