Raúl Juliá
Actor
Born March 9, 1940 in 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 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.
Filmography
Ripe Strawberries
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
Disclosure
Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Archive footage
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
Self
The Dream Studio
self
Down Came a Blackbird
Tomas Ramirez
Street Fighter
Bison
The Burning Season
Chico Mendes
Addams Family Values
Gomez Addams
The Plague
Cottard
The Addams Family
Gomez Addams
Havana
Arturo Duran (uncredited)
The Rookie
Strom
Frankenstein Unbound
Dr. Victor Frankenstein
The Monkey People
Narrator (voice)
Presumed Innocent
Sandy Stern
Mack the Knife
MacHeath
Romero
Archbishop Oscar Romero
Tequila Sunrise
Commandante Xavier Escalante
Moon Over Parador
Roberto Strausmann
The Penitent
Ramon Guerola
Trading Hearts
Vinnie Iacona
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Aristotle Onassis
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Tango Bar
Ricardo Padín
The Morning After
Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
La gran fiesta
Adolfo
Florida Straits
Carlos Jayne
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Compromising Positions
David Suarez
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Valentin Arregui
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Self
Tempest
Kalibanos
The Escape Artist
Stu Quiñones
One from the Heart
Ray
American Playhouse
Aram Fingal / Rick
Strong Medicine
Kiss Me, Petruchio
Petruchio
Life of Sin
Paulo
Eyes of Laura Mars
Michael Reisler
The Gumball Rally
Franco
Death Scream
Detective Nick Rodriguez
King Lear
Edmund
The Bob Newhart Show
Dr. Greg Robinson
The Organization
Juan Mendoza
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
The Panic in Needle Park
Marco
Great Performances
Edmund
McCloud
Father Augusto Nieves
Stiletto
Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Oscars
Self