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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 9, 1940
Died
October 24, 1994
Place of Birth
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Also Known As
- Raul Julia
Raúl Juliá
1.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
7.8
Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
Disclosure
2020
8.5
Self
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
2008
0.0
self
The Dream Studio
2004
8.2
Tomas Ramirez
Down Came a Blackbird
1995
4.7
Bison
Street Fighter
1994
6.1
Chico Mendes
The Burning Season
1994
7.0
Gomez Addams
Addams Family Values
1993
5.7
Cottard
The Plague
1992
7.1
Gomez Addams
The Addams Family
1991
Credits
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.0
Disclosure
as Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
2020
7.8
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Self
2008
8.5
The Dream Studio
as self
2004
0.0
Down Came a Blackbird
as Tomas Ramirez
1995
8.2
Street Fighter
as Bison
1994
4.7
The Burning Season
as Chico Mendes
1994
6.1
Addams Family Values
as Gomez Addams
1993
7.0
The Plague
as Cottard
1992
5.7
The Addams Family
as Gomez Addams
1991
7.1
Havana
as Arturo Duran (uncredited)
1990
5.8
The Rookie
as Strom
1990
5.9
Frankenstein Unbound
as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
1990
5.7
The Monkey People
as Narrator (voice)
1990
0.0
Presumed Innocent
as Sandy Stern
1990
6.8
🎬
Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
as Narrator
1990
0.0
Mack the Knife
as MacHeath
1989
6.6
Romero
as Archbishop Oscar Romero
1989
7.0
Tequila Sunrise
as Commandante Xavier Escalante
1988
6.0
Moon Over Parador
as Roberto Strausmann
1988
5.8
Trading Hearts
as Vinnie Iacona
1988
3.0
The Penitent
as Ramon Guerola
1988
6.0
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Aristotle Onassis
1988
6.6
🎬
Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
as Narration (voice)
1988
0.0
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
1987
6.2
Tango Bar
as Ricardo Padín
1987
5.5
The Morning After
as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
1986
5.9
La gran fiesta
as Adolfo
1986
5.8
Florida Straits
as Carlos Jayne
1986
5.0
🎬
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
1986
0.0
Mussolini: The Untold Story
as Count Galeazzo Ciano
1985
4.8
Compromising Positions
as David Suarez
1985
5.2
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Valentin Arregui
1985
7.0
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
as Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
1984
2.7
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
as Self
1982
8.0
Tempest
as Kalibanos
1982
5.9
The Escape Artist
as Stu Quiñones
1982
6.2
One from the Heart
as Ray
1982
5.9
American Playhouse
as Fingal / Rick
1982
6.2
Strong Medicine
1981
5.6
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Petruchio
1981
5.5
Life of Sin
as Paulo
1979
5.0
Eyes of Laura Mars
as Michael Reisler
1978
5.8
The Gumball Rally
as Franco
1976
6.1
Death Scream
as Detective Nick Rodriguez
1975
6.6
King Lear
as Edmund
1974
0.0
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.5
The Organization
as Juan Mendoza
1971
6.2
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
1971
2.8
The Panic in Needle Park
as Marco
1971
6.8
Great Performances
as Edmund
1971
5.8
McCloud
as Father Augusto Nieves
1970
7.1
Stiletto
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
1969
5.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0