Andy García

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Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956) is an American actor and director of Cuban and English descent, who became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman.

In the 2000s, he starred in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels:, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, and in The Lost City.

In recent years he's had a career resurgence in such films as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Book Club, The Mule, and My Dinner with Hervé.

García was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III.

He was Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated for his titular role in For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story.

Early life

García was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez in Havana, Cuba. His mother, Amelie Menéndez, was a teacher of English and his father, René García Núñez, was an attorney in Cuba. García has two older siblings, a sister named Tessi and a brother named René. His family moved to Miami, Florida, when García was 5 years old after the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion. Over a period of several years, they built up a million-dollar perfume/fragrance company. García was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Miami Beach Senior High School, where he played on the basketball team. During his last year in high school, he became ill with mononucleosis, which convinced him to pursue a career in acting. He began his acting career by taking a drama class with Jay W. Jensen in his senior year. He graduated from Florida International University.

Personal life

In 1982, García married Marivi Lorido. The couple has four children: three daughters, including actress Dominik García-Lorido and a son. The family divide their time between Toluca Lake, Los Angeles and Key Biscayne, Florida.

García has expressed, on a number of occasions, his distaste for the communist regime that has ruled Cuba since the revolution that occurred there from 1953 to 1959. Following Fidel Castro's death in November 2016, García criticized his legacy, stating: "It is necessary for me to express the deep sorrow that I feel for all the Cuban people...that have suffered the atrocities and repression caused by Fidel Castro and his totalitarian regime."

García is Catholic, and a naturalized citizen of the United States.

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Career

Garca began acting at Florida International University but then moved to Hollywood. In 1984, he appeared alongside Angela Lansbury in the first episode of Murder's "1st white tough." She wrote "1st white tough." In the first episode of Hill Street Blues, he appeared as a gang member. He appeared in a supporting role in The Mean Season in 1985, alongside Kurt Russell.

Garca's acting debut in Brian De Palma's crime drama The Untouchables was in 1987. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Patricia Clarkson, and Robert De Niro appeared in the film. Eliot Ness is the protagonist of the film, which was adapted by David Mamet, as he leads the Untouchables law enforcement team to bring Al Capone to justice during the Prohibition period in the United States. The film received widespread critical acclaim and was a financial success. The film received four Academy Award nominations, one for Connery's appearance.

Garca appeared in the Ridley Scott action thriller Black Rain in 1989 with Michael Douglas. Critics gave mixed reviews about the film, but it was a financial success, earning $134 million.

In The Godfather Part III (1990), Francis Ford Coppola cast Garca as Vincent Mancini, Sonny Corleone's unlegitimate son. Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Eli Wallach appear in the film. Michael Corleone, the patriarch of the Corleone family who is looking to legitimize his criminal empire, is the subject of the film's conclusion. In addition, fictionalized accounts of two true events: Pope John Paul I's 1978 death and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–82, which are both related to Michael Corleone's business affairs, are included in the film. Despite the film's popularity, it hasn't lived up to the reputation of the first two Godfather films. However, the film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Garca's himself received an Academy Award nomination for his work, as well as a a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Garca appeared in the Mike Figgis film Internal Affairs, in which he competes with a corrupt fellow police officer, played by Richard Gere. In Stephen Frears' Hero, he played a cynical everyman, starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, and Joan Cusack. In 1994, he played the enabling husband of an alcoholic played by Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman. In 1995, he portrayed a tragic criminal in Things to Do in Denver, with Christopher Lloyd, Steve Buscemi, and Christopher Walken. He appeared in the Sidney Lumet drama Night Falls on Manhattan with Richard Dreyfus and James Gandolfini. In the action thriller Desperate Measures starring Michael Keaton and Marcia Gay Harden, he played a cop trying to save his gravely ill son. Lucky Luciano, a game in Hoodlum, was performed by him, as well as Tim Roth and Laurence Fishburne.

Garca starred and produced For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story in 2000. Arturo Sandoval, a trumpeter and composer, and a film that shed a light on Cuba's jazz scene. Gloria Estefan was also on the show, and Charles S. Dutton as jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie. He was given a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his work.

In Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001), a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper film starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Julia Roberts, he portrayed lazy Las Vegas casino owner Terry Benedict. The film was a huge commercial success, grossing $450 million at the box office. In the sequel Ocean's Twelve (2004) and in the third film, Ocean's Thirteen (2007), he appeared.

Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray co-wrote, produced, and starred in The Lost City. He and Sharon Stone appeared in the last episode of Turkish television series Kurtlar Vadisi in 2006. In 2008, he appeared in the first segment of New York's I Love You, starring Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson.

Garca's latest film revival has come. In 2018, he appeared in four films. He appeared in Mamma Mia's highly coveted and box office triumph. Here We Go Again with Fernando Cienfuegos, Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgaard, and Pierce Brosnan. The film is released on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics' unanimous saying, "Mamma Mia!" Here We Go Again on just about every aspect of the original, and, oh, how can fans deny it? "It was sublime" when Garca told NBC's Today show when asked about singing with Cher. One thing is to act with Cher, who is a natural actress, and then be invited to perform with her."

Garca appeared in Book Club, the Paramount romantic comedy, alongside Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, and Mary Steenburgen. The film was a box office hit, grossing over $89 million globally against its $10 million budget.

In addition, he appeared in Clint Eastwood's drama film The Mule, alongside Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest, Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Pena. Critics also praised Eastwood's results, who called it "poignant and charming" and praised the company's results.

He appeared in the hit HBO film My Dinner with Hervé starring Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan. "My Dinner with Hervé" gives the film an approval rating of 83%, according to the site's critical consensus study, "My Dinner with Hervé" provides a common narrative about celebrity and infamy but excellent performances by Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan's "The man's dimensionality and pathos. The film received a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries.

Garcia appeared in Charles McDougall's critically acclaimed coming of age drama Words on Bathroom Walls, as a child actor. He made an uncredited cameo in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, starring Kirsten Wiig and Jamie Dornan, in the comedy film Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, which was released the following year. He appeared in Redemption Day and the Guy Ritchie film Wrath of Man the previous year. In 2022, he appeared in the comedy Big Gold Brick and action film The Expendables 4 portraying a CIA Agent. He appeared in the romantic comedy film Father of the Bride starring Gloria Estefan, which was also released on HBO Max. The film is a remake of the Father of the Bride film starring Steve Martin. "Garcia carries the film eloquently with his comedic turn writing," Time lauded Garcia for his comedic turn writing.

Garca is set to direct the forthcoming film Hemingway & Fuentes about popular writer Ernest Hemingway co-written by Garca and Hemingway's niece Hilary Hemingway. Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, and Garca himself were among the confirmed stars. Filming was supposed to start in January 2013, but Hopkins and Garca announced that actor Jon Voight would play Hemingway.

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