1. Aaron Paul was born on Aaron Paul Sturtevant; August 27,1979 and is an American actor and producer.
30 Facts About Aaron Paul
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Aaron Paul is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad, for which he won several awards, including three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, a joint-record since its separation into comedy and drama, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination.
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Aaron Paul reprised the role in the Netflix sequel film El Camino, and during the final season of spin-off series Better Call Saul.
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Aaron Paul began his career with roles in several music videos, guest roles in television, and minor roles in films.
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Aaron Paul voiced Todd Chavez in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman, on which he was an executive producer, and portrayed Eddie Lane in the Hulu drama series The Path and Caleb Nichols in the HBO science fiction drama series Westworld.
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Aaron Paul was born Aaron Paul Sturtevant, in Emmett, Idaho, on August 27,1979, the youngest of four children born to Darla and Baptist minister Robert Sturtevant.
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Aaron Paul was born a month premature in his parents' bathroom.
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Aaron Paul graduated in 1997 from Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho, after which he drove to Los Angeles in his 1982 Toyota Corolla with his mother and $6,000 in savings.
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Aaron Paul worked as a movie theater usher at Universal Studios in Hollywood.
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In 1996, Aaron Paul went to Los Angeles for the International Modeling and Talent Association competition.
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Aaron Paul starred in the music videos for Korn's song "Thoughtless" and Everlast's song "White Trash Beautiful".
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Aaron Paul was featured in television commercials for Juicy Fruit, Corn Pops, and Vanilla Coke.
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Aaron Paul first became known for his role as Scott Quittman on HBO's Big Love, on which he appeared fourteen times.
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Aaron Paul's character was originally meant to die during the first season, but after seeing the chemistry between Paul and the lead actor Bryan Cranston, the series creator Vince Gilligan changed his mind and modified the original plans to include Jesse as a main character.
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Aaron Paul starred in the film Smashed, which was one of the official selections for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
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Aaron Paul made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Lives 39th season opener as "meth nephew", a relative of Bobby Moynihan's popular "drunk uncle" character.
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In 2014, Aaron Paul starred in Need for Speed, as a street racer recently released from prison who takes revenge on a wealthy business associate.
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Aaron Paul was a cast member on the animated Netflix series BoJack Horseman.
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Aaron Paul appeared on WWE Raw to promote Need for Speed, by entering the arena in a sports car with Dolph Ziggler, providing commentary for Ziggler's match against Alberto Del Rio, and helping Ziggler win by distracting Del Rio.
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In 2016, Aaron Paul played the young Louis Drax's father who becomes the focus of a criminal investigation after his son has a near-fatal fall in The 9th Life of Louis Drax, a supernatural thriller based on a book of the same name.
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In 2016, Aaron Paul began playing Eddie Lane, a man who in a life crisis joins a cult but subsequently questions his faith, in the Hulu series The Path.
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That same year, Aaron Paul voiced the main protagonist, Nyx Ulric, in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV.
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Aaron Paul was a regular cast member of the Apple TV+ crime drama series Truth Be Told, opposite Octavia Spencer and Lizzy Caplan.
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In 2018, Aaron Paul joined the cast of the HBO science fiction western series Westworld for the third season, portraying the character Caleb Nichols.
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In 2023, Aaron Paul starred in a main role in the third episode of the sixth series of Black Mirror, "Beyond the Sea".
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In 2013, Aaron Paul helped organize a contest to raise $1.6 million for his wife's non-profit anti-bullying organization, the Kind Campaign.
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Aaron Paul has spoken positively about the asexual community, as a result of portraying the asexual character Todd Chavez on BoJack Horseman.
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Aaron Paul met actress and director Lauren Parsekian at the Coachella Festival, and they became engaged in Paris on January 1,2012.
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Aaron Paul emailed the song "Beauty" by The Shivers to everyone on the guest list and asked them to learn the lyrics so they could sing along during the ceremony.
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Aaron Paul legally dropped his birth surname of "Sturtevant" in November 2022 so that he, his wife, and their children would all officially share the "Aaron Paul" surname.