Paul Calderon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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.
Acting
Prick
as President
(2024)
Staging Anna
as Director
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
The Strike
as Walt Whitman
(2014)
Welcome to New York
as Pierre
(2014)
West End
as Robert Mackey
(2013)
Biodegradable
as Profesor Lopez
(2013)
Bolaetrapo
as Cuenta
(2010)
Gun
as Detective Jenkins
(2010)
Burning Daylight
as Hughie Luke
(2010)
Down This Road
as Father
(2009)
The Hungry Ghosts
as Carl
(2009)
(2009)
A Kiss of Chaos
as Oscar Perez
(2008)
Pistol Whipped
as Blue
(2006)
The Sentinel
as Deputy Director Cortes
(2003)
21 Grams
as Brown
(2003)
Kill the Poor
as Carlos DeJesus
(2001)
The Last Castle
as Dellwo
(2001)
3 A.M.
as Ralph
(2001)
The Atlantis Conspiracy
as Guy
(2000)
Bait
as Cop (uncredited)
(2000)
Girlfight
as Sandro Guzman
(2000)
Once in the Life
as Manny Rivera
(1999)
Oxygen
as Jesse
(1998)
Out of Sight
as Raymond Cruz
(1998)
One Tough Cop
as Sgt. Diaz
(1998)
Montana
as Boulez
(1998)
All Revved Up
as Carl
(1997)
Cop Land
as Hector - Medic
(1996)
Dark Angel
as Vance Pickett
(1995)
Four Rooms
as Norman
(1995)
The Addiction
as Professor
(1995)
Clockers
as Jesus at Hambones
(1995)
Condition Red
as Angel Delgado
(1995)
Sweet Nothing
as Ray
(1994)
Pulp Fiction
as Paul
(1994)
Hand Gun
as Landwick
(1993)
The Firm
as Thomas Richie
(1992)
Bad Lieutenant
as Cop #1
(1992)
CrissCross
as Blacky
(1992)
The Keys
as Garcia
(1990)
King of New York
as Joey Dalesio
(1990)
Q & A
as Roger Montalvo
(1989)
Sea of Love
as Serafino
(1989)
Penn & Teller Get Killed
as Juan
(1988)
Sticky Fingers
as Speed
(1988)
The Chair
as Pizza
(1986)
Band of the Hand
as Tito
(1985)
Doubletake
as Bitong
(1985)
Tenement
as Hector
(1985)
Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
as Gabriel
(1984)