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Paul Calderon

Paul Calderon

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1959-01-01

Birth Place

Puerto Rico

Movies and TV shows :

21 Grams

21 Grams

2003

7.3

Movie
3 A.M.

3 A.M.

2001

5.5

Movie
A Kiss of Chaos

A Kiss of Chaos

2009

2.5

Movie
All Revved Up

All Revved Up

1998

5.8

Movie
Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

1992

7.0

Movie
Bait

Bait

2000

5.7

Movie
Band of the Hand

Band of the Hand

1986

6.4

Movie
Biodegradable

Biodegradable

2013

1.0

Movie
poster

Blindspot

2015

7.4

TV
poster

Blue Bloods

2010

7.8

TV
Bolaetrapo

Bolaetrapo

2013

5.0

Movie
poster

Bosch

2015

7.9

TV
Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight

2010

5.0

Movie
Clockers

Clockers

1995

6.7

Movie
Community Plot

Community Plot

1984

0.0

Movie
Condition Red

Condition Red

1995

4.5

Movie
Cop Land

Cop Land

1997

6.8

Movie
CrissCross

CrissCross

1992

6.3

Movie
Dark Angel

Dark Angel

1996

1.5

Movie
poster

Dellaventura

1997

0.0

TV
Doubletake

Doubletake

1985

5.2

Movie
Down This Road

Down This Road

2010

0.0

Movie
poster

East New York

2022

7.4

TV
poster

Elementary

2012

7.6

TV
poster

Fear the Walking Dead

2015

7.7

TV
Four Rooms

Four Rooms

1995

5.9

Movie
Girlfight

Girlfight

2000

6.3

Movie
Gun

Gun

2014

5.4

Movie
Hand Gun

Hand Gun

1994

4.7

Movie
poster

Justified: City Primeval

2023

6.9

TV
Kill the Poor

Kill the Poor

2003

4.4

Movie
King of New York

King of New York

1990

6.7

Movie
La Soga

La Soga

2009

5.3

Movie
poster

Law & Order

1990

7.4

TV
poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

7.6

TV
poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005

8.0

TV
poster

Lie to Me

2009

7.9

TV
poster

Miami Vice

1984

7.5

TV
Montana

Montana

1998

5.7

Movie
poster

New York Undercover

1994

7.2

TV
Once in the Life

Once in the Life

2000

4.4

Movie
One Tough Cop

One Tough Cop

1998

3.6

Movie
Out of Sight

Out of Sight

1998

6.7

Movie
Oxygen

Oxygen

1999

6.1

Movie
Penn & Teller Get Killed

Penn & Teller Get Killed

1989

5.4

Movie
Pistol Whipped

Pistol Whipped

2008

5.4

Movie
Prick

Prick

0.0

Movie
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994

8.5

Movie
Q & A

Q & A

1990

5.8

Movie
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

8.0

Movie
Sea of Love

Sea of Love

1989

6.6

Movie
Staging Anna

Staging Anna

2024

0.0

Movie
Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers

1988

6.4

Movie
Sweet Nothing

Sweet Nothing

1995

6.5

Movie
Tenement

Tenement

1985

5.6

Movie
The Addiction

The Addiction

1995

6.5

Movie
The Atlantis Conspiracy

The Atlantis Conspiracy

2001

2.0

Movie
poster

The Black Donnellys

2007

7.5

TV
poster

The Blacklist

2013

7.6

TV
The Chair

The Chair

1988

3.2

Movie
poster

The Education of Max Bickford

2001

1.0

TV
poster

The Equalizer

1985

7.1

TV
The Firm

The Firm

1993

6.7

Movie
The Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghosts

2009

1.0

Movie
The Keys

The Keys

1992

0.0

Movie
The Last Castle

The Last Castle

2001

7.2

Movie
The Sentinel

The Sentinel

2006

6.0

Movie
The Strike

The Strike

2016

0.0

Movie
poster

Third Watch

1999

7.9

TV
poster

This Is Us

2016

8.2

TV
Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

2014

5.2

Movie
West End

West End

2014

2.0

Movie