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Raúl Juliá
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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…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Raúl Juliá's Filmography
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
Disclosure
as Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Archive footage
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Self
The Dream Studio
as self
Down Came a Blackbird
as Tomas Ramirez
Street Fighter
as M. Bison
The Burning Season
as Chico Mendes
Addams Family Values
as Gomez Addams
The Plague
as Cottard
The Addams Family
as Gomez Addams
Havana
as Arturo Duran (uncredited)
The Rookie
as Strom
Frankenstein Unbound
as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
The Monkey People
as Narrator (voice)
Presumed Innocent
as Sandy Stern
No Poster
Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
as Narrator
Mack the Knife
as MacHeath
Romero
as Archbishop Oscar Romero
Tequila Sunrise
as Commandante Xavier Escalante
Moon Over Parador
as Roberto Strausmann
The Penitent
as Ramon Guerola
Trading Hearts
as Vinnie Iacona
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
as Aristotle Onassis
No Poster
Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
as Narration (voice)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Tango Bar
as Ricardo Padín
The Morning After
as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
La gran fiesta
as Adolfo
Florida Straits
as Carlos Jayne
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
Compromising Positions
as David Suarez
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Valentin Arregui
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
as Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
as Self
Tempest
as Kalibanos
The Escape Artist
as Stu Quiñones
One from the Heart
as Ray
Strong Medicine
Kiss Me, Petruchio
as Petruchio
Life of Sin
as Paulo
Eyes of Laura Mars
as Michael Reisler
The Gumball Rally
as Franco
Death Scream
as Detective Nick Rodriguez
King Lear
as Edmund
The Organization
as Juan Mendoza
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
The Panic in Needle Park
as Marco
Stiletto
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
