Raul Julia-Levy

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Raul Julia-Levy
Birth name	Raul Julia-Levy
Born	10 July 1971 Mexico City Mexico,
Height	5'10"
Notable roles	Detective Marin (Vengeance and Clash)

Raul Julia-Levy (born July 10, 1971, Mexico City) is a Mexican film and television actor, and is the son of actor Raúl Juliá. Not only is Julia-Levy involved in the entertainment industry, he also remains interested in Mexico's politics.

[edit] Biography

Julia-Levy was born into one of the most powerful families in Mexico. He is the grandson of the clothing tycoon Abraham Levy, who died when Julia-Levy was 16. In 1989 Latin America's premier national money investing publication, El Financiero, established that Latin America was being ruled by eight families. The list consisted of Carlos Slim Helú (Mexico), Jerónimo Arango (Mexico), Ricardo Salinas Pliego and family (Mexico), Jorge Paulo Lemann (Brazil), Joseph and Moise Safra (Brazil), Gustavo Cisneros and family (Venezuela), Lorenzo Mendoza and family (Venezuela), and Abraham Levy and family (Mexico). Abraham Levy had only one daughter, Margaret Levy, who at a young age became the sole matriarch of the prominent family who comes from 'old money'. The living descendants of Abraham Levy are his daughter Margaret Levy and her children: Raul Julia-Levy (1971), Elizabeth Levy (1974), Mexican attorney and politicianJose Martin Levy (1977), Betty Levy (1978), Mexican veterinarian Richard Levy (1979), Mexican architect Carlos Levy (1980). The Levy family's presence continues to be influential throughout Latin America. Along with his brother Jose Levy, Julia-Levy established a foundation to provide scholarships to select indigenous groups throughout Mexico. The National Foundation for the Education of the Indigenous will work through the United Nations beginning in January 2007.

According to a CNN report on November 5, 2002, Raul Julia-Levy, whose legal name is Raul Julia, Jr., is responsible for organizing an elite group of individuals to attend the Mexican Presidential Inauguration of Vicente Fox. The list includes: Hollywood film producer David Permut, Cuban President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, England's Queen Elizabeth II, Polish politician and leader Lech Wałęsa and other northern hemisphere and Latin American dignitaries.

According to Reforma, Mexico's leading newspaper, Raul Julia-Levy participated in an event on Sunday, December 3, 2000 where newly elected Mexican President Vincente Fox met with prominent leaders such as President of Poland Lech Wałęsa, President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Mexican Congresswoman Ofelia Medina, Bill Gates, Banamex President Roberto Hernández Ramírez, Alfredo Harp Helú, Mexican Congresswoman Viola Trigo, Hollywood producer David Permut and Oaxaca Governor Jose Murat to address how to provide shelter and educational opportunities to the indigenious from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

The El Mundo al Dia newpaper reported on Thursday, August 2, 2001, Julia-Levy was invited by President Vincente Fox and Congresswoman Viola Trigo to participate in Yucatan's newly elected governor Patricio Patron Laviada's inauguration. Attending the inauguration as Julia-Levy's guests were actor Forest Whitaker, Damon Whitaker, Bokeem Woodbine who is known as Fathead Newman in the movie Ray, Canadian actor Leila Johnson, senator Viola Triggo, Mexican businessman Pablo Sauma who owns the largest fleet of oil ships leased to Pemex, and Nicaraguan's former president Daniel Ortega.

Raul Julia-Levy met his father Raúl Juliá for the first time on the set of the movie Romero, an American production filmed in Cuernavaca.

Julia-Levy has appeared in the Mexican TV series El Vuelo del águila and Canción de amor, and in the 2001 US film Double Take.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
2007	The Shaw	Louie	Executive Producer
2007	The Whole Enchilada	Benny	Executive Producer
2006	Clash	Detective Marin	Associate Producer
2006	The Champagne Gang	Carlos	Associate Producer
2004	Vengeance	Detective Marin	Associate Producer
2004	Choices 2	Detective Mortel
2001	Double Take	Quintana Driver	Associate Producer
2000	Epoch	Jose
1997	Face/Off	N/A	Production Financier
1996	Cancion de Amor	Marcos Fuentes
1996	The Guilt	Nadiel Perez
1996	El Vuelo del Aquila	Padre Rubio
1994	Noktyurn Diva Barabana	Lorenzo Vany
1993	Halcones de la Muerte	Jorge de Alba
1993	Lvubov po Zakazu	Rodolfo Latin
1992	Amami	Dante
1991	Fuga da Kayenta	Vito Franco

[edit] External links

• Raul Julia-Levy at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.rauljuliaofficial.com
• http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/11/05/mexico.fox.hollywood.reut/index.html