I live by ‘Go big or go home.’ That’s with everything. It’s like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything... That’s what I live by. That’s how I like it.”
And the actor, gone at 40, stayed true to his words. Most of the films we fondly remember him by had him play adventurous parts. Born on September 12, 1973 in Glendale, California, he debuted at age 13 in the 1986 film Monster In Your Closet and was part of several top-rated television shows of the time.
His first big role came with 1999’s Varsity Blues.
But it was The Fast And Furious franchise, which took off in 2001 that really gave his career a boost. He was in the middle of filming the seventh film in The Fast And The Furious franchise when his car crashed into an electric pole just a little distance away from a charity event he was attending. He leaves behind 15-year-old daughter Meadow Rain, who celebrated her birthday last month.