Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. This made him one of only two actors to win the latter category three times (2010, 2012, 2014), since its separation into comedy and drama.[note 1] He has also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television three times (2009, 2011, 2013), more than any other actor in that category.[2] He reprised the role of Pinkman six years after the end of the series in the 2019 Netflix film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.[3]

Aaron Paul
Paul at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Aaron Paul Sturtevant

(1979-08-27) August 27, 1979
Emmett, Idaho, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)
Lauren Parsekian
​
(
m. 2013)
Children1[1]

Paul began his career with roles in several music videos, guest roles in television, and minor roles in films. In 2007, he had a recurring role as Scott Quittman on the HBO series Big Love (2006–2011). Following Breaking Bad, he starred in films such as Need for Speed (2014), Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), Eye in the Sky (2015), and Central Intelligence (2016). In addition, Paul played the main antagonist in the 2009 remake of The Last House on the Left, also voiced Todd Chavez in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), on which he was also an executive producer, and portrayed Eddie Lane in the Hulu drama series The Path (2016–2018) and Caleb Nichols in the HBO science fiction drama series Westworld (2020).

Early life and education

Aaron Paul Sturtevant[4] was born in Emmett, Idaho,[5] on August 27, 1979,[6] the youngest of four children born to Darla (née Haynes) and Robert Sturtevant, a Baptist minister.[7] He was born a month premature in his parents' bathroom.[8] Paul graduated in 1997 from Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho,[9] after which he drove to Los Angeles in his 1982 Toyota Corolla with his mother and $6,000 in savings.[10] Prior to gaining fame, he appeared on an episode of The Price Is Right, which aired on January 3, 2000. Appearing under his real name, he played and lost his pricing game and overbid on his Showcase.[11] He also worked as a movie theater usher at Universal Studios in Hollywood.[12]

Career
Paul in 2009

In 1996, Paul went to Los Angeles for the International Modeling and Talent Association competition. He won runner-up and signed with a manager.[13] He starred in the music videos for Korn's song "Thoughtless" and Everlast's song "White Trash Beautiful".[14] He was also featured in television commercials for Juicy Fruit,[15] Corn Pops,[16] and Vanilla Coke.[17] He appeared in the films Whatever It Takes (2000), Help! I'm a Fish (2001), K-PAX (2001), National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), Bad Girls From Valley High (2005), Choking Man (2006), Mission: Impossible III (2006), and The Last House on the Left (2009). He starred as "Weird Al" Yankovic in the Funny or Die short Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2010),[18] and has guest starred on television shows such as The Guardian, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, ER, Sleeper Cell, Veronica Mars, The X-Files, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Bones, and 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Paul with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan at the 36th Saturn Awards on June 24, 2010

Paul first became known for his role as Scott Quittman on HBO's Big Love, on which he appeared fourteen times. In 2008, he began playing Jesse Pinkman on the AMC series Breaking Bad. His 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.[19] For his role in Breaking Bad, Paul was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014; he won the award in 2010,[20] 2012,[21] and 2014.[22]

Paul starred in the film Smashed, which was one of the official selections for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.[23] In an October 2012 interview with ESPN, he spoke about his childhood experience as a Boise State Broncos fan and discussed the challenges of portraying a meth addict in Breaking Bad.[24] In 2012 and 2013, he made an appearance on the show Tron: Uprising, voicing a character named Cyrus.

In September 2013, he was featured on Zen Freeman's dance song, "Dance Bitch".[25] He made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live's 39th season opener as "meth nephew", a relative of Bobby Moynihan's popular "drunk uncle" character.[26] In 2014, Paul starred in Need for Speed, as a street racer recently released from prison who takes revenge on a wealthy business associate.[27] Paul stars alongside Juliette Lewis in the family drama Hellion, as the drunken father of two young vandals.[28] Also in 2014, he co-starred in the biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, portraying the Hebrew prophet Joshua.[29]

In December 2013, Netflix announced that Paul would be a cast member on the animated series BoJack Horseman.[30] On March 3, 2014, he 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.[31] On September 23, 2014, it was announced that Paul will play the young Louis Drax's father who becomes the focus of a criminal investigation after his son suffers a near-fatal fall in an upcoming Miramax film titled The 9th Life of Louis Drax, a supernatural thriller based on a book of the same name.[32]

In 2015, he did voiceover narration in a Mazda commercial.[33] In 2016, 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, which debuted on March 30, 2016.[34] Paul voiced the main protagonist, Nyx Ulric, in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, released in July 2016.

In June 2018, Paul joined the cast of the Apple TV+ crime drama series Truth Be Told, opposite Octavia Spencer and Lizzy Caplan.[35]

Paul at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con

In September 2018, Paul joined the cast of the HBO science fiction western series Westworld for the third season,[36] portraying the character Caleb Nichols.[37]

Personal life

Paul became engaged to Lauren Parsekian in Paris on January 1, 2012.[38] The two met at the Coachella Festival.[39] They were married on May 26, 2013, in a 1920s Parisian carnival-themed wedding in Malibu, California; Foster the People and John Mayer performed.[40] Paul emailed the song "Beauty" by The Shivers to everyone on the guest list and asked them to learn the words so they could sing along during the ceremony.[10] In September 2017, he announced that he and Parsekian were expecting their first child.[41] Their daughter, Story Annabelle, was born in February 2018.[42] The family currently lives in Idaho.

To commemorate the final episode of Breaking Bad ("Felina"), Paul and co-star Bryan Cranston both got Breaking Bad tattoos on the last day of filming; Paul had the phrase "no half measures" tattooed onto his bicep, while Cranston got the show's logo tattooed on one of his fingers.[43]

In 2013, Paul helped raise $1.8 million for Parsekian's non-profit anti-bullying organization, the Kind Campaign. The winners of the contest won a trip to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery screening of the final episode of Breaking Bad.[44] During a ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho, governor Butch Otter declared October 1 to be "Aaron Paul Sturtevant Day".[45]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2009 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Breaking Bad Nominated
Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor on Television Won
2010 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Won
PRISM Award Male Performance in a Drama Series Nominated
Satellite Award Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film Nominated
Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor on Television Nominated
TCA Award Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated
2011 Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor on Television Won
PRISM Award Male Performance in a Drama Series Won
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2012 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Won
2013 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film Nominated
Satellite Award Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film Won
Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor on Television Won
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won
Dorian Award TV Performance of the Year – Actor Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
PRISM Award Male Performance in a Drama Series Nominated
2014 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Won
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Won
Young Hollywood Award Fan Favorite Actor – Male Nominated
2019 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Animated Program BoJack Horseman Nominated
Satellite Award Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Nominated

Filmography
Main article: Aaron Paul filmography

Notes
  1. Starting with the show's second season, Paul was nominated each year he was eligible, for a total of five times: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
gollark: Excellent.
gollark: You should probably not trust that network at all if it's MitMing you constantly.
gollark: The obvious solution is piracy™.
gollark: I can't actually be bothered, myself.
gollark: Only for the US though, and I think this is using an outdated architecture.

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