Acting
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.
Filmography
Cape Fear
Series · 2026
Prick
Film · 2025
Ironheart
Series · 2025
Ironheart
Series · 2025
Slade
Series · 2025
Staging Anna
Film · 2024
Justified: City Primeval
Series · 2023
East New York
Series · 2022
Bosch: Legacy
Series · 2022
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Film · 2021
FBI
Series · 2018
The Strike
Film · 2016
This Is Us
Series · 2016
Blindspot
Series · 2015
Fear the Walking Dead
Series · 2015
Bosch
Series · 2015
Welcome to New York
Film · 2014
West End
Film · 2014
Madam Secretary
Series · 2014
Biodegradable
Film · 2013
Bolaetrapo
Film · 2013
The Blacklist
Series · 2013
Why Stop Now?
Film · 2012
Elementary
Series · 2012
Burning Daylight
Film · 2010
Gun
Film · 2010
Down This Road
Film · 2010
Blue Bloods
Series · 2010
Boardwalk Empire
Series · 2010
La Soga
Film · 2009
The Hungry Ghosts
Film · 2009
A Kiss of Chaos
Film · 2009
Lie to Me
Series · 2009
Pistol Whipped
Film · 2008
The Black Donnellys
Series · 2007
The Sentinel
Film · 2006
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Series · 2005
Kill the Poor
Film · 2003
21 Grams
Film · 2003
The Last Castle
Film · 2001
3 A.M.
Film · 2001
The Atlantis Conspiracy
Film · 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
The Education of Max Bickford
Series · 2001
Girlfight
Film · 2000
Bait
Film · 2000
Once in the Life
Film · 2000
Oxygen
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Third Watch
Series · 1999
Montana
Film · 1998
One Tough Cop
Film · 1998
Out of Sight
Film · 1998
All Revved Up
Film · 1998
Cop Land
Film · 1997
Dellaventura
Series · 1997
Dark Angel
Film · 1996
Four Rooms
Film · 1995
Sweet Nothing
Film · 1995
Condition Red
Film · 1995
The Addiction
Film · 1995
Clockers
Film · 1995
Lotto Land
Film · 1995
Pulp Fiction
Film · 1994
Hand Gun
Film · 1994
New York Undercover
Series · 1994
The Firm
Film · 1993
Bad Lieutenant
Film · 1992
The Keys
Film · 1992
CrissCross
Film · 1992
The Hat Squad
Series · 1992
King of New York
Film · 1990
Q & A
Film · 1990
The Old Man and the Sea
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Sea of Love
Film · 1989
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Film · 1989
The Chair
Film · 1988
Sticky Fingers
Film · 1988
Band of the Hand
Film · 1986
Doubletake
Film · 1985
Tenement
Film · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
Community Plot
Film · 1984
Miami Vice
Series · 1984
Miami Vice
Series · 1984
Miami Vice
Series · 1984