Tall and athletic, with blond All-American good looks, Paul Walker accellerated into the public eye in the 2001 surprise hit "The Fast and the Furious," and although his star did not rise as dramatically as his co-star Vin Diesel's, Walker has developed as a reliable, attractive leading man.

Walker had a career on television long before his film work began. He actually began as a toddler in commercials for Pampers before segueing to guest roles on programs including "Highway to Heaven" (as a mentally-challenged youth in a two-part 1986 episode) and such sitcoms as "Charles in Charge", "Growing Pains" (ABC) and, for the 1986-87 season in the regular role of Diana Canova's teenaged son in the syndicated series "Throb". The young actor took time off for school, making less frequent guest appearances (i.e., a 1991 episode of "Who's the Boss"). He returned to the small screen in 1993 with a recurring role on the CBS soap "The Young and the Restless" and during the 1994-1995 season was seen in the short-lived CBS sitcom "The Boys Are Back" as a retired couple's college bound son whose older brothers move back into the family home.

Walker made his big screen starring debut in Disney's "Meet the Deedles" (1998), making use of his background in surfing and various extreme sports for this movie chronicling the adventures of free-spirited twins mistaken for park rangers in Yellowstone National Park. That same year he had a featured role in "Pleasantville" as Skip, an earnest basketball player trapped in a black-and-white sitcom world who quickly converts to color with 1990s girl Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon) as his missionary. His classic jock-next-door look made him well suited for this part, as well as his role in the box-office success "Varsity Blues" (1999). As football quarterback Lance Harbor, the actor did a fine job of tracing the fall of the injured local hero who has little left when his high school football career is sidelined. Next he appeared as Freddie Prinze Jr.'s callous friend and rival in "She's All That" (also 1999). Walker turned in an impressive comedic performance as a popular creep who refuses to forget a bet he makes with school golden boy Zack (Prinze) to turn awkward, unpopular Laney (Rachael Leigh Cook) into the prom queen, even as it becomes obvious that Zack is falling for her. He would also be seen that year as Claire Danes' boyfriend in the drama "Brokedown Palace", in which Danes and Kate Beckinsale play Americans imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling.

After working with journeyman director Rob Cohen on the B-level thriller "The Skulls" (2000), co-starring opposite Joshua Jackson as an elite collegiate who is part of a secret, sinister fraternity, Walker was again tapped by Cohen when the director was casting his next film, "The Fast and the Furious," a high-octane action thiller in which Walker plays a detective infiltrating a ring of street-racing car thieves led by Vin Diesel. The film, which debuted with little fanfare or expectation, became a surprise hit: Diesel was proclaimed a superstar, Cohen became an A-list director and Walker became a hot commodity. Another competent auto-focued thriller, "Joyride" (2001), added a bit of extra luster to Walker's action hero sheen, but before he could establish himself firmly in other roles he returned—without Diesel or Cohen—to head the cast of the sequel "2 Fast, 2 Furious” (2003).

After playing one in a group of scientists who travel in time to 14th century feudal France with no way to get home in the big budget bomb “Timeline” (2003), Walker appeared in the Christmas drama, “Noel” (2004), Chaz Palminteri’s directorial debut about five people who discover new meaning about their lives and each other one Christmas Eve. He then starred in the treasure hunting thriller, “Into the Blue” (2005), opposite Jessica Alba, playing one of four divers who discover a legendary shipwreck with millions in gold at the bottom of the sea which happens to be next to a crashed plane full of illicit cargo. The divers make a pact to keep their discovery quiet, but soon learn that the drug dealers are hot on their trail. Despite the interesting premise and appealing cast, “Into the Blue” was scorned by critics.

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  The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2006) (filming) .... Tim Kearney
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) (post-production) .... Hank Hansen
Eight Below (2006) (completed) .... Gerry Shepherd

Running Scared (2006) .... Joey Gazelle
Into the Blue (2005) .... Jared
Noel (2004) .... Mike
Timeline (2003) .... Chris Johnston
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) .... Brian O'Conner
Life Makes Sense If You're Famous (2002) .... Mikey
Joy Ride (2001) .... Lewis Thomas
... aka Roadkill (Australia) (UK)
The Fast and the Furious (2001) .... Brian O'Conner
... aka The Fast and the Furious (Germany)
The Skulls (2000) .... Caleb Mandrake
... aka Clan des Skulls, Le (Canada: French title)

Brokedown Palace (1999) (uncredited) .... Jason
She's All That (1999) .... Dean Sampson
Varsity Blues (1999) .... Lance Harbor
Pleasantville (1998) .... Skip Martin
Meet the Deedles (1998) .... Phil Deedle
... aka The Deedles
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) .... Michael
... aka Teenage T-Rex
"The Young and the Restless" (1973) TV Series .... Brandon Collins (1993)
... aka Y&R (USA: promotional abbreviation)

Programmed to Kill (1987) .... Jason
... aka The Retaliator
Monster in the Closet (1987) .... 'Professor' Bennett
"Throb" (1986) TV Series .... Jeremy Beatty (1986-1987)