Aaron Paul
Biography
Aaron Paul is an American actor who came up through music videos, commercials, and small parts on television and in film before landing a recurring role on HBO's Big Love. His breakthrough was Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, which earned him three Emmy Awards as a drama series supporting actor, and he later returned to the character in the Netflix sequel El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) and the final season of Better Call Saul. He also took leading film roles, among them the Sundance selection Smashed (2012) and the racing drama Need for Speed (2014), voiced Todd Chavez and executive produced the animated BoJack Horseman, and played Eddie Lane in The Path and Caleb Nichols in Westworld. He was a regular on the crime drama Truth Be Told and voiced the lead in the 2025 video game Dispatch.
47years old
Turns 48 on August 27in 329 days
- Born Emmett
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Aaron Paul Sturtevant (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 27
- Career span
- 26 years2000 to 2026
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Big break
Aaron Paul's character Jesse Pinkman was meant to die in the first season of Breaking Bad, but after the creator Vince Gilligan saw his chemistry with Bryan Cranston, the plans changed and Jesse became a main character.
First role
In 1996, Paul traveled to Los Angeles to take part in the International Modeling and Talent Association competition. He placed runner-up there and got a manager.
Aaron Paul movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together5 more actors
- Garret DillahuntCome and Find Me (2016) and The Last House on the Left (2009)
- Mary Elizabeth WinsteadThe Parts You Lose (2019) and Smashed (2012)
- Teresa PalmerThe Get Out (2026) and Triple 9 (2016)
- E. Roger MitchellAmerican Woman (2018) and Triple 9 (2016)
- Beulah KoaleAsh (2025) and Dual (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Aaron Paul's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$810 million
15 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 27 films: 15 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 6Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$268M33.1% of the total
- 2$217M26.8% of the total
- 3$203M25.1% of the total
- 4$39M4.8% of the total
- 5$33M4.0% of the total
- 6$19M2.3% of the total
- 7$13M1.6% of the total
- 8$9.9M1.2% of the total
$8.7 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2010 to 2014, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2014 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Won |
| 2012 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Won |
| 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Breaking Bad | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.