Paul Walker Biography, Untold Stories, Net Worth & Death

Paul was cast for the first season of the family sitcom, Throb (1986) and began modeling until he received a script for the 1994 movie, Tammy and the T-Rex (1994).

He starred in Meet the Deedles (1998), a campy, silly but surprisingly fun film which failed to garner much attention. However, lack of attention would not be a problem for Paul Walker for long.

With Pleasantville (1998), he appeared in his first hit.As the town stud (a la 1950s) who more than meets his match in modern day Reese Witherspoon, he was one of the most memorable characters of the film.

That same year, Paul and his then-girlfriend Rebecca had a baby girl named Meadow Walker (Meadow Rain Walker). Even though Paul publicly admitted that Meadow was not planned, he said that she is his number one priority.

Paul and Rebecca separated and Meadow lives with her mother in Hawaii. She often visited Paul at his home in Santa Barbara and Huntington Beach, California.

Roles in the teen hits Varsity Blues (1999), She’s All That (1999) and The Skulls (2000) cemented Walker’s continued rise to celebrity. He was chosen to be one of the young stars featured on the cover of Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue in April 2000. While the other stars on the cover, brooded and tried their best to look sexy and serious, Paul smiled brightly and showed why he is not part of the norm.

This is one young actor who certainly stood apart from the rest of the crowd, not only with his talent but with his attitude. The Dallas Morning News commented in March of 2000 that, “Paul is one of the rarest birds in Hollywood- a pretension free movie star.” The latest blockbuster hit, The Fast and the Furious (2001), had raised his stardom to an even higher level.

His film battle scenes contribute to a martial arts passion. He practiced Jujitsu, Taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do and Eskrima in various forms. Paul stated in a magazine interview that when it comes to the United States, he had hoped to participate in the Keysi Combat Process.

Apart from studying martial arts, Paul and his friend, Meadow Rain, enjoyed relaxing at home, surfing near his home in Huntington Beach, walking his dogs and just driving.

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When Paul seriously did get a break from the entertainment business, he said he loved traveling. Paul had traveled to India, Fiji, Costa Rica, Sarawak, Brunei, Borneo and other parts of the Asian continent. Tragically, Paul Walker died in a car crash on Saturday November 30, 2013, after attending a charity event for “Reach Out Worldwide“.

Several of Paul’s films were released after his death, include Hours (2013), Brick Mansions(2014), and his final starring role in The Fast and the Furious series, Furious 7 (2015), part of which was completed after his death. The film’s closing scenes paid tribute to Walker, whose character met with a happy ending, and rode off into the sunset.

Paul Walker’s Daughter Meadow Settles With Porsche in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Meadow and her lawyers alleged that the Porsche Carrera GT “lacked safety features…that could have prevented the accident or, at a minimum, allowed Paul Walker to survive the crash.”

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The suit alleged that Porsche knew that the specific car in Paul’s case “had a history of instability and control issues.” The company, however, reportedly “failed to install its electronic stability control system, which is specifically designed to protect against the swerving actions inherent in hyper-sensitive vehicles of this type.”

For those who don’t recall, law enforcement ruled the cause of the crash was a result of speeding at rates between 80 and 93 MPH. However, according to the lawsuit, Paul’s driver Roger Rodas may have only been going between 63 and 71 MPH when he lost control.

The lawsuit alleged that a “defective” seat belt prevented Paul from escaping the vehicle before it caught on fire and that he was burned alive as a result.

“The bottom line is that the Porsche Carrera GT is a dangerous car,” Meadow’s lawyer Jeff Milam said in a statement to E! News in 2015. “It doesn’t belong on the street. And we shouldn’t be without Paul Walker or his friend, Roger Rodas.”
Meadow was awarded $10.1 million by the estate of Rodas in 2016.

At the time, Milam released the following statement on behalf of his client, “The amount paid by the estate of Roger Rodas into a trust for Meadow Walker only covers a fraction of what her father would have earned as an international movie star had his life not tragically been cut short.”

His statement continued, “Through his estate, Mr. Rodas, the driver of the car, took partial responsibility for the crash. Meadow’s lawsuit against Porsche AG—a $13 billion corporation—intends to hold the company responsibly for producing a vehicle that was defective and caused Paul Walker’s death.”It appears as if that’s just what Milam did.

Paul Walker’s Career

In 1993, Paul Walker played Brandon Collins on the CBS soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’. This role got him noticed for his good looks and acting skills, and earned him a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a soap opera at the Youth in Film Awards.

He starred along with Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, and Reese Witherspoon in the 1998 fantasy comedy-drama film ‘Pleasantville’. The movie was a big hit and Walker started receiving more offers following the film’s success.

After appearing in movies like ‘Varsity Blues’ (1999), ‘She’s All That’ (1999), and ‘The Skulls’ (2000), Paul Walker was chosen to play the protagonist—undercover cop Brian O’Conner—in the action film ‘The Fast and the Furious’, the first film in the franchise.

He co-starred with Vin Diesel who would become one of his best friends over the years. The film proved to be a great commercial success and spawned several sequels in which Walker reprised his role.
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In 2005, he appeared in the action film, ‘Into the Blue’ in which he was paired opposite Jessica Alba. The film was a box-office flop and received negative reviews.

Walker bounced back to being a bankable star with the family drama ‘Eight Below’ (2006) in which he played Jerry Shepard, a guide at an Antarctica research base under contract with the National Science Foundation. A Walt Disney production, the film opened at #1 and was a huge commercial success.

He portrayed a reformed criminal on parole who gets a second chance at life and begins work at a psychiatric hospital in the thriller film ‘The Lazarus Project’ in 2008.

He began the year 2013 on a good note and appeared in several movies including ‘Vehicle 9’, ‘Fast & Furious 6’, and ‘Pawn Shop Chronicles’. He was in the midst of filming ‘Furious 7’ at the time of his untimely death in November 2013.

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