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->''"We're only on the earth for a short period of time. Movies aren't enough. I want to take my success and parlay it into something bigger and better."''
Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 -- November 30, 2013) was an American actor famous for playing Brian O'Conner in the ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' film series.
His career as an actor began when he was only a toddler, appearing in Pampers commercials. He had begun modeling at age 2 and by the mid-80s began doing roles in TV and film. His first film role as a lead came in 1998 with ''Meet the Deedles'', though it was not a commercial success. He did a few more supporting roles until he was cast in what would be his breakthrough role as Brian O'Connor in ''Film/{{The Fast and the Furious|2001}}'' which help secure more leading roles in Hollywood films, including the sequel ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'' and ''Film/EightBelow'' which were commercial successes as well as a supporting role in the Creator/ClintEastwood directed ''Film/FlagsOfOurFathers''. He would later reprise his role as Brian O'Connor in the [[Film/FastAndFurious fourth]], [[Film/FastFive fifth]], [[Film/FastAndFurious6 sixth]] and seventh entries in the ''Fast and Furious'' franchise.
On November 30, 2013, Walker was riding as a passenger in his Porsche Carrera GT driven by his good friend Roger Rodas, when Rodas suddenly lost control of the car and it collided with a concrete lamp post and two trees, killing both Walker and Rodas instantly as the car burst into flames. He was only 40 years old. At the time of his death, Walker hadn't completed filming for ''Furious 7'', and it was delayed for rewrites. The song "See You Again", performed by Music/WizKhalifa and Music/CharliePuth, was commissioned for the ''Music/Furious7Soundtrack'' as a tribute to Walker.
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!!Filmography:
* ''Series/HighwayToHeaven'' as Todd Bryant/Eric Travers
* ''Film/MonsterInTheCloset'' as Professor Bennett
* ''Series/CharlesInCharge'' as Russell Davis
* ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' as Michael Haynes
* ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' as Brandon Collins
* ''Film/TammyAndTheTrex'' as Michael
* ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' as Jonathan
* ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'' as Skip Martin
* ''Film/VarsityBlues'' as Lance Harbor
* ''Film/ShesAllThat'' as Dean Sampson
* ''Film/BrokedownPalace'' as Jason
* ''Film/TheSkulls'' as Caleb Mandrake
* ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious series'' as [[StarMakingRole Brian O'Conner]]
* ''Film/JoyRide'' as Lewis Thomas
* ''Film/{{Timeline}}'' as Chris Johnston
* ''Film/IntoTheBlue'' as Jared Cole
* ''Film/EightBelow'' as Jerry Shepard
* ''Film/RunningScared2006'' as Joey Gazelle
* ''Film/FlagsOfOurFathers'' as Hank Hansen
* ''Film/{{Takers}}'' as John Rahway
* ''Film/Hours2013'' as Nolan Hayes
* ''Film/BrickMansions'' as Damien Collier
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!!Tropes associated with the actor:
* BadassFamily: He came from a family of boxers, and was a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu himself.
* CelebrityElegy: "See You Again" by Music/CharliePuth and Music/WizKhalifa was dedicated to Walker following his death and plays at the end of ''Film/FuriousSeven'' with [[ReallyDeadMontage a montage of Walker's scenes]] across the ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' movies.
* CharacterOutlivesActor: The crew of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious series'' apparently couldn't bring themselves to kill Brian off, so they gave him an EarnYourHappyEnding.
* CreatorBacklash: He absolutely hated ''The Death and Life of Bobby Z''.
* DiedDuringProduction: Died before completing ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]''.
* FakeShemp: His younger brothers Cody and Caleb were used as stand-ins to complete his scenes for ''Film/Furious7''.
* HiddenDepths: He majored in marine biology and helped out with tagging Great White Sharks for research. Not to mention that he was an avid environmentalist and humanitarian.
* InMemoriam: At the very end of ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]''.
-->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgKAFK5djSk For Paul]]'''
* MrFanservice: While his films were mainly RatedMForManly, they had a huge EstrogenBrigade, which is not hard to know and see why.
* PosthumousCredit: He died before the releases of ''Hours'' and ''Film/BrickMansions''
* ProductionPosse: Frequently worked with Creator/ScottCaan. (''Film/VarsityBlues'', ''Life Makes Sense If You're Famous'', and ''Film/IntoTheBlue'').
* RealLifeRelative: A rather sad example. Two of his brothers were used as [[FakeShemp stand-ins]] to complete his scenes in ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]''.
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: This was the reason he made ''Film/EightBelow'', as he wanted a film that his daughter, nephews, and nieces could watch at the movie premiere. It was released a week before the [[MoreDakka very]], [[ClusterFBomb very]], [[DarkerAndEdgier very dark]] [[BloodierAndGorier and violent]] ''Film/RunningScared2006''.
* StarMakingRole: As Brian O'Conner in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series.
* TrueCompanions: With his ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series co-stars, ''especially'' with Creator/VinDiesel, who eventually became the godfather to Walker's daughter Meadow and gave her away at her wedding in his stead.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Auditioned for the role of [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Anakin Skywalker]] but was too old for the part. He has said it was the only role he's ever really wanted. He would eventually co-star with Creator/HaydenChristensen, the actor eventually cast as Anakin, [[Film/{{Takers}} eight years later]].
** Was set to star in ''Film/SWAT2003'' as Jim Street but backed out. Creator/ColinFarrell was cast instead.
** Was considered for the role of Johnny Storm in ''Film/FantasticFour2005''. Creator/ChrisEvans was cast instead. Interestingly, it also starred his ''Film/IntoTheBlue'' co-star Creator/JessicaAlba.
** Was set to star in both ''The Best of Me'' (2014) and ''Film/HitmanAgent47'' (2015) after wrapping production of ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'' (2015), but sadly passed away before being able to film either of them. His roles went to Creator/JamesMarsden and Creator/RupertFriend, respectively.
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->''"If one day speed kills me, don't cry. Because I was smiling."''