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Andy Garcia

American actor and director · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1956 · age 70

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. He continued to act in films such as Stand and Deliver (1988), and Internal Affairs (1990).

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202672 HOURSFilm, Drug Lord2024LandmanSeries, Gallino2023Expend4blesFilm, Marsh2020Words on Bathroom WallsFilm, Father Patrick2019Modern LoveSeries, Michael2017GeostormFilm, U.S. President Andrew Palma2016GhostbustersFilm, Mayor Bradley2015“I find solace in my country’s music, all my life. It’s been a great inspiration to me. In ‘The Lost City,’ the protagonist of the movie is the music.”In their wordsOn how Cuban music influences him in “Locarno: Andy Garcia on Hemingway, Family, Directing and Cuba” in Variety Magazine (2015 Aug 3)

2010“I ask myself those questions sometimes…But no, I think you're a slave to your own sensibility, and your own artistic desires and dreams, and I'm still motivated by them.”In their wordsOn favoring artistry versus celebrity status in “Andy Garcia: 'The problem with producing movies? You get paid last'” in The Guardian (2010

“I'm American completely, and I think I appreciate America more than a lot of Americans do…In fact I know I do.”In their wordsOn appreciating America in “Andy Garcia: 'The problem with producing movies? You get paid last'” in The Guardian (2010 Jul 19)

2009Great Immigrants AwardAwardWatch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeries, 2009The Pink Panther 2Film, 2009Vicenzo2007Ocean's ThirteenFilm, Terry Benedict2004The Tony Danza ShowSeriesOcean's TwelveFilm, 2004Terry Benedict2002George LopezSeries, Director2001Ocean's ElevenFilm, Terry Benedict1997HoodlumFilm, Lucky Luciano1995Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadFilm, Jimmy "The Saint" Tosnia1993FrasierSeries, Terrance (voice)1991Dead AgainFilm, Gray Baker1989Black RainFilm, Charlie Vincent1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries1987The UntouchablesFilm, George Stone1984Murder, She WroteSeries, White Tough #11981Hill Street BluesSeries, Ernesto1956Born12 April 1956

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  • Words on Bathroom Walls 2020
  • Stand and Deliver 1988
  • The Untouchables 1987
  • Wrath of Man 2021
  • Ocean's Eleven 2001

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Filmography 40

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Television 24

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  1. I was born in Havana and my family left when I was five-and-a-half. I remember the transition and some memories of being in Havana.

    On how he’s nostalgic about Cuba in “Andy Garcia Interview - Up Close And Personal” in Splash Magazines, Own words

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Awards

Great Immigrants Award2009
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

He then co-starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini, earning nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and becoming the first Cuban to be nominated for an acting Oscar.

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Category
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Status
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Born 1956 · age 70

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