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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 25, 1952
Place of Birth
Puerto Rico
Also Known As
- Paul Calderone
Paul Calderon
1.0 Popularity
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
5.4
CEO of Artworks
Ironheart
2025
5.4
Arthur Robbins
Ironheart
2025
2.0
Director
Staging Anna
2024
6.9
Raymond Cruz
Justified: City Primeval
2023
7.1
Father Frank Suarez
East New York
2022
8.0
Det. Santiago 'Jimmy' Robertson
Bosch: Legacy
2022
🎬
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
7.9
Fernando Perez
FBI
2018
8.2
Older Risto Rivas
This Is Us
2016
3.0
Walt Whitman
The Strike
2016
Credits
Ironheart
as CEO of Artworks
2025
5.4
Ironheart
as Arthur Robbins
2025
5.4
Staging Anna
as Director
2024
2.0
Justified: City Primeval
as Raymond Cruz
2023
6.9
East New York
as Father Frank Suarez
2022
7.1
Bosch: Legacy
as Det. Santiago 'Jimmy' Robertson
2022
8.0
🎬
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.0
FBI
as Fernando Perez
2018
7.9
This Is Us
as Older Risto Rivas
2016
8.2
The Strike
as Walt Whitman
2016
3.0
Blindspot
as Drill Instructor
2015
7.4
Fear the Walking Dead
as Alejandro Núñez
2015
7.6
Bosch
as Santiago 'Jimmy' Robertson
2015
7.9
🎬
West End
as Robert Mackey
2014
2.0
Madam Secretary
as Foreign Minister Albert Rojas
2014
7.0
Welcome to New York
as Pierre
2014
5.1
Biodegradable
as Profesor Lopez
2013
1.0
Bolaetrapo
as Cuenta
2013
5.0
The Blacklist
as Manuel Esteban
2013
7.6
Elementary
as Zuniga
2012
7.6
Burning Daylight
as Hughie Luke
2010
5.1
Blue Bloods
as Lieutenant Perez
2010
7.8
Gun
as Detective Jenkins
2010
5.2
Down This Road
as Father
2010
0.0
La Soga
as Rafa
2009
5.1
A Kiss of Chaos
as Oscar Perez
2009
3.7
The Hungry Ghosts
as Carl
2009
1.0
Lie to Me
as Manny Trillo
2009
7.9
Pistol Whipped
as Blue
2008
5.5
The Black Donnellys
as Detective at Prison
2007
7.7
The Sentinel
as Deputy Director Cortes
2006
6.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Detective
2005
8.1
21 Grams
as Brown
2003
7.3
Kill the Poor
as Carlos DeJesus
2003
4.4
The Last Castle
as Dellwo
2001
7.2
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Marcus Feingold
2001
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jojo Rios
2001
7.6
The Education of Max Bickford
as Danny Martinez
2001
1.0
3 A.M.
as Ralph
2001
5.7
The Atlantis Conspiracy
as Guy
2001
2.0
Once in the Life
as Manny Rivera
2000
4.5
Bait
as Cop (uncredited)
2000
5.7
Girlfight
as Sandro Guzman
2000
6.5
Oxygen
as Jesse
1999
6.0
Third Watch
as Bobby's father
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Eric Molina
1999
7.9
One Tough Cop
as Sgt. Diaz
1998
3.6
Out of Sight
as Raymond Cruz
1998
6.7
All Revved Up
as Carl
1998
5.2
Montana
as Boulez
1998
5.6
Dellaventura
as Detective Rosario
1997
0.0
Cop Land
as Hector - Medic
1997
6.8
Dark Angel
as Vance Pickett
1996
2.2
Four Rooms
as Norman
1995
5.9
Condition Red
as Angel Delgado
1995
4.2
The Addiction
as Professor
1995
6.5
Clockers
as Jesus at Hambones
1995
6.7
Sweet Nothing
as Ray
1995
6.3
Hand Gun
as Landwick
1994
4.7
Pulp Fiction
as Paul
1994
8.5
New York Undercover
as Emilio Vasquez
1994
7.2
The Firm
as Thomas Richie
1993
6.7
Bad Lieutenant
as Cop #1
1992
7.0
The Hat Squad
as Miguel Cortez
1992
6.8
CrissCross
as Blacky
1992
6.1
The Keys
as Garcia
1992
0.0
Law & Order
as Father Torres
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Rodriguez
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Jesse Castillo
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Palmieri
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Kenneth Silva
1990
7.4
King of New York
as Joey Dalesio
1990
6.8
Q & A
as Roger Montalvo
1990
5.8
Penn & Teller Get Killed
as Juan
1989
5.4
Sea of Love
as Serafino
1989
6.6
The Chair
as Pizza
1988
2.8
Sticky Fingers
as Speed
1988
5.7
Band of the Hand
as Tito
1986
6.2
Doubletake
as Bitong
1985
4.5
Tenement
as Hector
1985
5.3
The Equalizer
as Rat Heart
1985
7.1
The Equalizer
as Chacon
1985
7.1
Community Plot
1984
0.0
Miami Vice
as Nicky
1984
7.5
Miami Vice
as Don Gallego
1984
7.5
Miami Vice
as Gabriel
1984
7.5
Prick
as President
N/A
0.0