---
name: "Raul Julia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raul-julia"
fi1m_id: "raul-julia"
imdb_id: "nm0000471"
tmdb_id: 27888
wikidata_id: "Q317654"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 March 1940"
died: "24 October 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T20:27:55.655977+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Raul Julia

## Identity

Raul Julia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raul-julia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raul-julia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000471
- **TMDB ID:** 27888
- **Wikidata ID:** Q317654
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_Julia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27888

Actor. Born 9 March 1940 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Died 24 October 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 March 1940, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Died:** 24 October 1994
- **Active:** 1985–1993
- **Also known as:** Raúl Juliá, Рауль Рафаэль Карлос Хулиа-и-Арселай, Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay
- **Frequently works with:** [Anjelica Huston](https://film.one/person/anjelica-huston.md), [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://film.one/person/barry-sonnenfeld.md), [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd.md), [Scott Rudin](https://film.one/person/scott-rudin.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 73 (2), 1990s 79 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $585m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_Julia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27888

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Presumed Innocent*](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md) (82), [*Tequila Sunrise*](https://film.one/film/tequila-sunrise.md) (62)
- **Apple TV:** [*Addams Family Values*](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md) (78), [*The Addams Family*](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md) (77)
- **HBO Max:** [*Kiss of the Spider Woman*](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Raul Julia

> Raúl Juliá brought theatrical vigour to Gomez Addams and quiet authority to Sandy Stern. We value him for taking both seriously, giving farce his full energy and legal talk enough weight to keep us listening.

In *Presumed Innocent* (1990), Raúl Juliá makes Sandy Stern's legal talk worth listening to for more than the information. His authority is quiet, which suits a film that asks us to watch Harrison Ford closely and distrust easy answers. We warmed to his steadiness: even when the plot needed information, he made the person delivering it worth our attention. It is a good place to notice how little he needs to insist on his presence.

Alan J. Pakula gives his supporting actors enough importance to keep Ford from becoming the only person who matters. Juliá belongs beside Brian Dennehy and Bonnie Bedelia in that careful balance, keeping us interested whenever the mystery needs information supplied. The film can grow too solemn, and even good actors cannot remove that drag entirely. What he supplies is a reason to keep listening while Pakula makes us wait.

There is more overt force elsewhere in his work, drawing on the vocal power and physical energy of his classical and musical theatre background. His critical breakthrough, *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), paired him with William Hurt and showed his ability to play a complicated man with dignity. The comedy that followed deserves to be taken just as seriously.

With Barry Sonnenfeld directing and Anjelica Huston as Morticia, *The Addams Family* (1991) gave that energy a farcical use. Gomez Addams brought him a wider audience, followed by a return in the 1993 sequel. The appeal is his willingness to give the comedy the same commitment: its exaggeration needs an actor who is not embarrassed by it. We would still resist recommending every title on the strength of his name; later commercial work such as *Street Fighter* (1994) received mixed reviews. Start with *Presumed Innocent* if Gomez is the only Juliá you know, and allow Pakula a little more solemnity than he needs.

## Biography

Raúl Juliá was a Puerto Rican actor. Born in San Juan, he moved to New York in the mid-1960s and began working in off-Broadway and Shakespeare productions, later appearing on Broadway in plays including *Two Gentlemen of Verona* and *Nine*.

His film roles included *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985) and *Presumed Innocent* (1990), in which he played Sandy Stern. He portrayed Gomez Addams in *The Addams Family* (1991) and *Addams Family Values* (1993), and M. Bison in *Street Fighter* (1994). Juliá died in 1994.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Gomez Addams — [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, as Gomez Addams — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Presumed Innocent* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Sandy Stern — [page](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md)
- *Tequila Sunrise* (1988), Fi1m 62, as Commandante Xavier Escalante — [page](https://film.one/film/tequila-sunrise.md)
- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), Fi1m 84, as Valentin Arregui — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Disclosure* (2020), as Valentin Arregui (archive footage)
- *Down Came a Blackbird* (1995), as Tomas Ramirez
- *Street Fighter* (1994), as Bison · In Memory Of
- *The Burning Season* (1994), as Chico Mendes
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), as Gomez Addams — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *The Plague* (1992), as Cottard
- *The Addams Family* (1991), as Gomez Addams — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Havana* (1990), as Arturo Duran (uncredited)
- *The Rookie* (1990), as Strom
- *Frankenstein Unbound* (1990), as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
- *The Monkey People* (1990), as Narrator (voice)
- *Presumed Innocent* (1990), as Sandy Stern — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/presumed-innocent.md)
- *Un Recorrido de la Isla de Puerto Rico* (1990), as Narrator
- *Mack the Knife* (1989), as MacHeath
- *Romero* (1989), as Archbishop Oscar Romero
- *Tequila Sunrise* (1988), as Commandante Xavier Escalante — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/tequila-sunrise.md)
- *Moon Over Parador* (1988), as Roberto Strausmann
- *The Penitent* (1988), as Ramon Guerola
- *Trading Hearts* (1988), as Vinnie Iacona
- *Onassis: The Richest Man in the World* (1988), as Aristotle Onassis
- *Costa Rica: Child of the Wind* (1988), as Narration (voice)
- *The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory* (1987), as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
- *Tango Bar* (1987), as Ricardo Padín
- *The Morning After* (1986), as Joaquin "Jackie" Manero
- *La gran fiesta* (1986), as Adolfo
- *Florida Straits* (1986), as Carlos Jayne
- *Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt* (1986), Actor
- *Mussolini: The Untold Story* (1985), series, as Count Galeazzo Ciano
- *Compromising Positions* (1985), as David Suarez
- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1985), as Valentin Arregui — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-of-the-spider-woman.md)
- *Overdrawn at the Memory Bank* (1984), as Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
- *Tempest* (1982), as Kalibanos
- *The Escape Artist* (1982), as Stu Quiñones
- *One from the Heart* (1982), as Ray
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Aram Fingal / Rick
- *Strong Medicine* (1981), Actor
- *Kiss Me, Petruchio* (1981), as Petruchio
- *Life of Sin* (1979), as Paulo
- *Eyes of Laura Mars* (1978), as Michael Reisler
- *The Gumball Rally* (1976), as Franco
- *Death Scream* (1975), as Detective Nick Rodriguez
- *King Lear* (1974), as Edmund
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Dr. Greg Robinson
- *The Organization* (1971), as Juan Mendoza
- *Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me* (1971), as Juan Carlos Rosenbloom
- *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), as Marco
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Edmund
- *McCloud* (1970), series, as Father Augusto Nieves
- *Stiletto* (1969), as Party Guest (Uncredited)
- *Ripe Strawberries*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Raul Julia](https://film.one/media/person/78237/gallery-5742d60ab6cf.jpg) Raul Julia — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/RIVERSIDE_SHAKESPEARE_COMPANY_RAUL_JULIA_1983_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Raul Julia being interviewed on opening night 1984 at cast party at Circle in the Square 1984 Noel Coward's "Design for Living"](https://film.one/media/person/78237/gallery-0b920b76b555.jpg) Raul Julia being interviewed on opening night 1984 at cast party at Circle in the Square 1984 Noel Coward's "Design for Living" — Jbfrankel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Raul_Julia.jpg/1280px-Raul_Julia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Raul Julia](https://film.one/media/person/78237/gallery-22edaeae2f35.jpg) Raul Julia — movie studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Raul_Julia_-_Dracula.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Raul Julia](https://film.one/media/person/78237/gallery-f16e9101c9b8.jpg) Raul Julia — Image via TMDB
- ![Raul Julia](https://film.one/media/person/78237/gallery-31c415dc1f1c.jpg) Raul Julia — Image via TMDB
- ![Raul Julia](https://film.one/media/person/78237/gallery-dc048812891a.jpg) Raul Julia — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1994: Golden Globe Awards (won)

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1995: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *The Burning Season*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 1994: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (won)

### Other awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1982: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1977: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1975: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1972: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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