Aaron Paul (1979)

 career

Early in his career, starred in videos for the band Korn, for their song "Thoughtless", and Everlast, for his song "White Trash Beautiful". He was also featured in television commercials for Juicy Fruit and Corn Pops.

 Film

Paul has appeared in the films Whatever It Takes , K-PAX , MTV's TV Movie Wasted , Van Wilder, Perfect Opposites , Bad Girls From Valley High , Choking Man , Mission: Impossible III , The Last House on the Left among others. He also starred in the 2010 web released Funny or Die short Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as "Weird Al" Yankovic. Smashed, a film in which Paul stars, will be one of the official selections for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

 Television

Paul has also made guest appearances on television shows such as The Guardian, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, ER, Sleeper Cell, Veronica Mars, The X-Files, Ghost Whisperer , Bones and ''3rd Rock From The Sun" 1999, season 4, episode 24.

His recurring character "Scott Quittman" on HBO's Big Love appeared 14 times over the show's five seasons.

In 2008 Paul began playing Jesse Pinkman on AMC's Breaking Bad. His character was originally planned to die during the first season, but after seeing the chemistry between Paul and series star Bryan Cranston series creator Vince Gilligan changed his mind, modified the original plans, and saved the character.

Paul had an opportunity to work with Cranston prior to Breaking Bad, having auditioned for the role of Francis, the eldest son of Cranston's Malcolm in the Middle character.