SPOTLIGHT
21
“Yeah, bitch!”
Aaron Paul was born on
27 August 1979, and
raised in Emmett, Idaho,
to Darla (Haynes) and
Robert Sturtevant, a
retired Baptist minister.
When he was in his
eighth grade, he decided
to become an actor.
He joined the theatre
department and became
obsessed with the idea of
acting for a living.
Though
appearing
in several roles on
American
television,
such as his television
debut in an episode of
Beverly Hills, 90210
(1990), followed by an
appearance in another
Aaron Spelling series,
Melrose Place (1992)
and 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, his breakthrough
role came as «Jesse
Pinkman» in the AMC
series Breaking Bad
(2008). The character
was only supposed to
last for one season, but
series creator Vince
Gilligan changed his
mind, due to Aaron›s
chemistry with Bryan
Cranston. He has won
three Emmy Awards for
”Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Drama Series”
for this role (2010,
2012 and 2014). As of
2014, he›s the only actor
to win 3 Emmys in the
”Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Drama Series”
category.
He starred in the music
videos for the Korn song
”Thoughtless” and the
Ever last song ”White
Trash Beautiful”
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 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 2013, Aaron
and Parsekian helped
raise $1.8 million for
the Kind Campaign, a
non-profit anti-bullying
organization.
During
a ceremony at Boise’s
famous Egyptian Theatre,
Idaho governor Butch
Otter declared October
1 “Aaron Paul Sturtevant
Day”.