Photo: Kevin Paul / CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Jesse Pinkman could have been a disposable sidekick — and famously, almost was. What Aaron Paul did with the role is, to me, one of the great acting achievements in television: he turned a small-town burnout into the moral center of Breaking Bad, and the Television Academy agreed three times over, in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The risk with a role that big is becoming its prisoner. Paul instead leaned in with El Camino and Better Call Saul while quietly building a producing career. A kid from Emmett, Idaho who earned every bit of his place — I find that genuinely admirable.
Overview
Aaron Paul (born Aaron Paul Sturtevant; August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013). He went on to reprise the role in the Netflix sequel film El Camino (2019) and during the final season of spin-off series Better Call Saul (2022).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Aaron Paul
- Name (Japanese)
- アーロン・ポール
- Reading
- あーろん・ぽーる
- Born
- August 27, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Emmett, Idaho, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Centennial High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.