Paul Walker played Brian O'Connor in the fast and the furious and started in five films and was half way through filming his sixth film when he died. his character Brian was raised and possibly born in Barstow, California. In his own words he "doesn't remember shit" about his own father. Not even remembering what his father sounded or even looked like. Leading to some doubt as to whether he would be a capable father to his son Jack O'Conner. His surname O'Conner suggests Irish ancestry. It is revealed in 2 fast 2 furious that he had a relationship with a woman named Tayna around this time.Brian was later sent to juvenile detention for popping cars, where he met and befriended Roman Pearce. Later Brian joined LAPD. Two months after graduation, Roman was arrested with a garage full of stolen cars and sent to prison for a sentence of three years. Although Brian had nothing to do with the arrest, Roman came to resent his former best friend simply because of the fact that Brian was a cop, considering Roman's negative attitude towards law enforcement.