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Paul Dawson

Acting 10 credits

Biography

Paul Dawson is an actor and DJ perhaps best known for playing the secretly suicidal former prostitute James, one of the principal characters in Shortbus, a 2006 American comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell.

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Known for

Law & Order

as Derek Harland

Strangers with Candy

as Paul
Film

Shortbus

as James

Full filmography

  • Law & Order (1990) as Derek Harland
  • Strangers with Candy (1999) as Paul
  • Shortbus (2006) as James
  • Boys to Men (2001) as Hustler
  • The Big Kahuna (1999) as Bellboy
  • Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' (2007) as James / Himself
  • Urbania (2000) as The Bloodied Man
  • The Mountain King (2000) as Hustler
  • Baby Blue (2002) as (uncredited)
  • The Blur of Insanity (1999) as Tar