Cast & creator
Raúl Juliá
Best known for Great Performances, American Playhouse, The Bob Newhart Show
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.
Also known as: Raul Julia, Рауль Рафаэль Карлос Хулиа-и-Арселай, Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay
51
film credits
8
television credits
58
1953–2020 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (59)
Showing 59 of 59 credits
Great Performances
Edmund
1971
American Playhouse
Aram Fingal / Rick
1982
The Bob Newhart Show
Dr. Greg Robinson
1972Film '72
Self
1971
McCloud
Father Augusto Nieves
1970
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Addams Family
Gomez Addams
1991
Addams Family Values
Gomez Addams
1993
Street Fighter
Bison
1994Street Fighter
In Memory Of
1994
The Rookie
Strom
1990
Presumed Innocent
Sandy Stern
1990
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Count Galeazzo Ciano
1985
Tequila Sunrise
Commandante Xavier Escalante
1988
The Panic in Needle Park
Marco
1971
One from the Heart
Ray
1982
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Valentin Arregui
1985
Eyes of Laura Mars
Michael Reisler
1978
Moon Over Parador
Roberto Strausmann
1988
Frankenstein Unbound
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
1990
The Gumball Rally
Franco
1976
The Morning After
Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
1986
The Organization
Juan Mendoza
1971
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Aristotle Onassis
1988
The Escape Artist
Stu Quiñones
1982
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
1987
Disclosure
Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
2020
Havana
Arturo Duran (uncredited)
1990
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Archive footage
2019
Life of Sin
Paulo
1979
Tempest
Kalibanos
1982
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020
Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero
1989
La gran fiesta
Adolfo
1986
Stiletto
Party Guest (Uncredited)
1969
Down Came a Blackbird
Tomas Ramirez
1995
The Burning Season
Chico Mendes
1994
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
1971
Mack the Knife
MacHeath
1989
Death Scream
Detective Nick Rodriguez
1975
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
1984Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
Narrator
1990
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Self
1982
Compromising Positions
David Suarez
1985
Trading Hearts
Vinnie Iacona
1988
Florida Straits
Carlos Jayne
1986
Ripe Strawberries
Strong Medicine
1981
The Dream Studio
self
2004
King Lear
Edmund
1974
The Plague
Cottard
1992
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
Self
2008
The Penitent
Ramon Guerola
1988
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Petruchio
1981
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
1986Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
Narration (voice)
1988
Tango Bar
Ricardo Padín
1987
The Monkey People
Narrator (voice)
1990