Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 09, 1940
Died
Oct 24, 1994
Place of Birth
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Credits
57 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Disclosure
Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Archive footage
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
Self
The Dream Studio
self
Down Came a Blackbird
Tomas Ramirez
Street Fighter
Bison
The Burning Season
Chico Mendes
Addams Family Values
Gomez Addams
The Plague
Cottard
The Addams Family
Gomez Addams
Havana
Arturo Duran (uncredited)
The Rookie
Strom
Frankenstein Unbound
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
The Monkey People
Narrator (voice)
Presumed Innocent
Sandy Stern
Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
Narrator
Mack the Knife
MacHeath
Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero
Tequila Sunrise
Commandante Xavier Escalante
Moon Over Parador
Roberto Strausmann
The Penitent
Ramon Guerola
Trading Hearts
Vinnie Iacona
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Aristotle Onassis
Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
Narration (voice)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Tango Bar
Ricardo Padín
The Morning After
Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
La gran fiesta
Adolfo
Florida Straits
Carlos Jayne
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Compromising Positions
David Suarez
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Valentin Arregui
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Self
Tempest
Kalibanos
The Escape Artist
Stu Quiñones
One from the Heart
Ray
American Playhouse
Aram Fingal / Rick
Strong Medicine
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Petruchio
Life of Sin
Paulo
Eyes of Laura Mars
Michael Reisler
The Gumball Rally
Franco
Death Scream
Detective Nick Rodriguez
King Lear
Edmund
The Bob Newhart Show
Dr. Greg Robinson
The Organization
Juan Mendoza