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Raúl Juliá
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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…
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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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2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Disclosure
Movie Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
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2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie Archive footage
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2008
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
Movie Self
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2004
The Dream Studio
Movie self
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1995
Down Came a Blackbird
Movie Tomas Ramirez
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1994
Street Fighter
Movie Bison
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1994
The Burning Season
Movie Chico Mendes
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1993
Addams Family Values
Movie Gomez Addams
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1992
The Plague
Movie Cottard
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1991
The Addams Family
Movie Gomez Addams
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1990
Havana
Movie Arturo Duran (uncredited)
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1990
The Rookie
Movie Strom
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1990
Frankenstein Unbound
Movie Dr. Victor Frankenstein
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1990
The Monkey People
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1990
Presumed Innocent
Movie Sandy Stern
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1990
Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico
Movie Narrator
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1989
Mack the Knife
Movie MacHeath
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1989
Romero
Movie Archbishop Oscar Romero
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1988
Tequila Sunrise
Movie Commandante Xavier Escalante
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1988
Moon Over Parador
Movie Roberto Strausmann
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1988
The Penitent
Movie Ramon Guerola
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1988
Trading Hearts
Movie Vinnie Iacona
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1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie Aristotle Onassis
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1988
Costa Rica: Child of the Wind
Movie Narration (voice)
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1987
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Movie General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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1987
Tango Bar
Movie Ricardo Padín
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1986
The Morning After
Movie Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
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1986
La gran fiesta
Movie Adolfo
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1986
Florida Straits
Movie Carlos Jayne
- 1986
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1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV show Count Galeazzo Ciano
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1985
Compromising Positions
Movie David Suarez
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1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Movie Valentin Arregui
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1984
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Movie Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
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1983
Reading Rainbow
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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1982
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Movie Self
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1982
Tempest
Movie Kalibanos
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1982
The Escape Artist
Movie Stu Quiñones
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1982
One from the Heart
Movie Ray
