Shawn Elliott

Acting

Born February 24, 1937, Santurce, Puerto Rico

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).

Filmography

• 2012Arbitrage — Flores
• 2006The Feast of the Goat — Johnny Abbes
• CSI: Miami — Ray Santoya
• 2001Double Take — Thomas Chela / Minty Gutierrez
• 2001Thirteen Conversations About One Thing — Mickey Wheeler
• 2000Blue Moon — The Ambassador
• 1998The New Yorker
• 1997Hurricane Streets — Paco
• 1995Death in Small Doses — Detective Ortega
• Ghostwriter — Eduardo Fernandez
• 1991Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh — Jackie Cairo
• 1990Impulse — Tony Peron
• Law & Order — Judge Joseph Rivera, Ramone Buenaventura, Judge Dominic Santos
• 1989Do the Right Thing — Puerto Rican Icee Man
• Gideon Oliver — Torres
• 1988Promised a Miracle — Romero
• 1988The Dead Pool — Chester Docksteder
• Leg Work
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd — Det. Uribe
• 1986Off Beat — Hector
• 1985Crossover Dreams — Orlando
• 1984Beat Street — Domingo
• Miami Vice — Moya's Cousin, Orrestes Pedrosa
• The Cosby Show — Mr. Wilson
• 1983When the Mountains Tremble — President Jacobo Arbenz
• 1981Dream House — Miguel Rivas
• 1977Short Eyes — Paco
• 1975Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris — Voice in 'Madeleine' (voice)