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Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956) is an American actor, director 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). He then starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini alongside Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Eli Wallach. He won a Latin Grammy in 2005 and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.

Andy García
García at the 2009 Deauville American Film Festival
Born	Andrés Arturo García Menéndez[1] (1956-04-12) April 12, 1956 (age 66)[1] Havana, Cuba[1]
Citizenship	United States[2]
Alma mater	Miami Beach Senior High School[3] Florida International University[4]
Occupation	Actor director
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Marivi Lorido García ​ ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	4, including Dominik García-Lorido

He continued to act in Hollywood films such as Stephen Frears' Hero (1992), the romantic drama When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and the action thriller Desperate Measures (1998). In 2000, he produced and acted in the HBO television film, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), where he received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nominations. He also starred in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). In 2005, García directed and starred in the film The Lost City alongside Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray. He also starred in New York, I Love You (2008), the dramedy City Island (2009), the romantic comedy At Middleton (2013), and the crime thriller Kill the Messenger (2014). In recent years he has had a career resurgence in such films as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Book Club, The Mule (all 2018), the HBO television movie My Dinner with Hervé (2018), and Father of the Bride (2022).

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.[5] García has two older siblings, a sister named Tessi and a brother named René.[6] 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[7][8] 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,[9] 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.[4]

Career

1980s

García began acting at Florida International University but soon went to Hollywood. He had a short role alongside Angela Lansbury in the first episode of Murder, She Wrote as "1st white tough", in 1984. He played the role of a gang member in the first episode of TV series Hill Street Blues. He appeared in a supporting role in The Mean Season in 1985, alongside Kurt Russell.[10]

In 1987, Garciá received an acting breakthrough in Brian De Palma's crime drama The Untouchables. The film starred Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Patricia Clarkson, and Robert De Niro. The film, adapted by David Mamet, film follows Eliot Ness as he forms the Untouchables law enforcement team to bring Al Capone to justice during Prohibition era within the United States. The film received widespread critical acclaim and was a financial success. The film received four Academy Award nominations including a win for Connery's performance.[11]

In 1989, García acted in the Ridley Scott action thriller Black Rain with Michael Douglas. The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a financial success earning $134 million.[12]

1990s

In 1989, Francis Ford Coppola cast García as Vincent Mancini, the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone, in The Godfather Part III (1990).[13] The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Eli Wallach. The film concludes the story of Michael Corleone, the patriarch of the Corleone family, who attempts to legitimize his criminal empire. The film also includes fictionalized accounts of two real-life events: the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981–82, both linked to Michael Corleone's business affairs. Despite the film being both a critical and financial success, it has not lived up to the reputation of the first two Godfather films. However, the film did earn seven Academy Award nominations including for Best Picture. García himself earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination.[14]

In the 1990s, García appeared in the Mike Figgis film Internal Affairs, in which he engages in a battle of wits with a corrupt fellow police officer, played by Richard Gere. In 1992, he played a cynical everyman in Stephen Frears' Hero 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 When You're Dead alongside Christopher Lloyd, Steve Buscemi and Christopher Walken. He also starred as a hotshot lawyer in the Sidney Lumet drama Night Falls on Manhattan alongside Richard Dreyfus, and James Gandolfini. In 1998 he played a cop trying to save his gravely ill son in the action thriller Desperate Measures starring Michael Keaton, and Marcia Gay Harden. He played mobster Lucky Luciano in Hoodlum alongside Tim Roth, and Laurence Fishburne.

2000s

In 2000, García starred and produced the HBO film, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story. The film shines a light on the jazz scene in Cuba and the life of trumpeter and composer Arturo Sandoval. The project also starred Gloria Estefan as Maria, and Charles S. Dutton as jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie. For his performance he received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.

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

He co-wrote, directed, and starred in The Lost City alongside Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray.[15] In 2006, he appeared in the last episode of the Turkish TV series Kurtlar Vadisi, along with Sharon Stone. In 2008, he starred in the first segment of New York, I Love You which was directed by Jiang Wen starring Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson.

2010s

García has been slated to direct the film Hemingway & Fuentes about famous writer Ernest Hemingway, co-written by García and Hemingway's niece Hilary Hemingway. Originally, announced stars included Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening and García himself. Filming was originally to have begun in January 2013,[16][17] but due to delays, Hopkins left the project and García announced that the role of Hemingway would be played by actor Jon Voight.[18][19]

García has had a recent career resurgence in film. He starred in four films in 2018. He starred in the critical and box office success Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Fernando Cienfuegos alongside Cher, Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgaard and Pierce Brosnan. The film is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics consensus reading, "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again doubles down on just about everything fans loved about the original -- and my my, how can fans resist it?"[20] When asked about singing with Cher, García told NBC's Today show, "It was sublime. One thing is to act with Cher who is a great actress and then to be asked to sing with her".[21]

García also starred in the Paramount romantic comedy, Book Club, alongside Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen. The film was a box office success grossing over $89 million worldwide against its $10 million budget.^{[citation needed]}

He also starred in Clint Eastwood's drama film, The Mule alongside Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest, Laurence Fishburne and Michael Peña. It has grossed $166 million and received positive reviews from critics, who called it "poignant and charming" and praised Eastwood's performance.^{[citation needed]}

He also appeared in the acclaimed HBO movie My Dinner with Hervé alongside Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 83% with the site's critical consensus reading, "My Dinner with Hervé offers a standard narrative on celebrity and infamy but formidable performances by Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan find the dimensionality and pathos of Hervé Villechaize the man."[22] The film received a Critics Choice Television Award nomination for Best Movie/Miniseries.

2020s

In 2020, Garcia starred in Charles McDougall's comedic film Ana and the Thor Freudenthal's critically acclaimed coming of age drama Words on Bathroom Walls. The following year he made an uncredited cameo in the comedy film Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar starring Kirsten Wiig and Jamie Dornan. That same year he starred in the action films Redemption Day and the Guy Ritchie film Wrath of Man. In 2022 he starred in the comedy Big Gold Brick. He also starred in the romantic comedy film Father of the Bride opposite Gloria Estefan which was released on HBO Max. The film is a remake of the Father of the Bride franchise starring Steve Martin. Time praised Garcia on his comedic turn writing, "Garcia carries the film ably with his gruff elegance".[23] He will appear in the action film The Expendables 4 portraying a CIA agent.

Personal life

In 1982, García married Marivi Lorido.[24] The couple has four children: three daughters, including actress Dominik García-Lorido and a son.[25][26] The family divide their time between Toluca Lake, Los Angeles and Key Biscayne, Florida.[27][28]

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.[29][30][31] 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."[29]

García is Catholic,[32] and a naturalized citizen of the United States.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Blue Skies Again	Ken
	Guaguasi	Ricardo
	A Night in Heaven	T. J. The Bartender
1984	The Lonely Guy		Uncredited
1985	The Mean Season	Ray Martínez
1986	8 Million Ways to Die	Angel Moldonado
1987	The Untouchables	Agent George Stone/Giuseppe Petri
1988	Stand and Deliver	Dr. Ramírez
	American Roulette	Carlos Quintas
1989	Black Rain	Det. Charlie Vincent
1990	Internal Affairs	Raymond Avilla
	A Show of Force	Luis Ángel Mora
	The Godfather Part III	Vincent Mancini
1991	Dead Again	Gray Baker
1992	Hero	John Bubber
	Jennifer 8	Sgt. John Berlin
1994	When a Man Loves a Woman	Michael Green
1995	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Jimmy "The Saint" Tosnia
	Dangerous Minds		Scenes deleted
	Steal Big Steal Little	Ruben Partida Martinez Robert Martin/Narrator
1996	Night Falls on Manhattan	Sean Casey
	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Federico García Lorca
1997	Hoodlum	Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
1998	Desperate Measures	Frank Conner
1999	Just the Ticket	Gary Starke	Also producer
2000	Lakeboat	Guigliani
2001	The Unsaid	Michael Hunter	Also executive producer Direct to DVD release
	The Man from Elysian Fields	Byron Tiller	Also producer
	Ocean's Eleven	Terry Benedict
2003	Confidence	Special Agent Gunther Butan
	Just Like Mona
2004	Twisted	Mike Delmarco
	Modigliani	Amedeo Modigliani	Also executive producer
	Ocean's Twelve	Terry Benedict
2005	The Lazarus Child	Jack Heywood
	The Lost City	Fico Fellove	Also executive producer/director
2006	Smokin' Aces	Stanley Locke
2007	The Air I Breathe	Fingers
	Ocean's Thirteen	Terry Benedict
2008	New York, I Love You	Garry
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Delgado (voice)
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Insp. Vicenzo Brancaleone
	City Island	Vince Rizzo	Also producer
	La Linea	Javier Salazar
2010	Across the Line	Jorge Garza
2011	5 Days of War	Mikheil Saakashvili
2012	For Greater Glory	Enrique Gorostieta Velarde
	A Dark Truth	Jack Begosian
2013	Open Road	Chuck
	At Middleton	George Hartman
2014	Let's Be Cops	Detective Brolin
	Kill the Messenger	Norwin Meneses
	Rob the Mob	Big Al
	Rio 2	Eduardo (voice)
2016	Ghostbusters[33]	Mayor Bradley
	Max Steel	Dr. Miles Edwards
	True Memoirs of an International Assassin	El Toro
	Passengers	Admiral Norris
2017	Geostorm	President Andrew Palma
2018	Bent	Jimmy Murtha
	Book Club	Mitchell
	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Fernando Cienfuegos
	The Mule	Laton
2019	Against the Clock[34]	Gerald Hotchkiss
2020	Ana	Rafael "Rafa" Rodriguez
	Words on Bathroom Walls	Father Patrick
2021	Redemption Day	Ambassador Williams
	Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar	Tommy Bahama	Uncredited[35]
	Wrath of Man	FBI Agent King
2022	Big Gold Brick	Floyd Deveraux
	Father of the Bride	Guillermo "Billy" Herrera	Also executive producer
2023	Book Club 2: The Next Chapter	Mitchell	Post-production
	The Expendables 4		Post-production[36]
TBA	What About Love	Peter Tarlton	Completed
	Miranda's Victim	Alvin Moore	Post-production
	Pain Hustlers		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	¿Qué Pasa, USA?	Pepe	Episode: "Here Comes the Bride"
1979	Archie Bunker's Place	Manuel	Episode: "Building the Restaurant"
1981, 1984	Hill Street Blues	Street Kid Ernesto	Episodes: "Hill Street Station" & "Hair Apparent"
1983	For Love and Honor	Medic	Episode: "For Love and Honor" (pilot)
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Tough Guy #1	Episode: "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" (pilot)
	Brothers	Jose	Episode: "Happy Birthday Me!"
1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Alejandro	Episode: "Breakdown"
1986	Foley Square	Performer	Episode: "The Star"
1988	Clinton and Nadine	Clinton Dillard	Television movie
1999	Swing Vote	Joseph Michael Kirkland
2000	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Arturo Sandoval	Television movie; also producer
2001	Frasier	Terrance	Episode: "Bully for Martin"
2003	Will & Grace	Milo	Episode: "Field of Queens"
2005	Kurtlar Vadisi	Amon	Episode: "4.96" & Episode: "4.97"
2006	George Lopez	Ray	Episode: "George Doesn't Trustee Angie's Brother"
2009	The National Parks: America's Best Idea	Various roles	Voice; Documentary
2010	Top Gear	Himself	Series 15, episode 4
2011	The Simpsons	Slick Publisher	Voice; Episode: "The Book Job"
2012	Dora the Explorer	Don Quixote	Voice; Episode: "Dora's Knighthood Adventure" & "Dora's Royal Rescue"
	Dora's Royal Rescue		Television movie
2013	Christmas in Conway	Duncan Mayor
	Doll & Em	Andy	Episode: "Five"
2014	Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu	Amon	5 episodes
2016	Ballers	Andre Allen	6 episodes, HBO
2018	My Dinner with Hervé	Ricardo Montalbán	Television movie, HBO
2018–19	3Below: Tales of Arcadia	King Fialkov	Voice; 7 episodes
2019	Modern Love	Michael	2 episodes, Amazon
	Raul Julia: The World's a Stage	Himself	Documentary, American Masters
2020	Flipped	Rumualdo	5 episodes, Quibi
	Elena of Avalor	Hertz	Voice; Episode: "Coronation Day"
2021	Rebel[37]	Julian Cruz[38]	Main role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1991	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Godfather Part III	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture		Nominated
2001		Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie		Nominated
		Outstanding Made for Television Movie		Nominated
2005	Grammy Awards	Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album	¡Ahora Si! (Shared with Cachao and Eric Schilling)[citation needed]	Won

Miscellaneous awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1986	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Supporting Actor	8 Million Ways to Die	Nominated
1991	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Godfather Part III	Nominated
1995	MTV Movie Awards	Most Desirable Male	When a Man Loves a Woman	Nominated
1997	Nostros Golden Eagle Awards	Outstanding Performer in Film	—	Won
1998	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film	Night Falls on Manhattan	Nominated
			The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Nominated
1999		Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film in a Crossover Role	Desperate Measures	Won
2000		Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film	Just the Ticket	Nominated
2001		Outstanding Host of a Variety or Awards Special	Latin Grammy Awards (Shared with Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez and Jimmy Smits)	Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Nominated
2002	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Ocean's Eleven	Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Acting Ensemble		Nominated
2005	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Ocean's Twelve	Nominated
2007	ALMA Awards	Best Director – Motion Picture	The Lost City	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Chemistry	Ocean's Thirteen	Nominated
2010	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	City Island	Nominated
2012	ALMA Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	For Greater Glory	Nominated
2013	Boston Film Festival	Best Actor	At Middleton	Won
2015	Annie Awards	Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Rio 2	Nominated
2022	San Diego International Film Festival	Gregory Peck Award	Lifetime Achievement	Awarded

Other honors

• 1995: Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2002: Desert Palm Achievement Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 2006: Received the Anthony Quinn Award for Achievement in Motion Pictures from The American Latino Media Arts Award
• 2019: Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes[39]

See also

• List of Cuban Americans
• List of people from Miami

References

External links and further reading

• Andy García at IMDb
• Andy García at the TCM Movie Database
• "Andy Garcia interview on his City Island diet". Finance Foodie. March 2010.
• "Andy Garcia interview for Smokin' Aces". MovieHole.net. Archived from the original on January 11, 2007.
• Boutilier, Corey (Executive Director) (March 21, 2006). "VIDEO: Andy Garcia at the Miami Film Festival and his new independent film 'Lost City' (Andy speaks to independentfilm.com about his new film set in 1950's Cuba. The film had an emotional screening at the 2006 Miami International Film Festival. (TRT 5min, 9MB)". IndependentFilm.com.
• Bradshaw, Lisa. "Andy Garcia – Film star returns to Ghent after 22 years: 'I've come full circle'". Flanders Today. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010.
• "Photos "Cristiada": Andy García filming in Durango, México". HoyCinema.com Blogs.
• Andy Garcia at The Independent Institute

На других языках

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[de] Andy García

Andy García (* 12. April 1956 in Havanna, Kuba als Andrés Arturo García Menéndez) ist ein US-amerikanischer[2] Schauspieler, Filmproduzent und Regisseur kubanischer Herkunft.

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[es] Andy García

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (La Habana, 12 de abril de 1956), más conocido como Andy García, es un actor de cine cubano-estadounidense del entorno anglófono e internacional.[2]

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[ru] Гарсиа, Энди

Андрес Артуро Гарсиа Менендес (исп. Andrés Arturo García Menéndez; род. 12 апреля 1956, Бехукаль, провинция Гавана, Куба), более известный как Энди Гарсиа (англ. Andy García) — американский актёр, кинорежиссёр, кинопродюсер кубинского происхождения. Номинант на премию «Оскар» за роль второго плана в гангстерской драме «Крёстный отец 3».

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