Paul Calderon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 25, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Puerto Rico
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 States, 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
Cape Fear
TV · as The Padrino · 2 eps
Prick
Movie · as President
Ironheart
TV · as CEO of Artworks, Arthur Robbins · 2 eps
Slade
TV · as Ryan · 1 ep
Staging Anna
Movie · as Director
Justified: City Primeval
TV · as Raymond Cruz · 1 ep
East New York
TV · as Father Frank Suarez · 2 eps
Bosch: Legacy
TV · as Det. Santiago 'Jimmy' Robertson · 10 eps
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
FBI
TV · as Fernando Perez · 1 ep
The Strike
Movie · as Walt Whitman
This Is Us
TV · as Older Risto Rivas · 1 ep
Blindspot
TV · as Drill Instructor · 1 ep
Fear the Walking Dead
TV · as Alejandro Núñez · 6 eps
Bosch
TV · as Santiago 'Jimmy' Robertson · 30 eps
Welcome to New York
Movie · as Pierre
West End
Movie · as Robert Mackey
Madam Secretary
TV · as Foreign Minister Albert Rojas · 1 ep
Biodegradable
Movie · as Profesor Lopez
Bolaetrapo
Movie · as Cuenta
The Blacklist
TV · as Manuel Esteban · 1 ep
Why Stop Now?
Movie · as Eduardo
Elementary
TV · as Zuniga · 1 ep
Burning Daylight
Movie · as Hughie Luke
Gun
Movie · as Detective Jenkins
Down This Road
Movie · as Father
Blue Bloods
TV · as Lieutenant Perez · 1 ep
Boardwalk Empire
TV · as Arquimedes · 7 eps
La Soga
Movie · as Rafa
The Hungry Ghosts
Movie · as Carl
A Kiss of Chaos
Movie · as Oscar Perez
Lie to Me
TV · as Manny Trillo · 1 ep
Pistol Whipped
Movie · as Blue
The Black Donnellys
TV · as Detective at Prison · 1 ep
The Sentinel
Movie · as Deputy Director Cortes
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Detective · 1 ep
Kill the Poor
Movie · as Carlos DeJesus
21 Grams
Movie · as Brown
The Last Castle
Movie · as Dellwo
3 A.M.
Movie · as Ralph
The Atlantis Conspiracy
Movie · as Guy
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Marcus Feingold, Jojo Rios · 1 ep
The Education of Max Bickford
TV · as Danny Martinez · 1 ep
Girlfight
Movie · as Sandro Guzman
Bait
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)
Once in the Life
Movie · as Manny Rivera
Oxygen
Movie · as Jesse
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Eric Molina · 1 ep
Third Watch
TV · as Bobby's father · 1 ep
Montana
Movie · as Boulez
One Tough Cop
Movie · as Sgt. Diaz
Out of Sight
Movie · as Raymond Cruz
All Revved Up
Movie · as Carl
Cop Land
Movie · as Hector - Medic
Dellaventura
TV · as Detective Rosario · 1 ep
Dark Angel
Movie · as Vance Pickett
Four Rooms
Movie · as Norman
Sweet Nothing
Movie · as Ray
Condition Red
Movie · as Angel Delgado
The Addiction
Movie · as Professor
Clockers
Movie · as Jesus at Hambones
Lotto Land
Movie · as Reinaldo
Pulp Fiction
Movie · as Paul
Hand Gun
Movie · as Landwick
New York Undercover
TV · as Emilio Vasquez · 1 ep
The Firm
Movie · as Thomas Richie
Bad Lieutenant
Movie · as Cop #1
The Keys
Movie · as Garcia
CrissCross
Movie · as Blacky
The Hat Squad
TV · as Miguel Cortez · 1 ep
King of New York
Movie · as Joey Dalesio
Q & A
Movie · as Roger Montalvo
The Old Man and the Sea
Movie · as Anderez
Law & Order
TV · as Father Torres, Rodriguez, Jesse Castillo, Defense Attorney Palmieri, Kenneth Silva · 1 ep
Sea of Love
Movie · as Serafino
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Movie · as Juan
The Chair
Movie · as Pizza
Sticky Fingers
Movie · as Speed
Band of the Hand
Movie · as Tito
Doubletake
Movie · as Bitong
Tenement
Movie · as Hector
The Equalizer
TV · as Rat Heart, Chacon · 1 ep
Community Plot
Movie
Miami Vice
TV · as Nicky, Don Gallego, Gabriel · 1 ep