Actor Aaron Paul did yeoman work on television and in the occasional feature for over a decade before landing breakout roles in two major television series – “Big Love” (HBO, 2006- ) and “Breaking Bad” (AMC, 2008- ). The roles were almost diametrically opposite: Scott on “Big Love” was a responsible man in his late '20s who struggled to prove his love to his conflicted young bride. But his Jesse on “Breaking Bad” was a failed student whose outcast status made him the ideal partner in a crystal meth business orchestrated by a desperate and dying man. Paul had a unique ability to be convincing
