Raul Julia-Levy (born 10 July 1971 or 1972) is a Mexican film and television actor, and producer. He claims to be the son of Puerto Rican actor Raúl Juliá.

Biographie

Julia-Levy has variously stated he was born in either 1968, 1971, or 1972 to Margaret Levy Baroug in Mexico City or Puerto Rico. Merel Julía (née Polloway), the widow of Raúl Juliá, has denied the actor's paternity claims and has called Julia-Levy "an impostor" whose real name is "Salvador Fuentes". Julia-Levy has said that Salvador Fuentes is "a name that I used when I was younger so that I could do crazy shit."


Career
Julia-Levy appeared in Mexican and Italian productions before landing a small part as Quintana Driver in Double Take (2001) and as the bandit José in the TV movie Epoch (2001). He played Detective Marin in the independent, direct-to-video films Vengeance (2004) and Clash (2006), films for which he also received credit as associate producer.

In 2011, Julia-Levy announced that he was to write, produce and narrate a documentary titled Revelations of the Mayans: 2012 and Beyond, that would provide evidence that the Mayans had contact with extraterrestrials. Amidst the 2012 phenomenon Julia-Levy said that the world would not come to an end in 2012, "but the real shit is going to happen in the next 15 to 20 years." The film began shooting in Mexico in March 2012 and was scheduled for release before December, but production was halted after a contract dispute between Julia-Levy and the film's executive producer Elisabeth Thieriot. The case was taken to arbitration at the Independent Film & Television Alliance by Thieriot, and the arbitrator found for Theriot on her claims of breach of contract and fraud in the inducement.


Animal rights activism
Julia-Levy founded Flaunt My Pet LLC, and advocated between 2006 and 2010 through the website FlauntMyPet.com, a social networking website where individuals could create a profile for their pets, for animal welfare. He expanded his involvement to include the plight of Lolita, an orca whale that has been living and performing at Seaquarium in Miami, Florida.



Private life
During the first murder trial against Phil Spector in 2007, Julia-Levy claimed to have been friends for many years and intimate for several years with Lana Clarkson, and was to appear in court as a witness for the defense. Julia-Levy was withdrawn as a witness when a Sheriff's Department investigation report showed Julia-Levy had used fake names and Social Security numbers and falsely claimed to have attended Harvard University and University of Southern California.