Aaron Paul Aaron Paul Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series "Breaking Bad", for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. This made him one of only two actors to win the latter category three times (2010, 2012, 2014), since its separation into drama and comedy.
Breaking Bad revealed that AMC and Sony were interested in a spin-off series that would focus on Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), with Gilligan and series writer Peter Gould developing the project. In September 2013, AMC and Sony Pictures Television officially ordered "Better Call Saul", set as a prequel to "Breaking Bad". The series focuses on Saul's life 6 years before he became Walter's lawyer, and premiered on February 8, 2015. From August 11, 2013, to September 29, 2013, eight episodes of the live talk show, "Talking Bad", aired on AMC, following "Breaking Bad". The host, Chris Hardwick, and guests – who included