Aaron Paul is an American actor who rose to fame with his role of Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad!
He will return in the new Breaking Bad, El Camino. So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career!
- His full name is Aaron Paul Sturtevant
- He was born in August 27, 1979
- He is an American actor
- He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad
- 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
- 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
- Paul began his career with roles in several music videos and guest roles in television
- Before taking minor roles in films such as Mission: Impossible III (2006) and The Last House on the Left (2009)
- In 2007, he had a recurring role as Scott Quittman on the HBO series Big Love
- Following his breakthrough, he began starring in films such as Need for Speed (2014), A Long Way Down (2014), and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
- Since 2014, he has been the voice of Todd Chavez on the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman
- On which he is also an executive producer
- And portrayed Eddie Lane in the Hulu drama series The Path from 2016 to 2018
- He will reprise the role of Jesse Pinkman in the upcoming film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
- It is set to be released on Netflix on October 11, 2019
- Aaron Paul Sturtevant was born in Emmett, Idaho, on August 27, 1979
- He is the youngest of four children
- Born to Darla and Robert Sturtevant, a Baptist minister
- He was born a month premature in his parents’ bathroom
- Paul attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho
- Graduating in 1997
- After graduation, he drove to Los Angeles in his 1982 Toyota Corolla with his mother and $6,000 in savings
- 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 Dice Game and overbid by $132 on the Showcase
- He also worked as a movie theater usher at Universal Studios in Hollywood
- Paul became engaged to Lauren Parsekian in Paris on January 1, 2012
- The two had met at the Coachella Festival
- They were married on May 26, 2013, in a 1920s Parisian carnival-themed wedding in Malibu, California
- Μusic was provided by Foster the People and John Mayer
- Paul emailed the song “Beauty” by The Shivers to everyone on the guest list
- Αnd asked them to learn the words so they could sing along during the ceremony
- In September 2017, he announced that he and Parsekian were expecting their first child
- Their daughter, Story Annabelle, was born in February 2018
- To commemorate the final episode of Breaking Bad, 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
- 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
- During a ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho, governor Butch Otter declared October 1 to be “Aaron Paul Sturtevant Day”
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