Acting · San Juan, Puerto Rico · Born March 9, 1940
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.
MovieBabenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDisclosure
2020
as Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
MovieRaúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
as Archive footage
MovieTangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
2008
as Self
MovieThe Dream Studio
2004
as self
MovieDown Came a Blackbird
1995
as Tomas Ramirez
MovieStreet Fighter
1994
as Bison
MovieThe Burning Season
1994
as Chico Mendes
MovieAddams Family Values
1993
as Gomez Addams
MovieThe Plague
1992
as Cottard
MovieThe Addams Family
1991
as Gomez Addams
MovieHavana
1990
as Arturo Duran (uncredited)
MovieThe Rookie
1990
as Strom
MovieFrankenstein Unbound
1990
as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
MovieThe Monkey People
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePresumed Innocent
1990
as Sandy Stern
Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
1990
as Narrator
MovieMack the Knife
1989
as MacHeath
MovieRomero
1989
as Archbishop Oscar Romero
MovieTequila Sunrise
1988
as Commandante Xavier Escalante
MovieMoon Over Parador
1988
as Roberto Strausmann
MovieThe Penitent
1988
as Ramon Guerola
MovieTrading Hearts
1988
as Vinnie Iacona
MovieOnassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
as Aristotle Onassis
Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
1988
as Narration (voice)
MovieThe Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
MovieTango Bar
1987
as Ricardo Padín
MovieThe Morning After
1986
as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
MovieLa gran fiesta
1986
as Adolfo
MovieFlorida Straits
1986
as Carlos Jayne
MovieCuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
1986
TVMussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Count Galeazzo Ciano
MovieCompromising Positions
1985
as David Suarez
MovieKiss of the Spider Woman
1985
as Valentin Arregui
MovieOverdrawn at the Memory Bank
1984
as Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
TVReading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982
as Self
MovieTempest
1982
as Kalibanos
MovieThe Escape Artist
1982
as Stu Quiñones
MovieOne from the Heart
1982
as Ray
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Aram Fingal / Rick
MovieStrong Medicine
1981
MovieKiss Me, Petruchio
1981
as Petruchio
MovieLife of Sin
1979
as Paulo
MovieEyes of Laura Mars
1978
as Michael Reisler
MovieThe Gumball Rally
1976
as Franco
MovieDeath Scream
1975
as Detective Nick Rodriguez
MovieKing Lear
1974
as Edmund
TVThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Dr. Greg Robinson
MovieThe Organization
1971
as Juan Mendoza
MovieBeen Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
as Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
MovieThe Panic in Needle Park
1971
as Marco
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Edmund
TVMcCloud
1970
as Father Augusto Nieves
MovieStiletto
1969
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieRipe Strawberries
