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.

Juliá was eventually noticed by Joseph Papp, who offered him work in the New York Shakespeare Festival. After gaining notoriety, he received roles in two television series, Love of Life and Sesame Street. For his performance in Two Gentlemen of Verona, he received a nomination for the Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award. Between 1974 and 1982, Juliá received Tony Award nominations for Where's Charley?, The Threepenny Opera and Nine. During the 1980s, he worked in several films, receiving nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, for his performance in Tempest, and Kiss of the Spider Woman, winning the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for the latter.

In 1991 and 1993, Juliá portrayed "Gomez Addams" in two film adaptations of The Addams Family. In 1994, he filmed The Burning Season and a film adaptation of the Street Fighter video games. Later that year, Juliá suffered several health afflictions, eventually dying after suffering a stroke. His funeral was held in Puerto Rico, being attended by thousands. For his work in The Burning Season, Juliá won a posthumous Golden Globe and Emmy Award.

Raúl Juliá, de son vrai nom Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay, est un acteur portoricain né le 9 mars 1940 à San Juan (Porto Rico) et mort le 24 octobre 1994 à Manhasset (État de New York).

Malgré une filmographie riche et variée, il est surtout resté dans les mémoires pour avoir incarné Gomez Addams au cinéma dans La Famille Addams et Les Valeurs de la famille Addams.

Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay est né le 9 mars 1940. Il est découvert dans une boîte de nuit de Porto Rico par l'acteur Orson Bean. Il part pour Manhattan en 1964 et trouve rapidement de petits rôles dans des spectacles. En 1966, il commence à apparaître dans des rôles shakespeariens, notamment Le Roi Lear en 1973 et Othello en 1979. On le voit aussi dans des comédies musicales. Son succès sur les planches l'amène au cinéma.

L'un de ses rôles dramatiques les plus marquants est celui d'un prisonnier politique dans Le Baiser de la femme araignée (1985), mais c'est surtout son rôle de père de famille atypique dans la comédie fantastique d'humour noir La Famille Addams (1991), et sa suite (1993), qui lui vaut la reconnaissance auprès du grand public.

En 1993, il apprend qu'il est atteint d'un cancer de l'estomac. Sa santé devient chancelante, mais il continue à tourner, et le rôle d'un écologiste brésilien dans le téléfilm The Burning Season (1994) lui vaudra deux récompenses posthumes.

Le 16 octobre 1994, affaibli, il est victime d'un accident vasculaire cérébral dans son appartement new-yorkais et tombe dans le coma. Il décède le 24 octobre à l'âge de 54 ans. Son corps est rapatrié à Porto Rico, où des milliers d'admirateurs viennent lui rendre hommage. Son dernier film, Street Fighter, lui est dédié.

Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay (San Juan, 9 de março de 1940 — Manhasset, 24 de outubro de 1994) foi um ator porto-riquenho radicado nos Estados Unidos. Seu sucesso no teatro fez com que ele trabalhasse no cinema, onde ficou mais conhecido como O Beijo da Mulher Aranha (1985) e o filme de maior reconhecimento de seu trabalho que foi a Família Addams (1992) e Família Addams 2 (1993). Entrou em coma dia 20 de outubro de 1994 e quatro dias depois, em 24 de outubro, Juliá veio a falecer aos 54 anos devido às complicações do acidente vascular cerebral.