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

Great Performances

The Oscars

McCloud

The Bob Newhart Show

Reading Rainbow

Disclosure

Addams Family Values

The Addams Family

All Movies (50)

• Babenco: Tell Me When I Die2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Disclosure2020 · as Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
• Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage2019 · as Archive footage
• Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman2008 · as Self
• The Dream Studio2004 · as self
• Down Came a Blackbird1995 · as Tomas Ramirez
• Street Fighter1994 · as Bison
• The Burning Season1994 · as Chico Mendes
• Addams Family Values1993 · as Gomez Addams
• The Plague1992 · as Cottard
• The Addams Family1991 · as Gomez Addams
• Havana1990 · as Arturo Duran (uncredited)
• The Rookie1990 · as Strom
• Frankenstein Unbound1990 · as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
• The Monkey People1990 · as Narrator (voice)
• Presumed Innocent1990 · as Sandy Stern
• Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico1990 · as Narrator
• Mack the Knife1989 · as MacHeath
• Romero1989 · as Archbishop Oscar Romero
• Tequila Sunrise1988 · as Commandante Xavier Escalante
• Moon Over Parador1988 · as Roberto Strausmann
• The Penitent1988 · as Ramon Guerola
• Trading Hearts1988 · as Vinnie Iacona
• Onassis: The Richest Man in the World1988 · as Aristotle Onassis
• Costa Rica: Child of the Wind1988 · as Narration (voice)
• The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory1987 · as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Tango Bar1987 · as Ricardo Padín
• The Morning After1986 · as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
• La gran fiesta1986 · as Adolfo
• Florida Straits1986 · as Carlos Jayne
• Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt1986
• Compromising Positions1985 · as David Suarez
• Kiss of the Spider Woman1985 · as Valentin Arregui
• Overdrawn at the Memory Bank1984 · as Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
• The Making of 'One from the Heart'1982 · as Self
• Tempest1982 · as Kalibanos
• The Escape Artist1982 · as Stu Quiñones
• One from the Heart1982 · as Ray
• Strong Medicine1981
• Kiss Me, Petruchio1981 · as Petruchio
• Life of Sin1979 · as Paulo
• Eyes of Laura Mars1978 · as Michael Reisler
• The Gumball Rally1976 · as Franco
• Death Scream1975 · as Detective Nick Rodriguez
• King Lear1974 · as Edmund
• The Organization1971 · as Juan Mendoza
• Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me1971 · as Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
• The Panic in Needle Park1971 · as Marco
• Stiletto1969 · as Party Guest (Uncredited)
• Ripe Strawberries—

All TV Shows (7)

• Mussolini: The Untold Story1985 · as Count Galeazzo Ciano
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• American Playhouse1982 · as Fingal / Rick
• The Bob Newhart Show1972 · as Dr. Greg Robinson
• Great Performances1971 · as Edmund
• McCloud1970 · as Father Augusto Nieves
• The Oscars1953 · as Self