Aaron Paul: Net Worth, Celebrity Facts, and more about the ‘Breaking Bad’ superstar

Aaron Paul Sturtevant, born on August 27, 1979, in Emmett, Idaho, is an American actor known for his role as Jesse Pinkman in AMC’s Breaking Bad. With the role, he’s won multiple awards like the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. There are a handful more awards and nominations for Paul and that only goes to show how talented the man is.

1. Instincts: When he was in 8th grade, he already knew he wanted to be an actor after taking theatre.
2. Bathtub Baby: Being born a month premature, he was born in his parent’s bathtub.
3. The Price is Right Contestant: In 2000, he was a contestant on the show and made it to the final round but overbid by $132 dollars. So close.
4. The Inspiration: He was inspired by The Goonies to pursue acting after graduating high school a year early. he left with only $6,000 to his name.
5. Multi-jobbed: In order to move to Los Angeles, he needed money. In doing so, he worked as a Pizza Hut delivery boy and radio station’s frog mascot––alongside a couple more jobs.
6. Corn Pops Scam: In 1999, he filmed a Corn Pops commercial and since then he said that he’ll never eat Corn Pops again.
7. Paulbacca: He said that if he’d be a Star Wars character, it’d be Chewbacca because it’ll be fun to be furry and soft.
8. Here Comes the Big Break: In 2007, he played Amanda Seyfried’s lover in HBO series Big Love. Credits to the series for making this man the legendary actor he is.
9. He’s Supposed to be Dead: In the series, not in real life. Originally, Jesse was supposed to be killed off during the first season but because of Paul and Cranston’s great chemistry––they decided not to.
10. Soft Spot: Paul says that his biggest similarity with his character, Jesse Pinkman, is their shared love for kids.