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Raul Julia. Actor: Street Fighter. Raul Julia was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Olga Arcelay, a mezzo-soprano singer, and Raúl Juliá, an electrical engineer.
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Sep 13, 2019 · The Blazing Path and Legacy of Raul Julia. By Michael Schulman. September 13, 2019. A new documentary, “Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage,” explores the life and career of the late actor, who...
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Merel and Raul Julia were married in 1976. Mrs. Julia said that over the years Mr. Julia-Levy, an aspiring actor-producer, had approached the friends and professional colleagues of Mr. Julia, who...
- Before He Was An Actor, Raúl Juliá Was Known as A Singer.
- Juliá’S Road to Broadway and Hollywood Was Not An Easy one.
- He Got His Big Acting Break by Playing Shakespeare.
- He Kept An Active Spiritual and Activist Life.
- He displayed His Incredible Range Throughout His Broadway career.
- Off The Stage and Screen, Juliá Was Devoted to His Friends and Family.
- He Was An Outspoken Advocate For Diversity.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Juliá caught the acting bug at a young age, and started taking theater classes in high school. As he was starting to get his acting career off the ground, he also started to sing in lounges and nightclubs. It was at one of these performances at a hotel that he was spotted by a visiting New York performer, Orson Bean, ...
As bad as things are now for Latinx actors in Hollywood, things were even worse in Juliá’s time. As his contemporaries like Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro landed history-making roles and even Juliá’s acting school classmate Christopher Walken was starting to get regular work, Juliá struggled to find bit parts that weren’t demeaning or wouldn’t be cast...
Joseph Papp, the man behind the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater, saw in Juliá what others couldn’t and first offered the avowed Shakespeare and Cervantes fan a chance to work as a house manager for his production of “Hamlet.” Just a few years later, Juliá would become one of the main stars in Papp’s productions of “The Taming o...
In the true spirit of the late 60s, Juliá was curious about self-improvement and spiritual movements of the time. Juliá’s friends shared memories of their long talks with the actor about life, helping others and looking for something more. His search for spiritual fulfillment lead him to collaborate with Werner Erhard, one of the founders of The Hu...
From Shakespeare, musicals and a musical based on a Shakespeare play, Juliá took on the challenges of theater with great enthusiasm. Juliá was so committed to his craft that he would rarely – if ever – miss a performance. During one of his productions, he told his understudy Kevin Klein that Klein would only fill in for Juliá if he was dead. Klein ...
As a noted extrovert, Juliá loved hosting parties and having friends over until the early morning hours. His storybook romance with dancer Merel Poloway led them to a quiet life in the country, where they would raise their two boys. Many friends still fondly remember Juliá as a close friend and colleague 25 years after the actor died.
As we hear from actors like Rita Moreno, Jimmy Smits, Sônia Braga, Edward James Olmos, Rubén Blades, Benecio del Toro, Esai Morales and John Leguizamo, each share personal stories of what it meant to work with the charismatic actor and what it meant to see another Latino like them on posters, billboards and spotlight. Perhaps in response to the pre...
Apr 9, 2024 · by Chelsea Alexandra 2 months ago. Unapologetically Hispanic and ferociously Puerto Rican, Raul Julia stands as one of the most remarkable actors of his time. There was an undeniable authenticity to him, a pride of where he came from. Whether it was on the big screen or a stage, Julia would captivate the audience with his charisma and raw power.
Sep 3, 2019 · Credit: Rona Elliot. March 9, 1940. Raúl Julia was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and grew up surrounded by his tight-knit entrepreneurial family. He turned heads in his school performances, from ...
May 10, 2024 · Raul Julia (born March 9, 1940, San Juan, Puerto Rico—died October 24, 1994, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Puerto Rican-born American actor who was a prolific and versatile stage and film star with talents that stretched from drama to farcical comedy.
