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 Wheres 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.

Filmes indisponível de Raúl Juliá

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Valentin Arregui

Filme 1985

Street Fighter

General M. Bison

Filme 1994

Moon Over Parador

Roberto Strausmann

Filme 1988

Romero

Archbishop Oscar Romero

Filme 1989

Eyes of Laura Mars

Michael Reisler

Filme 1978

The Plague

Cottard

Filme 1992

Strong Medicine

Filme 1981

The Organization

Juan Mendoza

Filme 1971

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Juan Carlos Rosenbloom

Filme 1971

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

Aristotle Onassis

Filme 1988

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine

Filme 1984

The Burning Season

Chico Mendes

Filme 1994

Disclosure

Valentin Arregui (archive footage)

Filme 2020

The Dream Studio

self

Filme 2004

La gran fiesta

Adolfo

Filme 1986

Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt

Filme 1986

Life of Sin

Paulo

Filme 1979

Havana

Arturo Duran (uncredited)

Filme 1990

The Penitent

Ramon Guerola

Filme 1988

Tango Bar

Ricardo Padín

Filme 1987

Kiss Me, Petruchio

Petruchio

Filme 1981

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Self (archive footage)

Filme 2019

Trading Hearts

Vinnie Iacona

Filme 1988

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory

General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

Filme 1987

Stiletto

Party Guest (Uncredited)

Filme 1969

Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

Self

Filme 2008

King Lear

Edmund

Filme 1974

The Making of 'One from the Heart'

Self

Filme 1982

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

Self (archive footage)

Filme 2020

The Monkey People

Narrator (voice)

Filme 1990

Série de TV indisponível de Raúl Juliá

The Bob Newhart Show

Tv 1972

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

McCloud

Father Augusto Nieves

Tv 1970

Reading Rainbow

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Tv 1983