Sergio Calderón, an actor who featured in major movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Men In Black, has died at the age of 77.
Calderón was born in 1945 in a tropical village in Mexico, but he moved to Mexico City when he was 10 years old. It was there that he began studying at the Instituto Andrés Soler of the Asociación Nacional de Actores.
Sadly, the beloved actor passed away on Wednesday (May 31) in a Los Angeles hospital, and the cause of his death has been reported as natural causes, per the Hollywood Reporter.
After working as a teacher, Calderón took to the screen for his first credit in the 1971 movie The Bridge In The Jungle. This was followed up by a role as a Mexican revolutionary in the movie Duck, You Sucker!
His career went from strength to strength as he picked up roles in Under The Volcano and featured in the first episode of The A-Team in 1983.
He would return to the show for another episode when it was in its third season and in 1997 he would take on one of his most iconic roles.
Known by many as the head on a stick, Calderón appeared in Men In Black, where he was a human head on a stick held by an alien attempting to get across the border between the US and Mexico.
Modern audiences will fondly remember Calderón from his appearance in Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End, where he portrayed Captain Vallenueva, the Spanish pirate lord.
The iconic scene involved pirate lords from all across the globe arguing about going to war with Davy Jones and the East India Trading Company.
On his time on set, Calderón made sure he snapped pictures with Johnny Depp and The Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards, who also made an appearance in the scene.
Other credits for the actor included Little Fockers (2010), The Ruins (2008), The Missing (2003), and Old Gringo (1989), amongst many others.
Just last week Calderón sat down with the LA Times where he expressed his love for the roles he has played, especially as a corrupt cop in the 2022 series The Resort.
"I love to play those types of characters because people really hate me," he said. "They tell me in the streets how much they hate me. But to me, that is my success. Because that means I was able to convince people with what I performed."
Our thoughts are with Calderón's family, friends, and fans at this time.