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Portrait of Paul Dawson

Paul Dawson

Acting

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.

Known For

Poster for Strangers with Candy
TV

Strangers with Candy

7.6
Poster for Law & Order
TV

Law & Order

7.4
Poster for The Big Kahuna
Movie

The Big Kahuna

6.7
Poster for Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Movie

Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'

6.5
Poster for Shortbus
Movie

Shortbus

6.2
Poster for Urbania
Movie

Urbania

5.5
Poster for The Mountain King
Movie

The Mountain King

4.7

Filmography

2007
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'

as James / Himself

2006
Shortbus

as James

2001
Boys to Men

as Hustler

2000
The Mountain King

as Hustler

2000
Urbania

as The Bloodied Man

1999
The Big Kahuna

as Bellboy

1999
Strangers with Candy

as Paul

1990
Law & Order

as Derek Harland