Paul Walker Biography

Fast Facts

• Appeared in commercials for Pampers Diapers at the age of 2
• Made his TV series debut in a two-part 1986 episode of the Michael Landon drama Highway to Heaven; subsequently appeared on '80s sitcoms Charles in Charge, Diff'rent Strokes and Who's the Boss? Was nominated for Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series and Best Youth Actor in a Soap Opera at the 14th and 15th Annual Youth in Film Awards, respectively, for his role on the long-running The Young & the Restless
• Breakout role came in 2001 with a part in Rob Cohen's car-racing smash The Fast and the Furious, which earned him an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance - Male
• Combined his longtime love for surfing with his acting career when he starred in 2005's Into the Blue
• In 2010, founded the charity REACT Worldwide, which sends money and physical aid to areas struck by natural disasters
• Died in 2013 in a car crash (as the passenger) after attending a charity event