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Raul Julia
Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay was a Puerto Rican actor and humanitarian. He was best known for his intense and varied roles on stage and screen. He started his career in the Public Theater before transitioning to film. He received numerous accolades including a Drama Desk Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for four Tony Awards. In…
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entertainment · Puerto Rican actor (1940–1994) · television actor · film actor · stage actor · actor · humanitarian · also Raul Julia, Raúl Juliá, Raul y Arcelay, Raul Julia y Arcelay, Raul R. C. Julia y Arcelay, Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay
Born 9 March 1940 · Died 24 October 1995 · Q317654
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2026· 1 entry
2017· 1 entry
The Daily Telegraph named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination
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2003· 1 entry
Daniel Rodríguez won the first Raul Julia Global Citizen Award from the New York-based Puerto Rico Family Institute, receiving the recognition for his charitable work
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2002· 1 entry
Actress Sandra Bullock was presented with the award
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1997· 1 entry
Intended to provide college education for teenagers
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1996· 1 entry
Was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame on Broadway
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1995· 2 entries
Died 1995-10-24.
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Burning Season (1995).
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1994· 9 entries
Then-Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani declared that date Raul Julia Day
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With Julia's body being escorted to the building of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, where a funeral ceremony was held
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Julia died at the age of 54 from complications to the stroke, having never regained consciousness
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After attending an opera at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City with his wife, Julia began feeling intense abdominal pain and was taken by ambulance to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Long Island
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Won Golden Globe Awards (1994).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (1994).
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The government of El Salvador recognized him for his human-rights activism, selecting him to serve as overseer of their general elections in representation of Freedom House
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Julia suffered several health afflictions, eventually dying after suffering a stroke
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Julia played Chico Mendes in The Burning Season for HBO, for which he received critical acclaim
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1992· 2 entries
Julia received the Courage of Conscience Award
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Julia played the title role in a revival of Man of La Mancha with Sheena Easton, a Broadway musical adaptation of the Miguel de Cervantes novel, Don Quixote
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1991· 1 entry
When Joseph Papp died, Julia commented that the director was directly responsible for finding him roles besides that of "stereotypical Latinos", such as the "Latin lover"
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1990· 2 entries
Was cast to as a lawyer in Presumed Innocent, receiving critical praise for his performance
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Appeared opposite Robert Redford in Havana, but chose to remain uncredited because the director, Sydney Pollack, refused to give him above-the-title credit
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1989· 1 entry
Julia was cast as San Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero in the biographical movie, Romero
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1988· 1 entry
Julia played a corrupt official in Paul Mazursky's comedy, Moon over Parador, which received negative reviews from critics
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1987· 1 entry
Julia had the lead role in The Penitent
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1986· 1 entry
Julia played a hairdresser named Joaquin Manero in The Morning After
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1985· 1 entry
Starred as Major Sergius Saranoff in an adaptation of Arms and the Man
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1983· 1 entry
His first son with Poloway, Raul Sigmund Julia, was born
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1982· 1 entry
Julia played Calibanos in Mazursky's Tempest and Ray in the musical One from the Heart
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1979· 1 entry
Starred as Othello opposite Richard Dreyfuss as Iago, later reviving the role in 1991 with Christopher Walken as Iago
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1978· 2 entries
Julia starred alongside Meryl Streep in a revival of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew at the Delacorte Theater
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His interpretation of the lead role in the 1924 theatrical version of Dracula was well received
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1976· 1 entry
Julia played Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera, interpreting the dialogue with a marked British accent
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1974· 1 entry
Julia was cast as the titular role of Charley Wykeham in the comedy, Where's Charley
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1973· 1 entry
Interpreted Edmund in King Lear, followed by the role of Orlando in As You Like It
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1970· 1 entry
Julia, in the role of Paco Montoya in The Castro Complex, received notably favorable reviews
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1967· 1 entry
The founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), Joseph Papp, attended a performance at Delacorte Theater, where Julia was reading patriotic Puerto Rican poetry
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1966· 1 entry
Julia was cast in the role of Macduff in a Spanish-language version of Macbeth, and also performed in The Ox Cart (La Carreta), a stage play written by Puerto Rican playwright René Marqués
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1965· 1 entry
With the main character played by Richard Kiley; one of his favorite actors, José Ferrer, had been considered for the title role at the time
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1964· 1 entry
When he was 24 years old, he traveled to New York City, arriving in the middle of a winter storm
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1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-03-09.
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