Paul Dunleavy This is Me

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1. 1. Traders Online Archives

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   Published on: 9/13/2002   Last Visited: 9/13/2002

   Paul Dunleavy, a telecommunications technician at Charles Schwab Capital Markets in Jersey City, N.J., leads an amazing double life. By day he's usually installing telephone and video conferencing equipment on the trading floor. But once he steps off the floor, Dunleavy enters a different world, the world of the professional actor. Over the past 12 months he has appeared in hit television shows, including "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," "Oz," and "Sex and the City."
   
   Dunleavy, 36, has the movie star features of an Alec Baldwin and projects himself, unselfconsciously, like Robert De Niro.
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   That's because Dunleavy is a former amateur boxer and has participated three times in the New Jersey Golden Gloves competitions. Tough Man Boxing led to his flourishing acting career. About a year ago, he was boxing in the Tough Man Competition in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The event was a benefit for the Make A Wish Foundation. A talent scout spotted Dunleavy and suggested that he give a call to an agent about doing what is known as background' work in the then forthcoming Samuel Jackson movie, "Changing Lanes." Background acting usually involves little or no speaking roles. But it's a good start for aspiring actors who are trying to make their mark. Soon after he was cast in "Changing Lanes," Dunleavy snared background roles in two top tv shows, "Sex and the City" and "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit." "I played a mob drug defendant in the courtroom," Dunleavy said. "I was dressed all in black with my hair slicked back." His latest role is in a new television show called "Short Shots." The TNT show is a comedy that will spoof other tv shows. Dunleavy will be appearing in an episode entitled "Celibacy in the City." Many aspiring actors spend years trying to land a few bit roles in television shows and movies, Dunleavy accomplished his mission sooner than most. "I am amazed," he said. "I got lucky very quickly." Professional acting is something that Dunleavy was always interested in pursuing, but he put it on the back burner because of his boxing. "I gave it up," he said. "I was fighting. It was interfering with my matches." Dunleavy might be regarded as a master of the universe, a title normally reserved for some hotshots on Wall Street. How he manages to successfully juggle both an acting career and a full-time job at Charles Schwab is a mystery to many. "Sometimes the [acting] calls are for night or weekend work," he said. "At other times I take vacation days to play a role." Acting is a business that Dunleavy takes as seriously as setting up new turrets on the trading floor, where his professionalism is not in doubt. "Some of the actors get star struck when they are on the set," he said. "I take acting very seriously - even if it doesn't involve a speaking role. I don't want them [the casting directors] to think I'm not professional." "The same casting directors you see for background roles will be casting you later on for speaking parts," he added. Fan Club At Schwab's offices in Jersey City, Dunleavy has a sizeable fan club among the trading fraternity. "A lot of the traders often ask me what's going on," he said. "They are curious about what I am going to be appearing in next."
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   Dunleavy has no plans to give up his day job. "Schwab is my bread and butter," he said.
   
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2. 2. Cooney's toughest fight ongoing By Ron Zeitlinger

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   Published on: 8/20/2002   Last Visited: 10/15/2005

   The main event features Cooney against Paul Dunleavy,who works for Charles Schwab in Jersey City.
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   Dunleavy is also on a goodwill mission that night, to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. Make-A-Wish and F.I.S.T. will split the proceeds from the night's events, which will also include celebrity appearances.
   
   "I had the idea that I wanted to do something again for Make-A-Wish and I thought I'd give Gerry Cooney a call," said Dunleavy, who two years ago helped raise $17,000 for Make-A-Wish by competing in a national Tough Man competition.
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   Dunleavy, 37, goes about 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds, so Cooney has about seven inches and 70 pounds on his opponent.
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   But Dunleavy did win his first Tough Man match before an injury forced him to withdraw from his second-round match.
   
   The two sparred a few rounds a couple weekends ago, and both Cooney and Dunleavy came away impressed.
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   Paul knew what he was doing in there. "Dunleavy came away in one piece-and in awe. "This guy is a rock," Dunleavy said."He is still in great shape. He's one powerful dude."
   
   Dunleavy will have junior welterweight boxer Arturo Gatti of Jersey City working his corner on Dec. 6.