Sergio Calderón, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘Men in Black’ Actor, Dead at 77


Sergio Calderón, first-class acknowledged for his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Men In Black and The Ruins and extra has died. He was once 77.

A rep for Calderón tested the unhappy information Wednesday, telling ET, that the actor used to be surrounded via household at the time.

“We can verify that Sergio exceeded away this morning,” his rep shared. “He was once in the clinic until now with a bout of pneumonia, now not positive that used to be the cause. He was once surrounded by using household at the time.”

Calderón performed Pirate lord, Captain Eduardo Villanueva of the Adriatic Sea, in 2007’s At World’s End, the 0.33 installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He additionally lent his voice to the At World’s End video game, the place he once more starred as the Pirate lord.

The late actor shared a number of photographs from his time on set with the aid of social media, inclusive of pics of himself alongside the franchise’s star, Johnny Depp, as properly as rock celebrity Keith Richards, who performed the Pirate Lord of Madagascar and Depp’s father in the film.

If any individual tries to take your gun, it higher be anyone like #KeithRichards a genuine #Legend!

— Sergio Calderon (@mrsergecalderon) August 22, 2017
Also a fixture in Men In Black, Calderón performed José in the 1997 film, the personality whose head is displayed on the cease of a sword to Tommy Lee Jones’ K, every other shot which he proudly displayed on social media.

Mickey preserving up my head for hours at some point of the taking pictures of #MeninBlack with @imWilISmith and #tommyleejohnes

— Sergio Calderon (@mrsergecalderon) July 31, 2017

Calderón’s greater latest credit consist of The Ruins and Little Fockers as properly as the 2022 FX series, Better Things, and an episode of Peacock’s The Resort.

His profession spanned six decades, with Calderón working with the likes of Sergio Leone in his 1971 movie Duck, You Sucker! and John Houston in The Bridge in the Jungle and Under the Volcano, in addition to Pirates’ Gore Verbinski and MIB’s Barry Sonnenfeld.