Paul Walker's 47th birth anniversary: Check out some facts about the 'Fast & Furious' star

Paul Walker was popularly kwn for his role as Brian O’Conner in Fast & Furious franchise. late actor was born on September 12, 1973. Many were familiar with his love for cars but re are few facts that t much people kw about late actor. Take a look a few facts about Walker on his 47th birth anniversary.

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15 facts about Paul Walker on his 47th birth anniversary

• Paul Walker started his acting career at a young when he was just two-years-old. He was seen in an vertisement for a diaper company. He got his first movie role when he was just 13-years-old in 1986 released Monster in Closet. Walker appeared in a game with his sister in 1988.

• Paul Walker is actually Paul William Walker IV. His grandfar, Paul Williams II was a professional boxer who goes by name “Irish” Billy Walker. After his retirement, he appeared in multiple films, TV shows and even raced cars for Ford.

• Paul Walker owned a high-end performance car shop named, Always Evolving. It was situated in Valencia, California and often held car meets to promote ir exotic tune-ups. Roger Rodas was CEO of shop and also Walker’s financial visor. Rodas was man who h been driving Porsche when y crashed in 2013.

• Paul Walker received immense recognition for his performance in Fast & Furious franchise. reason behind him coming on-board was his miration for 1997 movie Donnie Brasco, starring Al Paci and Johnny Depp. late actor liked idea of playing an undercover cop, like Depp, but with cars.

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• His love for cars is kwn by many, but few kw that Paul Walker was also passionate about ocean. In fact, he studied Marine Biology at a community college in California. He also worked in Expedition Great White show on National Geographic.

• Star Wars is one of biggest sci-fi franchise and Paul Walker was almost a part of it. He auditioned for role of Anakin Skywalker in prequel trilogy, which was a success at box office. However, executives thought that he was too old to portray character and it went on to Hayden Christenson.

• Apart from being a race-car driver on-screen in Fast & Furious franchise, he was a race-car driver in real life too. Paul Walker took part in Redline Time Attack racing series and was on Always Evolving Performance Team. He raced with cars like BMW M3 E92, R34 Nissan, Porsche 911 GT3 RS and Skyline GT-R.

• In 2014, Paul Walker paid for an engment ring of a couple he did t kw. An Iraq war veteran wanted to buy ring for his fiancé, which was priced at $9000. actor overheard couple’s conversation and gifted m ring.

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• Paul Walker preferred doing his own stunts in movies. actor performed all his stunts by himself in first Fast & Furious film. It has quite difficult stunts but he knew cars.

• Paul Walker was a great fighter on and off-screen. He was a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which is second-highest belt. After his demise, actor’s friend and instructor houred him with a posthumous black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

• friendship between Paul Walker and his Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel is mired by many. Walker me Diesel godfar of her daughter, Meow Walker. In 2015, following Paul’s demise, Vin named his daughter, Pauline in memory of his beloved friend.

• Paul Walker was preparing for an auto show before his demise. His AE shop was set to feature at an auto which would have his BMW M3 E92 car. It included big names from automobile industry for sponsorship.

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• re are several actors who like to see mselves on-screen, but Paul Walker was t one of m. actor was t much of a fan of watching his own performance on big screen. He would mark his presences on his movies’ premieres, out of respect, but did t watch m again.

• Nissan Skyline R34 car that Brian O’Conner drives most frequently was owned by Paul Walker. car was touched up at his Always Evolving car shop and h a sentimental value to him. Walker also helped hand-pick many cars that were used in Fast & Furious movies.

• Paul Walker h founded a disaster relief organization called 'Reach Out Worldwide'. It specialized in providing basic necessities and medical assistance to survivors in bleakest of situations. actor was leaving a 'Reach Out Worldwide' event when he h  tragic car accident.

Disclaimer: following points have been sourced from unbelievablefacts.com, hotcars.com and guff.com