
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/24/1937
Place of Birth
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Also Known As
Eliezer Santiago
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).
Known For

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
as Voice in 'Madeleine' (voice)

Arbitrage
as Flores

Short Eyes
as Paco

Hurricane Streets
as Paco

The Dead Pool
as Chester Docksteder

Dream House
as Miguel Rivas

Beat Street
as Domingo

Impulse
as Tony Peron

Do the Right Thing
as Puerto Rican Icee Man

Off Beat
as Hector

Blue Moon
as The Ambassador

Double Take
as Thomas Chela / Minty Gutierrez

The Feast of the Goat
as Johnny Abbes

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
as Mickey Wheeler

Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
as Jackie Cairo

Death in Small Doses
as Detective Ortega

Promised a Miracle
as Romero