--- title: Vin Diesel Pays Tribute to Brother Paul Walker description: While accepting the Generation Award at Sunday's MTV Movie & TV Awards, Vin Diesel, paid tribute to the late Paul Walker. canonical: https://time.com/4770533/vin-diesel-paul-walker-mtv-awards/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-08T15:43:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:24.937Z og:title: Watch Vin Diesel's Heartfelt Tribute to 'Brother' Paul Walker og:description: The 'Fast and the Furious' cast won a Generation Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards og:url: https://time.com/4770533/vin-diesel-paul-walker-mtv-awards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcff9eac315ecf76/6988cc57196cf44b08040033/vin-diesel-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Roaming Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Vin Diesel's Heartfelt Tribute to 'Brother' Paul Walker twitter:description: The 'Fast and the Furious' cast won a Generation Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcff9eac315ecf76/6988cc57196cf44b08040033/vin-diesel-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vin Diesel Makes Heartfelt Tribute to Paul Walker at MTV Movie & TV Awards  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 8, 2017 3:43 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 07: Actors Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel, and Jordana Brewster accept the MTV Generation Award on behalf for 'The Fast and the Furious' franchise onstage during the 2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 07: Actors Tyrese Gibson, Vin Diesel, and Jordana Brewster accept the MTV Generation Award on behalf for 'The Fast and the Furious' franchise onstage during the 2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)Kevin Mazur—WireImage  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 8, 2017 3:43 PM UTC During Sunday night’s [MTV Movie and TV Awards](http://time.com/4770496/emma-watson-millie-bobby-brown/), _Fast and Furious_ bandleader [Vin Diesel](http://time.com/4650300/vin-diesel-twitter/) and his squad of action stars received the Generation Award. During his acceptance speech, Diesel took a moment to remember the massive (and massively popular) franchise’s past, as fellow _Furious_ actors [Gal Gadot](http://time.com/4556653/wonder-woman-trailer-gal-gadot/), Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez joined him onstage. “In 2002, I was standing on this stage and MTV had given [Paul Walker](http://people.com/tag/paul-walker) and I an award for best duo,” Diesel recounted. “And now, 15 years later, I’m with my whole family and you’ve given us the Generation Award.” Walker passed away in a car accident in 2013. “I gotta thank a generation that was willing to accept this multicultural franchise, where it didn’t matter what color your skin was or what country you were from. When you’re family, you’re family,” Diesel added. “And I could never stand on this stage and talk about _Fast and Furious_ without giving love to my brother Pablo, our brother Pablo. We hope you’re proud.” The latest installment in the mega-series, which came out in April, [broke box office records](http://time.com/4741731/fate-of-the-furious-box-office-record-opening-weekend/?iid=sr-link4) in its premiere weekend, raking in an estimated $532.5 million; by the end of the month, it had [crossed $1 billion](http://deadline.com/2017/04/fate-of-the-furious-crosses-1-billion-worldwide-box-office-china-record-biggest-grossing-import-1202079768/) in ticket sales. It’s the first _Furious_ movie to not feature Walker, although his legacy clearly still looms large when it comes to the the beloved action-packed franchise, and the next film is already slated for a 2019 release. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4770533/vin-diesel-paul-walker-mtv-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4770533/vin-diesel-paul-walker-mtv-awards/"},"headline":"Vin Diesel Makes Heartfelt Tribute to Paul Walker at MTV Movie & TV Awards","datePublished":"2017-05-08T15:43:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:24.937Z","description":"While accepting the Generation Award at Sunday's MTV Movie & TV Awards, Vin Diesel, paid tribute to the late Paul Walker.","url":"https://time.com/4770533/vin-diesel-paul-walker-mtv-awards/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcff9eac315ecf76/6988cc57196cf44b08040033/vin-diesel-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcff9eac315ecf76/6988cc57196cf44b08040033/vin-diesel-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"2017 MTV Movie And TV Awards - Roaming Show","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4770533/vin-diesel-paul-walker-mtv-awards/","name":"Vin Diesel Makes Heartfelt Tribute to Paul Walker at MTV Movie & TV Awards"}}]}] ```