Paul Calderon

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-01-25 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Puerto Rico

Paul Calderon

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

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

  • Blue Bloods

    Blue Bloods

  • FBI

    FBI

  • Bosch

    Bosch

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Elementary

    Elementary

  • Blindspot

    Blindspot

  • This Is Us

    This Is Us

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Fear the Walking Dead

    Fear the Walking Dead

  • Third Watch

    Third Watch

  • Madam Secretary

    Madam Secretary

  • Bosch: Legacy

    Bosch: Legacy

  • Ironheart

    Ironheart

  • Ironheart

    Ironheart

  • Lie to Me

    Lie to Me

  • Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • New York Undercover

    New York Undercover

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

  • Bad Lieutenant

    Bad Lieutenant

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • King of New York

    King of New York

  • East New York

    East New York

  • The Firm

    The Firm

  • Justified: City Primeval

    Justified: City Primeval

  • Gun

    Gun

  • 21 Grams

    21 Grams

  • The Keys

    The Keys

  • Staging Anna

    Staging Anna

  • The Last Castle

    The Last Castle

  • The Black Donnellys

    The Black Donnellys

  • Q & A

    Q & A

  • Pistol Whipped

    Pistol Whipped

  • CrissCross

    CrissCross

  • The Education of Max Bickford

    The Education of Max Bickford

  • Sea of Love

    Sea of Love

  • Out of Sight

    Out of Sight

  • Band of the Hand

    Band of the Hand

  • The Hungry Ghosts

    The Hungry Ghosts

  • Cop Land

    Cop Land

  • Bait

    Bait

  • 3 A.M.

    3 A.M.

  • Bolaetrapo

    Bolaetrapo

  • Clockers

    Clockers

  • West End

    West End

  • Girlfight

    Girlfight

  • Four Rooms

    Four Rooms

  • Oxygen

    Oxygen

  • The Addiction

    The Addiction

  • Sticky Fingers

    Sticky Fingers

  • Doubletake

    Doubletake

  • Dellaventura

    Dellaventura

  • Kill the Poor

    Kill the Poor

  • Once in the Life

    Once in the Life

  • La Soga

    La Soga

  • The Chair

    The Chair

  • All Revved Up

    All Revved Up

  • Prick

    Prick

  • Hand Gun

    Hand Gun

  • The Strike

    The Strike

  • Tenement

    Tenement

  • Sweet Nothing

    Sweet Nothing

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

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Biodegradable

    Biodegradable

  • Dark Angel

    Dark Angel

  • Montana

    Montana

  • Welcome to New York

    Welcome to New York

  • One Tough Cop

    One Tough Cop

  • A Kiss of Chaos

    A Kiss of Chaos

  • Penn & Teller Get Killed

    Penn & Teller Get Killed

  • Down This Road

    Down This Road

  • Community Plot

    Community Plot

  • The Atlantis Conspiracy

    The Atlantis Conspiracy

  • Burning Daylight

    Burning Daylight

  • Condition Red

    Condition Red