Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul was born on August 27, 1979 in Emmett, Idaho. He got his start as the runner-up in the 1996 International Modeling and Talent Association competition, which led him to starring in several music videos. He also landed some commercial work and had small roles in 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).

In 2010, he played Weird Al in the online sketch Weird Al: The Al Yankovic Story and had guest-starring roles on CSI: Miami, CSI, Veronica Mars, The X-Files, Criminal Minds and Bones. His first big role was on HBO’s Big Love, but he landed his most iconic role when he was cast as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. The role landed him Emmy nominations in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014, and he won the award in 2010, 2012 and 2014. He later starred in Smash in 2012 and got his own animated series on Netflix in 2013.