Shawn Elliott

Known for

Acting

Born

February 24, 1937

Birthplace

Santurce, Puerto Rico

Died

March 11, 2016 (aged 79)

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).

Best known work

Do the Right Thing

1989

CSI: Miami

2002

The Dead Pool

1988

Arbitrage

2012

Law & Order

1990

Miami Vice

1984

The Cosby Show

1984

Double Take

2001

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2001

Beat Street

1984

Filmography

2012
Arbitrage
as Flores
2006
The Feast of the Goat
as Johnny Abbes
2002
CSI: MiamiTV
as Ray Santoya (1 episode)
2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
as Mickey Wheeler
2001
Double Take
as Thomas Chela / Minty Gutierrez
2000
Blue Moon
as The Ambassador
1998
The New Yorker
1997
Hurricane Streets
as Paco
1995
Death in Small Doses
as Detective Ortega
1992
GhostwriterTV
as Eduardo Fernandez (2 episodes)
1991
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
as Jackie Cairo
1990
Law & OrderTV
as Judge Joseph Rivera (6 episodes), as Ramone Buenaventura (1 episode), as Judge Dominic Santos (1 episode)
1990
Impulse
as Tony Peron
1989
Do the Right Thing
as Puerto Rican Icee Man
1989
Gideon OliverTV
as Torres (1 episode)
1988
The Dead Pool
as Chester Docksteder
1988
Promised a Miracle
as Romero
1987
Leg WorkTV
1987
The Days and Nights of Molly DoddTV
as Det. Uribe (4 episodes)
1986
Off Beat
as Hector
1985
Crossover Dreams
as Orlando
1984
The Cosby ShowTV
as Mr. Wilson (1 episode)
1984
Miami ViceTV
as Moya's Cousin (1 episode), as Orrestes Pedrosa (1 episode)
1984
Beat Street
as Domingo
1983
When the Mountains Tremble
as President Jacobo Arbenz