FrameThrower · Actors · Raúl Juliá
Raúl Juliá
5 films · 395 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1971–1993
Born 9 March 1940 · San Juan, Puerto Rico · died 24 October 1994
Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 395 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1971–1993
- Golden Globe Awards1994
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie1994
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1995
How their films are shot
Measured across 395 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Raúl takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Raúl takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 395 frames from Raúl Juliá's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.