Randy Pausch
Birth Name:
Randolph Frederick Pausch
Birth Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Graduated from Brown University and Carnegie Mellon University
- Had three children, Dylan, Logan and Chloe, with wife Jai Glasgow
- His career began teaching at the University of Virginia
- Known for his 2007 lecture "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," delivered after a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis
- After garnering attention for his 2007 lecture, he was invited by director J․J․ Abrams to appear in a brief, one-line role in the 2009 film "Star Trek․"