Raúl Juliá
Biography
Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor. His film career peaked in the US in the early 1990s. Born in San Juan, he gained interest in acting while still in school. Upon completing his studies, Juliá decided to pursue a career in acting. After performing in the local scene for some time, he was convinced by entertainment personality Orson Bean to move and work in New York City. Juliá, who had been bilingual since his childhood, soon gained interest in Broadway and "Off Broadway" plays. He performed in mobile projects, including the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre. Juliá was eventually noticed by Joseph Papp, who offered him work in the New York Shakespeare Festival. After gaining notoriety, he received roles in two television series, Love of Life and Sesame Street. For his performance in Two Gentlemen of Verona, he received a nomination for the Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. Between 1974 and 1982, Juliá received Tony Award nominations for Where's Charley?, The Threepenny Opera and Nine. During the 1980s, he worked in several films, receiving nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, for his performance in Tempest, and Kiss of the Spider Woman, winning the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for the latter. In 1991 and 1993, Juliá portrayed "Gomez Addams" in two film adaptations of The Addams Family. In 1994, he filmed The Burning Season and a film adaptation of the Street Fighter video games. Later that year, Juliá suffered several health afflictions, eventually dying after suffering a stroke. His funeral was held in Puerto Rico, being attended by thousands. For his work in The Burning Season, Juliá won a posthumous Golden Globe and Emmy Award.
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Movies (46)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Disclosure
as Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
2020
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Self
2008
The Dream Studio
as self
2004
Down Came a Blackbird
as Tomas Ramirez
1995
Street Fighter
as Bison
1994
The Burning Season
as Chico Mendes
1994
Addams Family Values
as Gomez Addams
1993
The Plague
as Cottard
1992
The Addams Family
as Gomez Addams
1991
Havana
as Arturo Duran (uncredited)
1990
The Rookie
as Strom
1990
Frankenstein Unbound
as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
1990
The Monkey People
as Narrator (voice)
1990
Presumed Innocent
as Sandy Stern
1990
Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
as Narrator
1990
Mack the Knife
as MacHeath
1989
Romero
as Archbishop Oscar Romero
1989
Tequila Sunrise
as Commandante Xavier Escalante
1988
Moon Over Parador
as Roberto Strausmann
1988
The Penitent
as Ramon Guerola
1988
Trading Hearts
as Vinnie Iacona
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Aristotle Onassis
1988
Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
as Narration (voice)
1988
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
1987
Tango Bar
as Ricardo Padín
1987
The Morning After
as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
1986
La gran fiesta
as Adolfo
1986
Florida Straits
as Carlos Jayne
1986
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
1986
Compromising Positions
as David Suarez
1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Valentin Arregui
1985
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
as Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
1984
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
as Self
1982
Tempest
as Kalibanos
1982
The Escape Artist
as Stu Quiñones
1982
One from the Heart
as Ray
1982
Strong Medicine
1981
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Petruchio
1981
Life of Sin
as Paulo
1979
Eyes of Laura Mars
as Michael Reisler
1978
The Gumball Rally
as Franco
1976
Death Scream
as Detective Nick Rodriguez
1975
King Lear
as Edmund
1974
The Organization
as Juan Mendoza
1971
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
1971
