Early life

Paul was born in Emmett, Idaho, the son of Darla (née Haynes) and Robert Sturtevant, a Baptist minister. He is the youngest of four children and was born a month premature in his parents' bathroom. He has English, German, and Scottish ancestry. Paul attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho, graduating in 1998. 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 on January 3, 2000. Appearing under his real name, he played one pricing game and overbid by $132 on the Showcase. He also worked as a movie theater usher at Universal Studios in Hollywood.

Career

In 1996, Paul went to Los Angeles for the International Modeling and Talent Association competition. He won runner-up in the competition and signed with a manager. He starred in the music videos for the Korn song "Thoughtless" and the Everlast song "White Trash Beautiful". He was also featured in television commercials for Juicy Fruit, Corn Pops, and Vanilla Coke. 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 2010 Funny or Die short Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, 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 first became known for his role as Scott Quittman on HBO's Big Love; he appeared 14 times on the show. 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 lead actor Bryan Cranston, series creator Vince Gilligan changed his mind and modified the original plans to include Jesse as a main character in the series. 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, 2012, and 2014.

Paul starred in the film Smashed, which was one of the official selections for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. In October 2012, he was interviewed by 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. 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". 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. In 2014, Paul starred in Need for Speed, as a street racer recently released from prison who takes revenge on a wealthy business associate. Paul stars alongside Juliette Lewis in the family drama Hellion, as the drunken father of two young vandals. Also in 2014, he co-starred in the biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, portraying the Hebrew prophet Joshua.

In December 2013, Netflix announced that Paul will have his own animated series called BoJack Horseman: A Tale of Fear, Loathing and Animals. On March 3, 2014, he appeared on WWE Raw to promote Need for Speed, entering the arena in a sports car with Dolph Ziggler. He provided commentary for Ziggler's match against Alberto Del Rio, helping Ziggler win by distracting Del Rio. 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.

In 2015, he did voiceover narration in a Mazda commercial. In 2016, Paul plays Eddie Lane, a man who in a crisis of faith joins a cult, in the Hulu series The Path. The Path debuted on March 30, 2016.

Personal life

Paul became engaged to Lauren Parsekian in Paris on January 1, 2012. The two met at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California. They were married on May 26, 2013 in a 1920s Parisian carnival-themed wedding in Malibu, California, with music provided by Foster the People and John Mayer. Paul emailed the entire guest list the song "Beauty" by The Shivers and asked them to learn the words so they could sing along during the ceremony.

To commemorate the final episode of Breaking Bad, Paul and castmate Bryan Cranston both got Breaking Bad tattoos on the last day of filming.

In 2013, Aaron and Parsekian helped raise $1.8 million for the Kind Campaign, a non-profit anti-bullying organization. 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 Boise's Egyptian Theatre, Idaho governor Butch Otter declared October 1 "Aaron Paul Sturtevant Day".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Whatever It Takes	Floyd
2000	Help! I'm a Fish	Chuck (voice)
2001	K-PAX	Michael Powell
2002	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Wasted Guy
2004	Perfect Opposites	Monty Brandt
2005	Candy Paint	Brad Miller	Short film
2005	Bad Girls from Valley High	Jonathon Wharton
2006	Choking Man	Jerry
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Rick Meade
2007	Daydreamer	Clinton Roark
2007	Leo	Hustler	Short film
2008	Say Goodnight	Victor
2009	The Last House on the Left	Francis
2010	Wreckage	Rick
2010	Weird: the Al Yankovic Story	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Short film
2011	Quirky Girl	Joseph	Short film
2012	Smashed	Charlie Hannah
2013	Decoding Annie Parker	Paul	Milano International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014	Need for Speed	Tobey Marshall
2014	A Long Way Down	JJ
2014	Hellion	Hollis Wilson	Also co-executive producer Grand Jury Prize Award for Narrative Feature Competition
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Joshua
2015	Unity	Narrator	Documentary
2015	Eye in the Sky	Steve Watts
2015	Fathers and Daughters	Cameron
2016	Triple 9	Gabe Welch
2016	Central Intelligence
2016	Come and Find Me	David
2016	The 9th Life of Louis Drax	Peter
2016	Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Nyx Ulric (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Beverly Hills, 90210	Chad	Episode: "Fortune Cookie"
1999	Melrose Place	Frat Boy	Episode: "The Daughterboy"
1999	Suddenly Susan	Zipper	Episode: "A Day in the Life"
1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	Student	Episode: "Dick's Big Giant Headache: Part II"
2000	Get Real	Derek	Episode: "History Lessons"
2001	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd	Ethan	Episode: "Eddie Loves Tori"
2001	The Division	Tyler Petersen	Episode: "Hero"
2001	Nikki	Scott	Episode: "Family Lies"
2001	The Guardian	Ethan Ritter	Episode: "The Men from the Boys"
2001	The X-Files	David "Winky" Winkle	Episode: "Lord of the Flies"
2001-2002	Judging Amy	"X-Ray" Conklin	2 episodes
2002	NYPD Blue	Marcus Denton	Episode: "Oh, Mama!"
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Peter Hutchins, Jr.	Episode: "Felonious Monk"
2002	Birds of Prey	Jerry	Episode: "Pilot"
2002	Wasted	Owen Turner	Television film
2003	ER	Doug	Episode: "A Saint in the City"
2003	Kingpin	Stoner	Episode: "El Velorio"
2003	CSI: Miami	Ben Gordon	Episode: "Grave Young Men"
2003	Guiding Light	Adrian Pascal	1 episode
2003	Threat Matrix	Shane	Episode: "Natural Borne Killers"
2004	Line of Fire	Drew Parkman	Episode: "Mother & Child Reunion"
2005	Veronica Mars	Eddie Laroche	Episode: "Silence of the Lamb"
2005	Joan of Arcadia	Denunzio	Episode: "Secret Service"
2005	Point Pleasant	Mark Owens	3 episodes
2005	Criminal Minds	Michael Zizzo	Episode: "The Popular Kids"
2005	Sleeper Cell	Teen	Episode: "Al-Faitha"
2006	Bones	Stew Ellis	Episode: "The Superhero in the Alley"
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Link	Episode: "Fury"
2007-2011	Big Love	Scott Quittman	14 episodes
2008-2013	Breaking Bad	Jesse Pinkman	62 episodes Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Prism Award for Male Performance in a Drama Series - Multi-Episode Story Line Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Dorian Award for TV Performance of the Year - Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Prism Award for Male Performance in a Drama Series - Multi-Episode Story Line Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated—Young Hollywood Award for Fan Favorite Actor-Male
2012	Robot Chicken	Glenn (voice)	Episode: "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special"
2012-2013	Tron: Uprising	Cyrus (voice)	3 episodes
2013	The Simpsons	Jesse Pinkman	Episode: "What Animated Women Want"
2013	Saturday Night Live	Meth Nephew	Episode: "Tina Fey/Arcade Fire"
2014-present	BoJack Horseman	Todd Chavez (voice)	Also executive producer
2016-present	The Path	Eddie Lane	Also producer

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Role
2002	Thoughtless	Korn	Floyd Louis Cifer
2003	White Trash Beautiful	Everlast	Boyfriend

[ Source: Wikipedia ]