Aaron Paul






























Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul Berlinale 2014 (cropped).jpg
Paul in February 2014

Born
Aaron Paul Sturtevant


(1979-08-27) August 27, 1979 (age 39)

Emmett, Idaho, U.S.

Occupation Actor
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s)
Lauren Parsekian
(m. 2013)
Children 1[1]

Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad, for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. This made him one of only two actors to win the latter category three times (2010, 2012, 2014), since its separation into drama and comedy.[note 1] He has also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television three times (2009, 2011, 2013), more than any other actor in that category.[2]


Paul began his career with roles in several music videos and guest roles in television, before taking minor roles in films such as Mission: Impossible III (2006) and The Last House on the Left (2009). In 2007, he had a recurring role as Scott Quittman on the HBO series Big Love. Following his breakthrough, he began starring in films such as Need for Speed (2014), A Long Way Down (2014), and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). Since 2014, he has been the voice of Todd Chavez on the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman, on which he is also an executive producer, and he portrayed Eddie Lane in the Hulu drama series The Path from 2016 to 2018.




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 Filmography


    • 4.1 Film


    • 4.2 Television


    • 4.3 Music videos




  • 5 Awards and nominations


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Early life


Aaron Paul Sturtevant[3] was born in Emmett, Idaho,[4] on August 27, 1979,[5] the youngest of four children born to Darla (née Haynes) and Robert Sturtevant, a Baptist minister.[6] He was born a month premature in his parents' bathroom.[7] Paul attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho, graduating in 1998.[citation needed][8] After graduation, he drove to Los Angeles in his 1982 Toyota Corolla with his mother and $6,000 in savings.[9] Prior to gaining fame, he appeared on an episode of The Price Is Right, which aired on January 3, 2000.[10] Appearing under his real name, he played and lost Dice Game and overbid by $132 on the Showcase.[11] He also worked as a movie theater usher at Universal Studios in Hollywood.[12]



Career




Paul in 2013 at the San Diego Comic-Con


In 1996, Paul went to Los Angeles for the International Modeling and Talent Association competition. He won runner-up in the competition and signed with a manager.[13] He starred in the music videos for the Korn song "Thoughtless" and the Everlast song "White Trash Beautiful".[14] He was also featured in television commercials for Juicy Fruit,[15]Corn Pops,[16] and Vanilla Coke.[17] He appeared in the films Whatever It Takes (2000), Help! I'm a Fish (2001), K-PAX (2001), National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Bad Girls From Valley High (2005), Choking Man (2006), Mission: Impossible III (2006), and The Last House on the Left (2009). He starred as "Weird Al" Yankovic in the 2010 Funny or Die short Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,[18] and has guest starred on television shows such as The Guardian, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, ER, Sleeper Cell, Veronica Mars, The X-Files, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Bones and 3rd Rock from the Sun.




Paul with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan at the 36th Saturn Awards on June 24, 2010


Paul first became known for his role as Scott Quittman on HBO's Big Love; he appeared 14 times on the show. In 2008, he began playing Jesse Pinkman on the AMC series Breaking Bad. His character was originally meant to die during the first season, but after seeing the chemistry between Paul and lead actor Bryan Cranston, series creator Vince Gilligan changed his mind and modified the original plans to include Jesse as a main character in the series.[19] For his role in Breaking Bad, Paul was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014; he won the award in 2010,[20] 2012,[21] and 2014.[22]


Paul starred in the film Smashed, which was one of the official selections for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.[23] In October 2012, he was interviewed by ESPN; he spoke about his childhood experience as a Boise State Broncos fan and discussed the challenges of portraying a meth addict in Breaking Bad.[24] In 2012 and 2013, he made an appearance on the show Tron: Uprising, voicing a character named Cyrus.[citation needed]


In September 2013, he was featured on Zen Freeman's dance song, "Dance Bitch".[25] He made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live's 39th season opener as "meth nephew", a relative of Bobby Moynihan's popular "drunk uncle" character.[26] In 2014, Paul starred in Need for Speed, as a street racer recently released from prison who takes revenge on a wealthy business associate.[27] Paul stars alongside Juliette Lewis in the family drama Hellion, as the drunken father of two young vandals.[28] Also in 2014, he co-starred in the biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, portraying the Hebrew prophet Joshua.[29]


In December 2013, Netflix announced that Paul would be a cast member on the animated series BoJack Horseman.[30] On March 3, 2014, he appeared on WWE Raw to promote Need for Speed, entering the arena in a sports car with Dolph Ziggler. He provided commentary for Ziggler's match against Alberto Del Rio, helping Ziggler win by distracting Del Rio.[31] On September 23, 2014, it was announced that Paul will play the young Louis Drax's father who becomes the focus of a criminal investigation after his son suffers a near-fatal fall in an upcoming Miramax film titled The 9th Life of Louis Drax, a supernatural thriller based on a book of the same name.[32]


In 2015, he did voiceover narration in a Mazda commercial.[33] In 2016, Paul began playing Eddie Lane, a man who in a crisis of faith joins a cult, in the Hulu series The Path. The Path debuted on March 30, 2016.[34] Paul voiced the main protagonist, Nyx Ulric, in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV released in July 2016.


In June 2018, Paul joined the cast of the upcoming Apple crime-thriller drama series Are You Sleeping opposite Octavia Spencer and Lizzy Caplan.[35]


In September 2018, Paul joined the cast HBO science-fiction series Westworld for the third season of the series.[36]



Personal life


Aaron Paul became engaged to Lauren Parsekian in Paris on January 1, 2012.[37] The two met at Coachella in Indio, California.[38] They were married on May 26, 2013, in a 1920s Parisian carnival-themed wedding, in Malibu, California; music was provided by Foster the People and John Mayer.[39] Paul emailed the song "Beauty" by The Shivers to everyone on the guest list and asked them to learn the words so they could sing along during the ceremony.[9] In September 2017, Paul announced that he and Parsekian were expecting their first child.[40] Their daughter, Story, was born in February 2018.[41]


To commemorate the final episode of Breaking Bad, Paul and castmate Bryan Cranston both got Breaking Bad tattoos on the last day of filming; Paul had 'no half measures' tattooed onto his bicep, while Cranston got the show's logo tattooed on one of his fingers.[42][43]


In 2013, Paul and his wife helped raise $1.8 million for the Kind Campaign, a non-profit anti-bullying organization. The winners of the contest won a trip to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery screening of the final episode of Breaking Bad.[44] During a ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho, Idaho governor Butch Otter declared October 1 "Aaron Paul Sturtevant Day".[45]



Filmography



Film















































































































































































































Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000

Whatever It Takes
Floyd

2000

Help! I'm a Fish
Chuck
Voice
2001

K-PAX
Michael Powell

2002

National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Wasted Guy

2004

Perfect Opposites
Monty Brandt

2005

Candy Paint
Brad Miller
Short film
2005

Bad Girls from Valley High
Jonathon Wharton

2006

Choking Man
Jerry

2006

Mission: Impossible III
Rick Meade

2007

Daydreamer
Clinton Roark

2007

Leo
Hustler
Short film
2008

Say Goodnight
Victor

2009

The Last House on the Left
Francis

2010

Wreckage
Rick

2010

Weird: the Al Yankovic Story

"Weird Al" Yankovic
Short film
2011

Quirky Girl
Joseph
Short film
2012

Smashed
Charlie Hannah

2013

Decoding Annie Parker
Paul

Milano International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014

Need for Speed
Tobey Marshall

2014

A Long Way Down
JJ

2014

Hellion
Hollis Wilson
Also co-executive producer
Grand Jury Prize Award for Narrative Feature Competition
2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Joshua

2015

Unity[46]
Narrator
Voice
Documentary
2015

Eye in the Sky
Steve Watts

2015

Fathers and Daughters
Cameron

2016

Triple 9
Gabe Welch

2016

Central Intelligence
Phil Stanton

2016

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

Nyx Ulric[47]
Voice
2016

The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Peter

2016

Come and Find Me
David

2018

American Woman
Chris

2018

Welcome Home
Bryan

2019

The Parts You Lose

Post-production


Television

























































































































































































































































Year
Title
Role
Notes
1999

Beverly Hills, 90210
Chad
Episode: "Fortune Cookie"
1999

Melrose Place
Frat Boy
Episode: "The Daughterboy"
1999

Suddenly Susan
Zipper
Episode: "A Day in the Life"
1999

3rd Rock from the Sun
Student
Episode: "Dick's Big Giant Headache: Part II"
2000

The Price is Right
Himself - Contestant
Episode: "Season 28, Episode 69"
2000

Get Real
Derek
Episode: "History Lessons"
2001

100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
Ethan
Episode: "Eddie Loves Tori"
2001

The Division
Tyler Petersen
Episode: "Hero"
2001

Nikki
Scott
Episode: "Family Lies"
2001

The Guardian
Ethan Ritter
Episode: "The Men from the Boys"
2001

The X-Files
David "Winky" Winkle
Episode: "Lord of the Flies"
2001–2002

Judging Amy
"X-Ray" Conklin
2 episodes
2002

NYPD Blue
Marcus Denton
Episode: "Oh, Mama!"
2002

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Peter Hutchins, Jr.
Episode: "Felonious Monk"
2002

Birds of Prey
Jerry
Episode: "Pilot"
2002

Wasted
Owen Turner
Television film
2003

ER
Doug
Episode: "A Saint in the City"
2003

Kingpin
Stoner
Episode: "El Velorio"
2003

CSI: Miami
Ben Gordon
Episode: "Grave Young Men"
2003

Guiding Light
Adrian Pascal
1 episode
2003

Threat Matrix
Shane
Episode: "Natural Borne Killers"
2004

Line of Fire
Drew Parkman
Episode: "Mother & Child Reunion"
2005

Veronica Mars
Eddie Laroche
Episode: "Silence of the Lamb"
2005

Joan of Arcadia
Denunzio
Episode: "Secret Service"
2005

Point Pleasant
Mark Owens
3 episodes
2005

Criminal Minds
Michael Zizzo
Episode: "The Popular Kids"
2005

Sleeper Cell
Teen
Episode: "Al-Faitha"
2006

Bones
Stew Ellis
Episode: "The Superhero in the Alley"
2006

Ghost Whisperer
Link
Episode: "Fury"
2007–2011

Big Love
Scott Quittman
14 episodes
2008–2013

Breaking Bad

Jesse Pinkman
62 episodes
2012

Robot Chicken
Glenn (voice)
Episode: "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special"
2012–2013

Tron: Uprising
Cyrus (voice)
3 episodes
2013

The Simpsons
Jesse Pinkman
Episode: "What Animated Women Want"
2013

Saturday Night Live
Meth Nephew
Episode: "Tina Fey/Arcade Fire"
2014–present

BoJack Horseman
Todd Chavez (voice)
61 episodes; also executive producer[48]
2016–2018

The Path
Eddie Lane
36 episodes; also producer[49]
2017

Black Mirror
Gamer691 (voice)
Episode: "USS Callister"
TBA

Are You Sleeping
Warren Cave

Filming
TBA

Westworld




Music videos



























Year
Song
Artist
Role
2002

Thoughtless

Korn
Floyd Louis Cifer
2002

Screaming Infidelities
Dashboard Confessional
Ex-boyfriend
2003

White Trash Beautiful

Everlast
Boyfriend


Awards and nominations































































































































Year
Award
Category
Nominated work
Result
2009

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Breaking Bad
Nominated

Saturn Award

Best Supporting Actor on Television
Won
2010

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Won
Prism Award
Male Performance in a Drama Series
Nominated

Satellite Award

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Nominated

Saturn Award

Best Supporting Actor on Television
Nominated

TCA Award

Individual Achievement in Drama
Nominated
2011

Saturn Award

Best Supporting Actor on Television
Won
Prism Award
Male Performance in a Drama Series
Won

Screen Actors Guild Award

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominated
2012

Critics' Choice Television Award

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Won
2013

Golden Globe Award

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Nominated

Satellite Award

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Won

Saturn Award

Best Supporting Actor on Television
Won

Screen Actors Guild Award

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Won

Dorian Awards
TV Performance of the Year – Actor
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated
Prism Award
Male Performance in a Drama Series
Nominated
2014

Critics' Choice Television Award

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Won

Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Won

Young Hollywood Award
Fan Favorite Actor – Male
Nominated


Notes





  1. ^ Starting with the show's second season, Paul was nominated each year he was eligible, for a total of five times: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.




References





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External links








  • Aaron Paul on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata


  • Aaron Paul at Rotten Tomatoes


  • Aaron Paul on IMDb

  • Aaron Paul discusses Breaking Bad at AMCtv.com










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