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