Raul Julia
[7][8][9] Julia was born March 9, 1940, in Floral Park (Hato Rey), a suburb of San Juan, to Olga Arcelay and Raúl Juliá.[11] His direct paternal line goes back to his great-great-grandfather, Francisco Julia Brell, from Barcelona, Spain, settling in Manati, Puerto Rico in 1834.[12] The building was originally a gas station and body shop[clarification needed] before being remodeled after a similar restaurant in Madrid, Spain, called Las Cuevas de Luis Candelas, which is intended to mimic the structure of a gypsum cave.[12] Julia was enrolled in the Colegio Espíritu Santo in Hato Rey, a Catholic private school,[16] where most of the personnel spoke exclusively English.Julia concluded his secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, where he would organize plays of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Tempest.Julia eventually realized that he had no interest in pursuing the law career favored by his parents, choosing to act full-time despite having doubts that he could sustain himself working as an actor.During one of their acts, Julia was approached by Orson Bean, who was on vacation in Puerto Rico and provided him with contact information, wanting him to travel to New York and work there.After establishing residence in Manhattan, Julia worked at a variety of odd jobs to pay his expenses, going so far as to attend sales training (provided by a distributor) in the proper way to sell pens.Seeking to further improve his acting, he took lessons from Wynn Handman, who was recommended by Bean; his class included future fellow star Christopher Walken.In 1966, 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.In 1967, 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.[40] Julia followed up his double-duty stage work with a role in Paul Mazursky's film adaptation of The Tempest, spending several months in Italy while exploring its culture.[6][41] In preparation for his role in Harold Pinter's Betrayal, Julia moved temporarily to London, hiring a dialect coach to train him in British pronunciation.That year, he also starred in the public television film Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, which received a weak reception and was satirized on Mystery Science Theater 3000.After not appearing in a film for two years, Julia played a political prisoner named Valentín in an adaptation of the Manuel Puig work Kiss of the Spider Woman.[44] In view of the uniqueness of the script, Julia agreed to begin filming before receiving his salary and traveled to South America, where he interviewed rebels and ex-prisoners to familiarize himself with their experiences and ideology.[49] To prepare for the role, he read Romero's diary and autobiography as well as listening to or watching recordings of his messages and masses, which prompted him to rejoin the Catholic Church.[48] Julia then starred in the 1989 film adaptation of The Threepenny Opera, recreating the role of Macheath for the movie, which was renamed Mack the Knife for its American release.[51] Also in 1990, he appeared opposite Robert Redford in Havana, but chose to remain uncredited because the director, Sydney Pollack, refused to give him above-the-title credit.In 1992, 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.[42] Despite his poor health, which began three years prior to his death, he completed The Burning Season and was eager to play M. Bison in Street Fighter, which was to be filmed in Australia in the autumn.[58] In mid-October, Julia began feeling intense abdominal pain and was taken by ambulance to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Long Island.[62] After stopping at San Ignacio de Loyola Church, the procession advanced to Buxeda Cemetery, where politician and activist Rubén Berríos offered the final words.Subsequent memorial ceremonies were held at Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York and in Los Angeles, where several actors and personalities, including Rubén Blades and Edward James Olmos, expressed their grief.[65] The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater established The Raúl Juliá Training Unit, giving free acting classes to young actors.[70] The Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce created the Raúl Juliá Scholarship Fund in 1997, intended to provide college education for teenagers.[77] In 1994, 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.In 2003, 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.
Spanish namesurnameFloral ParkSan Juan, Puerto RicoManhasset, New YorkRío Piedras, Puerto RicoFordham UniversityUniversity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campusthe Public TheaterDrama Desk AwardPrimetime Emmy AwardGolden Globe AwardScreen Actors Guild AwardTony AwardsThe Daily TelegraphAcademy AwardSan JuanOrson BeanbilingualBroadwayOff-BroadwayPuerto Rican Traveling TheaterJoseph PappNew York Shakespeare FestivalMeryl StreepShakespeareTaming of the ShrewDelacorte TheaterTony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalTwo Gentlemen of VeronaWhere's Charley?The Threepenny OperaHarold PinterBetrayalDesign for LivingOthelloMan of La ManchaGomez AddamsThe Addams FamilyTempestKiss of the Spider WomanMoon Over ParadorThe Panic in Needle ParkOne from the HeartThe Morning AfterRomeroPresumed InnocentThe Burning SeasonPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead ActorBest Actor – Miniseries, or Television FilmHato Reymezzo-sopranoTrine UniversityBarcelonaManatiMadridErrol FlynnThe Adventures of Robin HoodWilliam ShakespeareColegio San Ignacio de LoyolaJulius CaesarHamletKing LearThe TempestUniversity of Puerto RicoPhi Sigma AlphaMacbethRoderigoTed Mack Amateur HourLillian HurstWynn HandmanChristopher WalkenPedro Calderón de la BarcaLife Is a DreamActors' Equity AssociationBye Bye BirdiePhoebe BrandMacduffMíriam Colón ValleLa CarretaArthur KopitIndiansThe Castro ComplexLove of LifeSesame StreetEmilio DelgadoThe OrganizationBeen Down So Long It Looks Like Up to MeTony AwardEdmundVia GalacticaThe Bob Newhart ShowWerner ErhardErhard Seminars TrainingThe Gumball RallyCatskill MountainsMuktanandaThe Hunger ProjectDraculaPetruchioThe Taming of the ShrewRichard DreyfussPaul Mazurskyfilm adaptationOverdrawn at the Memory BankMystery Science Theater 3000Manuel PuigNational Board of Review of Motion PicturesWilliam HurtLa Gran FiestaArms and the ManCompromising PositionsThe PenitentAnthony QuinnAristotle OnassisÓscar RomeroVarietyMack the KnifeRobert RedfordHavanaSydney PollackLatin loveradaptationCharles AddamsSaturn AwardSheena Easton