Raúl Juliá
Acting • Born 1940-03-09 – Died 1994-10-24
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.
Filmography
57 credits
Frankenstein Unbound
Movie • 1990
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Tequila Sunrise
Movie • 1988
Commandante Xavier Escalante
Addams Family Values
Movie • 1993
Gomez Addams
The Addams Family
Movie • 1991
Gomez Addams
Presumed Innocent
Movie • 1990
Sandy Stern
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Movie • 1985
Valentin Arregui
The Rookie
Movie • 1990
Strom
Street Fighter
Movie • 1994
Bison
The Morning After
Movie • 1986
Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
The Gumball Rally
Movie • 1976
Franco
Romero
Movie • 1989
Archbishop Oscar Romero
Moon Over Parador
Movie • 1988
Roberto Strausmann
The Panic in Needle Park
Movie • 1971
Marco
Eyes of Laura Mars
Movie • 1978
Michael Reisler
One from the Heart
Movie • 1982
Ray
Strong Medicine
Movie • 1981
The Plague
Movie • 1992
Cottard
Tempest
Movie • 1982
Kalibanos
Mack the Knife
Movie • 1989
MacHeath
The Organization
Movie • 1971
Juan Mendoza
The Escape Artist
Movie • 1982
Stu Quiñones
Florida Straits
Movie • 1986
Carlos Jayne
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Movie • 1971
Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
Down Came a Blackbird
Movie • 1995
Tomas Ramirez
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie • 1988
Aristotle Onassis
Compromising Positions
Movie • 1985
David Suarez
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Movie • 1984
Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
The Burning Season
Movie • 1994
Chico Mendes
Death Scream
Movie • 1975
Detective Nick Rodriguez
Disclosure
Movie • 2020
Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
The Dream Studio
Movie • 2004
self
La gran fiesta
Movie • 1986
Adolfo
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
Movie • 1986
Life of Sin
Movie • 1979
Paulo
Havana
Movie • 1990
Arturo Duran (uncredited)
The Penitent
Movie • 1988
Ramon Guerola
Tango Bar
Movie • 1987
Ricardo Padín
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Movie • 1981
Petruchio
Trading Hearts
Movie • 1988
Vinnie Iacona
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Movie • 1987
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Stiletto
Movie • 1969
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
Movie • 2008
Self
King Lear
Movie • 1974
Edmund
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Movie • 1982
Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Monkey People
Movie • 1990
Narrator (voice)
Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
Movie • 1990
Narrator
Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
Movie • 1988
Narration (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie • 2019
Archive footage
Ripe Strawberries
Movie
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
McCloud
TV • 1970
Father Augusto Nieves
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV • 1985
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Edmund
American Playhouse
TV • 1982
Fingal / Rick