Paul Calderon
Acting
Born: January 25, 1952 (age 74) · Puerto Rico
Highest Rated
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
Pulp Fiction
1994
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Blacklist
2013
21 Grams
2003
Four Rooms
1995
Blindspot
2015
The Firm
1993
Elementary
2012
Cop Land
1997
Lie to Me
2009
This Is Us
2016
Photos (1)
Movies (54)
Pulp Fiction
Paul
The Firm
Thomas Richie
Cop Land
Hector - Medic
The Last Castle
Dellwo
21 Grams
Brown
Four Rooms
Norman
Out of Sight
Raymond Cruz
Sea of Love
Serafino
The Sentinel
Deputy Director Cortes
King of New York
Joey Dalesio
Bad Lieutenant
Cop #1
Clockers
Jesus at Hambones
Bait
Cop (uncredited)
Pistol Whipped
Blue
All Revved Up
Carl
Q & A
Roger Montalvo
The Old Man and the Sea
Anderez
The Addiction
Professor
Girlfight
Sandro Guzman
Band of the Hand
Tito
Montana
Boulez
Tenement
Hector
Gun
Detective Jenkins
Dark Angel
Vance Pickett
Oxygen
Jesse
3 A.M.
Ralph
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Juan
Hand Gun
Landwick
Welcome to New York
Pierre
Why Stop Now?
Eduardo
Sweet Nothing
Ray
CrissCross
Blacky
Biodegradable
Profesor Lopez
Burning Daylight
Hughie Luke
Lotto Land
Reinaldo
One Tough Cop
Sgt. Diaz
Once in the Life
Manny Rivera
Sticky Fingers
Speed
The Chair
Pizza
A Kiss of Chaos
Oscar Perez
Condition Red
Angel Delgado
Doubletake
Bitong
The Atlantis Conspiracy
Guy
Kill the Poor
Carlos DeJesus
Community Plot
1984
The Keys
Garcia
Down This Road
Father
The Hungry Ghosts
Carl
The Strike
Walt Whitman
Prick
President
Staging Anna
Director
La Soga
Rafa
West End
Robert Mackey
Bolaetrapo
Cuenta
TV Shows (37)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eric Molina · 1 eps
Law & Order
Father Torres · 1 eps
Law & Order
Rodriguez · 1 eps
Law & Order
Jesse Castillo · 1 eps
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Palmieri · 1 eps
Law & Order
Kenneth Silva · 1 eps
The Blacklist
Manuel Esteban · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Marcus Feingold · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Jojo Rios · 1 eps
Blue Bloods
Lieutenant Perez · 1 eps
FBI
Fernando Perez · 1 eps
Elementary
Zuniga · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Nicky · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Don Gallego · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Gabriel · 1 eps
Cape Fear
The Padrino · 2 eps
Third Watch
Bobby's father · 1 eps
Bosch
Santiago 'Jimmy' Robertson · 30 eps
This Is Us
Older Risto Rivas · 1 eps
Boardwalk Empire
Arquimedes · 7 eps
Madam Secretary
Foreign Minister Albert Rojas · 1 eps
Fear the Walking Dead
Alejandro Núñez · 6 eps
Lie to Me
Manny Trillo · 1 eps
Blindspot
Drill Instructor · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Rat Heart · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Chacon · 1 eps
Bosch: Legacy
Det. Santiago 'Jimmy' Robertson · 10 eps
New York Undercover
Emilio Vasquez · 1 eps
Ironheart
CEO of Artworks · 2 eps
Ironheart
Arthur Robbins · 2 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Detective · 1 eps
East New York
Father Frank Suarez · 2 eps
Justified: City Primeval
Raymond Cruz · 1 eps
The Black Donnellys
Detective at Prison · 1 eps
The Education of Max Bickford
Danny Martinez · 1 eps
The Hat Squad
Miguel Cortez · 1 eps
Dellaventura
Detective Rosario · 1 eps