Paul Walker – Net Worth, Money and More
Net worth – $45 million
Occupation – Actor
Paul walker popularly known as ‘officer Brian O’Conner’, an American actor and a philanthropist. His full name is Paul William Walker IV. The legendary actor became famous after the release of most thrilling street racing action series- “fast and the furious” in 2001. Initially he started with television shows and latterly he bloomed up in movies. Paul walker was born on 12th September’1973 but unfortunately died on 30th November’2013 in a car accident.
Early life and career:
Paul walker was the son of a Cheryl model and Paul William walker III, who was a fighter and a sewer contractor. Paul was born on 12th September’1973 in Glendale, California. Paul graduated from Sun valley village Christian school in 1991. After his graduation he also persuaded for marine biology. But due to his intimacy in modeling he opted acting as his career.
Paul walker started his career with the television series such as highway to heaven, who’s the boss, The young and the Restless, different strokes and touched by an angel. Paul also worked as a toddler in a television commercial for ‘Pampers’. Paul started his film career in 1986 in a horror cum comedy film –‘monster in the closet’, after that, In 1998 Paul acted in first featured debut comedy film- Meet the diddles which was somewhat hit, and besides all this Paul also had some supporting roles in few movies such as- Pleasantville(1998), varsity blues (1999), the skulls(2000) etc.
Then In 2001,Paul got an excellent breakthrough most exciting street racing action series- ‘Fast and the furious series’, in this series paul was playing against Vin diesel. The first segment of fast and furious series i.e. The fast and the furious, uplifted Paul’s career to extreme height and also propelled him to be a stardom. This movie boxed about $200million till date. Not only this, this movie also led him to be reprisal lead actor in sequel in 2003 i.e., 2 fast and 2 furious. And hence Paul persisted as the lead actor in all six parts of the series. Apart from this series Paul also acted as lead actor in joy ride(2001), into the blue(2005), and timeline(2003).
Walker then worked in popular hit films such as ‘Eight below’ produced by Walt Disney in 2006, running scared (2006), The Lazarus project(2006), takers(2009), vehicle 9(2012) and hours(2013) all these movies did awesome business at box office. Also walker was appreciated by his director with whom he worked.
Personal life:
Walker lived in Santa Barbara, California with his Chesapeake Bay retriever, Boone. He had one daughter(name meadow) who lived in Hawaii with her mother. Meadow’s mother was Rebecca Soteros who was Paul’s one time girl-friend. Paul is an fervid surfer and studied the martial arts forms of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai kickboxing, combining this into exercise routine makes his outdoor gaming plans. Paul was awarded black belt by miller posthumously and also earned brown belt in jiu-jitsu. In free time Paul prefers to either surf or to play soccer or do shooting.
Not only in movies and TV series, Paul had also worked for national geography. Due to fascination in marine biology, Paul joined the board of directors of billfish foundation in 2006 and there he worked about 15 days with net geo where they tagged white sharks on coast of Mexico for studying their behavior.
Walker had a great attachment with the crew members of fast and furious series but among all of them Tyrese Gibson was his closest friend.
Social cause:
Paul walker runs an non-profitable organization named reach out worldwide (ROWW) which helps disasters victims in various countries.
Paul established this organization with the help of Roger Rodas. Roger was a professional racer and the financial advisor of Paul and the CEO of always evolving, a Valencia high end vehicle shop owned by Paul. They established this society in January’2012 during Haiti earthquake, and afterwards they also helped in Chile earthquake’2012, Alabama tornado’2012 and many more.
Death:
Paul walker died in a tragic accident on 30th November at the age of 40. Paul was attending charity event with his friend roger rodas in Valencia, saint Clarita organized for the benefits of victims of typhoon Haiyan in Philippines. After the event Paul and Roger left in roger’s red Porsche Carrera GT, and while reaching home, driver suddenly lost control over his car, they suddenly crashed into a concrete light poles and two tress on Hercules street nr Valencia, saint Clarita in California, immediately after the accident vehicle burst into flames. Both the victims were declared dead on the spot by LA sheriff. LA sheriff also said that speed was the reason of the accident.
After the death, fast and furious co-stars, Vin diesel, Dwayne Johnson sung Kang posted a tribute on Paul’s social media.
Awards and nominations:
• Paul won Hollywood discovery award in 2001 for breakthrough male performance.
• In 2002, Paul won best MTV movie award for fast and the furious
• Paul was continuously nominated for 3 years for best actor by Teen choice awards.
• In 2003, he won Teen choice award for best movie chemistry for 2 fast 2 furious.
Quotes by Paul walker:
“You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.”
“I live by ‘Go big or go home.’ That’s with everything. It’s like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That’s what I live by. That’s how I like it.”
“That’s one thing about Hollywood. People don’t always want what’s real. People always want a little more. So for me, it’s a compromise. Here you go, that hyper-reality.”
