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Paul Calderon‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1959-01-01

Popularity

star5.6

Paul Calderon

Puerto Rico

Paul Calderon

Puerto Rico

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1959-01-01

Popularity

star5.6

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.

Movie Credits

Four Rooms

Four Rooms‌
star5.8
calendar 1995

The Last Castle

The Last Castle‌
star7.2
calendar 2001

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction‌
star8.5
calendar 1994

Bad

Bad‌
star7.4
calendar 1987

Montana

Montana‌
star5.7
calendar 1998

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant‌
star7.0
calendar 1992

Sea of Love

Sea of Love‌
star6.6
calendar 1989

King of New York

King of New York‌
star6.7
calendar 1990

Kill the Poor

Kill the Poor‌
star4.4
calendar 2003

Sweet Nothing

Sweet Nothing‌
star6.5
calendar 1995

La Soga

La Soga‌
star5.3
calendar 2009

Pistol Whipped

Pistol Whipped‌
star5.4
calendar 2008

Girlfight

Girlfight‌
star6.3
calendar 2000

Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight‌
star5.0
calendar 2010

Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York‌
star5.2
calendar 2014

Q & A

Q & A‌
star5.9
calendar 1990

Bait

Bait‌
star5.7
calendar 2000

Doubletake

Doubletake‌
star5.2
calendar 1985

The Sentinel

The Sentinel‌
star6.0
calendar 2006

Gun

Gun‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

The Keys

The Keys‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Community Plot

Community Plot‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Tenement

Tenement‌
star5.6
calendar 1985

Oxygen

Oxygen‌
star6.1
calendar 1999

Condition Red

Condition Red‌
star4.5
calendar 1995

The Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghosts‌
star1.0
calendar 2009

One Tough Cop

One Tough Cop‌
star3.6
calendar 1998

Staging Anna

Staging Anna‌
star0.0
calendar

Dark Angel

Dark Angel‌
star1.5
calendar 1996

21 Grams

21 Grams‌
star7.3
calendar 2003

The Addiction

The Addiction‌
star6.5
calendar 1995

3 A.M.

3 A.M.‌
star5.5
calendar 2001

Hand Gun

Hand Gun‌
star4.7
calendar 1994

Band of the Hand

Band of the Hand‌
star6.4
calendar 1986

The Strike

The Strike‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

Cop Land

Cop Land‌
star6.8
calendar 1997

The Chair

The Chair‌
star3.2
calendar 1988

Clockers

Clockers‌
star6.7
calendar 1995

Out of Sight

Out of Sight‌
star6.7
calendar 1998

Biodegradable

Biodegradable‌
star1.0
calendar 2013

The Firm

The Firm‌
star6.7
calendar 1993

Bolaetrapo

Bolaetrapo‌
star5.0
calendar 2013

CrissCross

CrissCross‌
star6.3
calendar 1992

All Revved Up

All Revved Up‌
star5.8
calendar 1998

Penn & Teller Get Killed

Penn & Teller Get Killed‌
star5.4
calendar 1989

Down This Road

Down This Road‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

Once in the Life

Once in the Life‌
star4.4
calendar 2000

West End

West End‌
star2.0
calendar 2014

The Atlantis Conspiracy

The Atlantis Conspiracy‌
star2.0
calendar 2001

A Kiss of Chaos

A Kiss of Chaos‌
star2.5
calendar 2009

Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers‌
star7.3
calendar 1988

Last Five Minutes

Last Five Minutes‌
star0.0
calendar

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend‌
star8.0
calendar 2021

Tv Credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit‌
star7.9
calendar 1999

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury‌
star8.0
calendar 2005

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods‌
star7.8
calendar 2010

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent‌
star7.6
calendar 2001

Justified: City Primeval

Justified: City Primeval‌
star6.9
calendar 2023

Blindspot

Blindspot‌
star7.4
calendar 2015

The Blacklist

The Blacklist‌
star7.6
calendar 2013

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Lie to Me

Lie to Me‌
star7.9
calendar 2009

This Is Us

This Is Us‌
star8.2
calendar 2016

New York Undercover

New York Undercover‌
star7.2
calendar 1994

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent‌
star7.6
calendar 2001

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Ironheart

Ironheart‌
star0.0
calendar

East New York

East New York‌
star7.4
calendar 2022

Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead‌
star7.7
calendar 2015

Elementary

Elementary‌
star7.6
calendar 2012

The Equalizer

The Equalizer‌
star7.1
calendar 1985

Miami Vice

Miami Vice‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

Bosch

Bosch‌
star7.9
calendar 2015

The Black Donnellys

The Black Donnellys‌
star7.5
calendar 2007

Dellaventura

Dellaventura‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

The Equalizer

The Equalizer‌
star7.1
calendar 1985

The Education of Max Bickford

The Education of Max Bickford‌
star1.0
calendar 2001

Third Watch

Third Watch‌
star7.9
calendar 1999