{"id":76623,"date":"2023-06-01T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T11:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=76623"},"modified":"2023-06-01T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T11:33:29","slug":"pirates-of-the-caribbean-star-sergio-calderon-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-star-sergio-calderon-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates of the Caribbean star Sergio Calderon dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican-born Sergio Calder\u00f3n died Wednesday morning surrounded by his family and loved ones. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the American industry service &#8220;Deadline&#8221;. So far nothing has been announced about the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Calder\u00f3n is best known for his role as the pirate lord Eduardo Villanueva in the third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Also in the film &#8220;Men in Black&#8221; the actor took on an interesting role. His head was then impaled on a sword held by an alien.<\/p>\n<h3>Known from &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; and &#8220;Men in Black&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>A few years ago, he remembered his great successes and the famous Hollywood stars with whom Sergio Calder\u00f2n stood in front of the camera via social media. On Twitter, a photo adorns his profile alongside Johnny Depp.<\/p>\n<p>He also posted a still from &#8216;Men in Black&#8217; and wrote: &#8220;25 years ago one of the best movies I&#8217;ve been in was released, &#8216;Men in Black&#8217;.&#8221; It was a &#8220;wonderful opportunity&#8221; for him to be part of this film. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones were also in front of the camera with him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Calder\u00f3n also remembered the successes from &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; with a photo. This time alongside Keith Richards.<\/p>\n<h3>His striking face lent character to many of the supporting characters<\/h3>\n<p>The actor was denied the really big leading roles in his career. Cinema fans still know the distinctive face. Most recently, the Mexican appeared in the series &#8220;The Resort&#8221; in 2022. Before that, he appeared in the film The Seven Faces of Jane and the series Better Things.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Sergio Calder\u00f3n was in front of the camera for more than 50 years, more than half of his lifetime. He made his first film in 1970, at the age of 24. In &#8220;The Bridge in the Jungle&#8221; he played the young Pedro.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8p5Dx28V4VQ\" title=\"Sergio Calder\u00f3n Dies: \u2018Pirates Of The Caribbean\u2019 &amp; \u2018Men In Black\u2019 Actor Was 77\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sergio Calder\u00f3n, Mexican actor from &#8216;Men in Black&#8217; and &#8216;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8217;, dies at 77<\/h3>\n<p>Sergio Calder\u00f3n, Mexican actor known for his participation in &#8216;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8217; and &#8216;Men in Black&#8217;, died this Wednesday at the age of 77.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by his family, the actor lost his life in a Los Angeles hospital due to natural causes, reported The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Born on July 21, 1945 in Coatl\u00e1n del R\u00edo, Morelos, Sergio Calder\u00f3n devoted himself from a young age to acting at the Andr\u00e9s Soler Institute, located in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>His screen debut was with &#8216;The Bridge in the Jungle&#8217; (1970), a film in which he worked alongside filmmaker John Huston.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8216;Men in Black&#8217; (1977) he played Joseph, a man on a stick held up by an alien, acting alongside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.<\/p>\n<p>With the character of Captain Eduardo Villanueva, the Mexican was part of the cast of &#8216;Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#8217;s End&#8217; (2007), starring Johnny Depp.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable credits for Sergio Calder\u00f3n include &#8216;Duck, You Sucker!&#8217; (1971), where he played a Mexican revolutionary, and &#8216;Under the Volcano&#8217; (1984), playing a violent Mexican police chief opposite Albert Finney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican-born Sergio Calder\u00f3n died Wednesday morning surrounded by his family and loved ones. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the American industry service &#8220;Deadline&#8221;. So far nothing has been announced about the cause of death. Sergio Calder\u00f3n is best known for his role as the pirate lord Eduardo Villanueva in the third installment of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":76624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cinema"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76626,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76623\/revisions\/76626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}