
Raúl Juliá
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-03-09
Day of Death
1994-10-24 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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
Acting
(2020)
Disclosure
as Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
(2020)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
(2004)
The Dream Studio
as self
(1995)
Down Came a Blackbird
as Tomas Ramirez
(1994)
Street Fighter
as Bison
(1994)
The Burning Season
as Chico Mendes
(1993)
Addams Family Values
as Gomez Addams
(1992)
The Plague
as Cottard
(1991)
The Addams Family
as Gomez Addams
(1990)
Presumed Innocent
as Sandy Stern
(1990)
The Rookie
as Strom
(1990)
Havana
as Arturo Duran (uncredited)
(1990)
Frankenstein Unbound
as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
(1990)
The Monkey People
as Narrator (voice)
(1989)
Romero
as Archbishop Oscar Romero
(1989)
Mack the Knife
as MacHeath
(1988)
Tequila Sunrise
as Commandante Xavier Escalante
(1988)
Moon Over Parador
as Roberto Strausmann
(1988)
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Aristotle Onassis
(1988)
Trading Hearts
as Vinnie Iacona
(1988)
The Penitent
as Ramon Guerola
(1987)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
(1987)
Tango Bar
as Ricardo Padín
(1986)
The Morning After
as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
(1986)
Florida Straits
as Carlos Jayne
(1986)
La gran fiesta
as Adolfo
(1986)
(1985)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Valentin Arregui
(1985)
Compromising Positions
as David Suarez
(1984)
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
as Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
(1982)
Tempest
as Kalibanos
(1982)
The Escape Artist
as Stu Quiñones
(1982)
(1981)
One from the Heart
as Ray
(1981)
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Petruchio
(1981)
(1979)
Life of Sin
as Paulo
(1978)
Eyes of Laura Mars
as Michael Reisler
(1976)
The Gumball Rally
as Franco
(1975)
Death Scream
as Detective Nick Rodriguez
(1974)
King Lear
as Edmund
(1971)
The Panic in Needle Park
as Marco
(1971)
The Organization
as Juan Mendoza
(1971)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
(1969)
Stiletto
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Crew
(1994)
Street Fighter
In Memory Of