Andy García

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Andy García at the Tribeca Film Festival for the US premiere of Meet the Rizzos on April 26, 2009
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Andy Garcia (* 12. April 1956 as Andrés Arturo García Menéndez in Havana ) is a Cuban - American actor , film producer and director .

Life

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez was born in Cuba , the youngest of three children of a lawyer and an English teacher . He was part of a pair of Siamese twins . His undeveloped sibling was barely bigger than a tennis ball and was surgically removed. When he was five, his family fled the revolution in Cuba under Fidel Castro to the United States . The family moved to Miami where his father made a fortune in perfume wholesaling.

At the age of 22 García went to Los Angeles , where he joined a theater company after a few minor roles. In addition, he kept himself afloat with odd jobs, including as a furniture maker and waiter . In 1983 he made his debut as a film actor in the thriller The Murderous Paradise . He had his breakthrough in 1987 with Brian De Palma's crime film The Untouchables . He received an Oscar and a Golden Globe nomination in 1990 for his performance as Vincent Mancini-Corleone in The Godfather III .

For his portrayal of the jazz musician Arturo Sandoval in The Jazz Connection , he was nominated in 2001 for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Mini-Series or TV Film and for the Satellite Award - TV / Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie .

He made his debut as a director in 1993 with the documentary Cachao… Like His Rhythm There Is No Other, about the life of the Cuban musician Israel “Cachao” López .

Andy García has been married to the Cuban exile Maria-Victoria Lorido-García since 1982. The marriage produced four children, including the actress Dominik García-Lorido (* 1983). García lives with his family in Toluca Lake , California and Key Biscayne , Florida .

Filmography (selection)

actor

Director

producer

  • 1993: Cachao… Like His Rhythm There Is No Other
  • 1999: Ticket to Love (Just the Ticket)
  • 1999: Swing Vote - The decisive vote (Swing Vote)
  • 2000: The Jazz Connection (For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story)
  • 2001: The Unsaid - Lautlose Schreie (The Unsaid)
  • 2004: Modigliani
  • 2005: The Lost City
  • 2009: Meet the Rizzos (City Island)
  • 2013: A Day in Middleton (At Middleton)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  2. ^ Biography Andy Garcia biography and filmography . ( Moviesection ), accessed April 12, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME García, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES García Menéndez, Andrés Arturo (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, film producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana , Cuba