Shawn Elliott

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-02-24 (79 years old)

Deathday

2016-03-11

Place of Birth

Santurce, Puerto Rico

Shawn Elliott

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).

Acting

1981

Dream House

as Miguel Rivas

1986

Off Beat

as Hector

1977

Short Eyes

as Paco

2012

Arbitrage

as Flores

1985

1988

2006

The Feast of the Goat

as Johnny Abbes

1984

Beat Street

as Domingo

1995

Death in Small Doses

as Detective Ortega

1989

Do the Right Thing

as Puerto Rican Icee Man

1990

Impulse

as Tony Peron

1988

The Dead Pool

as Chester Docksteder

1975

2001

Double Take

as Thomas Chela / Minty Gutierrez

2000

Blue Moon

as The Ambassador

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