WITSEC Agent Nick Calderon is a fictional character in the 1996 movie Eraser

Eraser (film)

Eraser is a 1996 American action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan and Vanessa L. Williams. It was directed by Chuck Russell. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing in 1996.-Plot:...

, played by Nick Chinlund

Nick Chinlund

Zareh Nicholas "Nick" Chinlund is an American actor.-Early life:Chinlund was born in New York City. He attended the Friends Seminary in Lower Manhattan, later moving to Albany, NY in order to participate in Albany High School's varsity basketball program...

. Initially an ally of the protagonist, John Kruger (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

), Calderon is soon revealed actually to be a corrupt agent working with his partner Schiff and Deputy Robert Deguerin (played by Michael Papajohn

Michael Papajohn

Michael Papajohn is an American actor, stuntman and former college baseball player for the LSU Tigers baseball team.-Early life:...

 and James Caan, respectively) in a plot to sell arms to the Russian Mafia

Russian Mafia

The Russian Mafia is a name applied to organized crime syndicates in Russia and Ukraine. The mafia in various countries take the name of the country, as for example the Ukrainian mafia....

. Calderon is killed by Kruger at the docks near the end of the film.

While originally intended to be another nameless henchman of the villain, Calderon became a fan and cult favorite due to his low voice, memorable quotes, and status as an underdog

Underdog (competition)

An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. The party, team or individual expected to win is called the favorite or top dog. In the rare case where an underdog wins, the outcome is an upset. These...

 character. There have been several fan-made stories made on the character, but they are not considered canon

Canon (fiction)

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by the filmmakers.

Memorable quotes

Robert Deguerin: Gentlemen, this is John Kruger. John, these are Agents Schiff and Calderon,

WITSEC Agent Schiff: Well, I'm Schiff.

WITSEC Agent Calderon: And I'm Calderon.