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Paul Calderon

Paul Calderon

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 01, 1959 (66)
Birthplace Puerto Rico
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

He was born in Puerto Rico 1959. Calderon moved to New York with his family at the age of six, where he grew up on the streets of the Lower East Side and Spanish Harlem. Following some time in college, he enlisted in the United States Army and served overseas as an infantryman. Returning to the Sta ... tes, Calderon set his sights on an acting career. Starting out on the New York stage, he won an Obie Award for his performance in Blade to the Heat at the Public Theatre. His most notable Broadway role was opposite Robert De Niro in Cuba and His Teddy Bear. Calderon also appeared off-Broadway in such plays as Requiem For A Heavyweight and Divine Horsemen, and played Achilles in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of Troilus and Cressida in Central Park. He is a founding member of the Touchstone Theatre, the American Folk Theatre and the Labyrinth Theatre Company. Calderon was originally slated to portray the role of Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction; Samuel L. Jackson was subsequently given the role. Correction Samuel Jackson told Tarantino he had messed up by not casting him in Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino agreed and told him he was writing a script and had a character that he had written specifically with Jackson in mind. Calderon had a better initial reading than Jackson and Tarantino gave serious consideration to casting him as Jules Winnfield. Calderon portrays Paul the bartender in dialogue scene between Butch Coolidge and Marsellus Wallace. Calderon also co-wrote Abel Ferrara's 1992 crime drama Bad Lieutenant, starring Harvey Keitel. Calderon acted in The Last Castle and the critically acclaimed independent feature Girlfight. His more than three dozen film credits also include Out of Sight, Cop Land, Four Rooms, Pulp Fiction, Bad Lieutenant, The Firm, The Addiction, Q & A, Sea of Love, Clockers and King of New York. In addition, he has made numerous guest appearances on television series, including recurring roles on Dream Street, Law & Order and Miami Vice. In 2010, Calderon is set to star as The Businessman in Sanzhar Sultanov's crime drama - The Story.

Known For

Filmography

The Strike

The Strike

2016

as Walt Whitman

West End

West End

2014

as Robert Mackey

Gun

Gun

2014

as Detective Jenkins

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

2014

as Pierre

Biodegradable

Biodegradable

2013

as Profesor Lopez

Down This Road

Down This Road

2010

as Father

A Kiss of Chaos

A Kiss of Chaos

2009

as Oscar Perez

The Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghosts

2009

as Carl

Pistol Whipped

Pistol Whipped

2008

as Blue

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

2006

as Deputy Director Cortes

Kill the Poor

Kill the Poor

2003

as Carlos DeJesus

21 Grams

21 Grams

2003

as Brown

The Last Castle

The Last Castle

2001

as Dellwo

3 A.M.

3 A.M.

2001

as Ralph

Girlfight

Girlfight

2000

as Sandro Guzman

Once in the Life

Once in the Life

2000

as Manny Rivera

Bait

Bait

2000

as Cop (uncredited)

Oxygen

Oxygen

1999

as Jesse

Montana

Montana

1998

as Boulez

All Revved Up

All Revved Up

1998

as Carl

One Tough Cop

One Tough Cop

1998

as Sgt. Diaz

Out of Sight

Out of Sight

1998

as Raymond Cruz

Cop Land

Cop Land

1997

as Hector - Medic

Dark Angel

Dark Angel

1996

as Vance Pickett

Condition Red

Condition Red

1995

as Angel Delgado

Sweet Nothing

Sweet Nothing

1995

as Ray

The Addiction

The Addiction

1995

as Professor

Clockers

Clockers

1995

as Jesus at Hambones

Four Rooms

Four Rooms

1995

as Norman

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994

as Paul

The Firm

The Firm

1993

as Thomas Richie

The Keys

The Keys

1992

as Garcia

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

1992

as Cop #1

CrissCross

CrissCross

1992

as Blacky

Q & A

Q & A

1990

as Roger Montalvo

King of New York

King of New York

1990

as Joey Dalesio

Sea of Love

Sea of Love

1989

as Serafino

The Chair

The Chair

1988

as Pizza

Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers

1988

as Speed

Band of the Hand

Band of the Hand

1986

as Tito

Tenement

Tenement

1985

as Hector

Doubletake

Doubletake

1985

as Bitong

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