Raul Julia

Raul Julia

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Birthday: 
9 March 1940, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birth Name: 
Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay
Height: 
188 cm
Raul Julia was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Olga Arcelay, a mezzo-soprano singer, and Raúl Juliá, an electrical engineer. He graduated from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola High School in San Juan. Here he studied the rigorous classical curriculum of the Jesuits and was always active in student dramatics. Julia was discovered while p... Show more »
Raul Julia was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Olga Arcelay, a mezzo-soprano singer, and Raúl Juliá, an electrical engineer. He graduated from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola High School in San Juan. Here he studied the rigorous classical curriculum of the Jesuits and was always active in student dramatics. Julia was discovered while performing in a nightclub in San Juan by actor Orson Bean who inspired him to move to the mainland to pursue other projects. Julia moved to Manhattan, New York City in 1964 and quickly found work by acting in small and supporting roles in off-Broadway shows. In 1966, Julia began appearing in Shakespearean roles, creating a deliciously conniving Edmund in "King Lear" in 1973 and a smoldering Othello in 1979. Julia also made his mark on the musical stage playing one of the "Two Gentlemen of Verona" during its run in 1971, and a chilling role of Mack the Knife in "The Threepenny Opera" in 1976 and as a Felliniesque film director in "Nine" in 1982. The stage successes led to his movie works where he is better known.One of his best movie roles is a passionate political prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). Julia also appeared as dramatic heroes and memorable villains in a number of films and made-for-TV-movies. His later roles included the crazy macabre Gomez Addams in two Addams Family movies. With his health declining from 1993 onward after he underwent a surgical operation for stomach cancer, Julia kept on acting, where he traveled to Mexico during the winter of 1993-1994 to play the Brazilian Amazon forest activist Chico Mendes in The Burning Season (1994), for which he posthumously won a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. His last theatrical movie was filmed shortly after The Burning Season (1994) when he traveled to Australia to shoot all of his scenes for Street Fighter (1994), based on the popular video game where he played the villainous General M. Bison. His last role was a supporting part in another made-for-TV movie titled Down Came a Blackbird (1995).On October 16, 1994, the weakened and gaunt Raul Julia suffered a stroke in New York City where he fell into a coma a few days later and was put on life support. He was transferred to a hospice in nearby Manhasset, Long Island where his weakened body finally gave up the struggle on October 24, at age 54. His body was flown back to Puerto Rico for burial where thousands turned out for his state funeral to remember him. Two honoring ceremonies were held at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola High School, and at the Headquarters of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture prior to his burial. Show less «

Raul Julia's FILMOGRAPHY

Sesame Street - Season 54

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Sesame Street - Season 53

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Sesame Street - Season 52

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Disclosure

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Sesame Street - Season 51

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Sesame Street - Season 50

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Sesame Street - Season 49

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Sesame Street - Season 47

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Sesame Street - Season 48

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Reading Rainbow - Season 16

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Reading Rainbow - Season 15

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Reading Rainbow - Season 13

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Reading Rainbow - Season 14

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Reading Rainbow - Season 12

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The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (The Burning Season)

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Street fighter

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Reading Rainbow - Season 11

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Addams Family Values

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Reading Rainbow - Season 10

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Reading Rainbow - Season 9

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The Addams Family

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Reading Rainbow - Season 8

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Presumed Innocent

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Raul Julia'S roles

M. Bison
M. Bison
Gomez Addams
Gomez Addams
Valentin Arregui
Valentin Arregui
Alejandro 'Sandy' Stern
Alejandro 'Sandy' Stern