Sergio Calderón.Photo:Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Sergio Calderón, a prolific actor known for his roles in films likePirates of the Caribbean: At World’s EndandMen in Black, has died. He was 77.
“He was in the hospital previously with a bout of pneumonia; not sure that was the cause,” the rep adds.
Calderón was born in Coatlan del Rio, Morelos, Mexico, on July 21, 1945, and studied at the Instituto Andrés Soler of the Asociación Nacional de Actores before making his jump to acting, according to abiography on IMDb.
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Tommy Lee Jones, Richard Hamilton and Sergio Calderón inMen in Black(1997(.Alamy Stock Photo
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The actor had dozens of screen credits to his name over the past 50-plus years, beginning with a role in 1970’sThe Bridge in the Jungle.
Perhaps most notably, he appeared as Captain Vallenueva inAt World’s End(2007), and Jose — a.k.a. the “head on a stick” guy — inMen in Black(1997).
Other films Calderón appeared in includeThe Missing(2003),The Ruins(2008) andLittle Fockers(2010), while he also had several roles on television.
After taking a break from acting in 2015, Calderón appeared in three projects in 2022:The Seven Faces of Janeas well as episodes ofBetter ThingsandThe Resort.
Sergio Calderón.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Tributes to Calderón poured in on social media following the news of his deaths.
“I’mso sad Sergio Calderón has passed,” one fan wrote, adding in part, “I always think of him as El Cajon the river pirate fromThe A-Team.#rip.”
“Farewell to the great Sergio Calderón, the mythical river pirate ‘El Cajón’ in an equally mythical double episode ofThe A-Teamand Captain Villanueva inPirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,“another fan tweeted, in Spanish.
source: people.com
