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Paul Calderon
Acting

Paul Calderon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-01-25,Puerto Rico
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

5.865

Four Rooms
1995-12-09

The Last Castle

7.16

The Last Castle
2001-10-19

8.489

Pulp Fiction
1994-09-10

5.6

Montana
1998-01-16

7.013

Bad Lieutenant
1992-11-20

6.599

Sea of Love
1989-09-15

King of New York

6.747

King of New York
1990-07-18

4.4

Kill the Poor
2003-05-09

6.286

Sweet Nothing
1995-06-08

5.225

La Soga
2009-09-12

5.535

Pistol Whipped
2008-03-04

6.4

Girlfight
2000-05-01

Burning Daylight

5.143

Burning Daylight
2010-11-14

Welcome to New York

5.138

Welcome to New York
2014-08-07

5.8

Q & A
1990-04-27

5.691

Bait
2000-09-15

5.2

Doubletake
1985-11-24

6.056

The Sentinel
2006-04-19

5.2

Gun
2010-07-30

0

The Keys
1992-04-12

0

Community Plot
1984-12-31

5.4

Tenement
1985-09-20

6.1

Oxygen
1999-11-12

4.5

Condition Red
1995-12-08

The Hungry Ghosts

1

The Hungry Ghosts
2009-01-22

3.167

One Tough Cop
1998-10-09

2

Staging Anna
2024-09-06

2.25

Dark Angel
1996-09-10

7.3

21 Grams
2003-09-06

6.446

The Addiction
1995-10-06

5.5

3 A.M.
2001-07-01

4.3

Hand Gun
1994-10-01

Band of the Hand

6.3

Band of the Hand
1986-04-11

3

The Strike
2016-04-14

6.791

Cop Land
1997-08-15

2.8

The Chair
1988-10-08

6.7

Clockers
1995-09-15

6.673

Out of Sight
1998-06-26

1

Biodegradable
2013-11-14

6.734

The Firm
1993-06-30

5

Bolaetrapo
2013-10-15

6.2

CrissCross
1992-05-08

5.8

All Revved Up
1998-04-19

Penn & Teller Get Killed

5.53

Penn & Teller Get Killed
1989-09-22

0

Down This Road
2010-04-20

Once in the Life

4.583

Once in the Life
2000-10-27

2

West End
2014-11-20

The Atlantis Conspiracy

2

The Atlantis Conspiracy
2001-01-01

A Kiss of Chaos

2.5

A Kiss of Chaos
2009-06-27

5.688

Sticky Fingers
1988-05-06

0

Prick

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

5

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021-01-02

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son

10

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
1985-09-27

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.936

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

8.1

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005-03-03

7.408

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.799

Blue Bloods
2010-09-24

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.562

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

Justified: City Primeval

6.9

Justified: City Primeval
2023-07-18

7.4

Blindspot
2015-09-21

7.64

The Blacklist
2013-09-23

7.408

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.408

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.904

Lie to Me
2009-01-21

8.2

This Is Us
2016-09-20

New York Undercover

7.1

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

7.408

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.562

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

7.408

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.308

East New York
2022-10-02

Fear the Walking Dead

7.648

Fear the Walking Dead
2015-08-23

7.6

Elementary
2012-09-27

7.197

The Equalizer
1985-09-18

7.5

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

7.93

Bosch
2015-01-14

The Black Donnellys

7.65

The Black Donnellys
2007-02-26

0

Dellaventura
1997-09-23

7.197

The Equalizer
1985-09-18

The Education of Max Bickford

1

The Education of Max Bickford
2001-09-23

7.918

Third Watch
1999-09-23

8

Bosch: Legacy
2022-05-05

7.5

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

7.9

FBI
2018-09-25

Madam Secretary

6.976

Madam Secretary
2014-09-21

5.588

Ironheart
2025-06-24

5.588

Ironheart
2025-06-24