Paul was born in Washington on the fourth of July in 1987. He was raised in western New York. He grew up going to the movies frequently and in 2003 he became friends with Ryan Johnson after helping with a short he was making. In 2005, Paul graduated high school and in 2007 he graduated college with an Associates Degree in Media Arts and Communications.
In the summer of 2009 Paul starred as the lead (Scott Gray) in Nick and A.J. Detisch's first full length independant film "Morning Funeral." More about the film can be found at the film's Facebook and Twitter pages.