Shawn Elliott

1937-02-24 – 2016-03-11 (age 79) Santurce, Puerto Rico

Biography

Shawn Elliott (February 24, 1937 – March 11, 2016) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the original cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris onstage and as Paco in the film Short Eyes (1977).

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Known For

Do the Right Thing

1989

as Puerto Rican Icee Man

The Dead Pool

1988

as Chester Docksteder

Arbitrage

2012

as Flores

Double Take

2001

as Thomas Chela / Minty Gutierrez

Beat Street

1984

as Domingo

Off Beat

1986

as Hector

Death in Small Doses

1995

as Detective Ortega

Impulse

1990

as Tony Peron

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2001

as Mickey Wheeler

Hurricane Streets

1997

as Paco

Blue Moon

2000

as The Ambassador

Short Eyes

1977

as Paco

Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh

1991

as Jackie Cairo

Promised a Miracle

1988

as Romero

The Feast of the Goat

2006

as Johnny Abbes

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The New Yorker

1998

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Crossover Dreams

1985

as Orlando

Dream House

1981

as Miguel Rivas

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

1975

as Voice in 'Madeleine' (voice)