Andy Garcia
Birthplace: Havana
Born: 1956-04-12
Occupations recorded in source
actor; composer; film actor; film director; film producer; musician; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956) is a Cuban American actor, director, producer, and musician. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) followed by roles in Stand and Deliver (1988), Black Rain (1989) and Internal Affairs (1990). He then portrayed Vincent Mancini in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990), earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and becoming the first Cuban to be nominated for an acting Oscar.
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). He also starred in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). He also took roles 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), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Book Club, The Mule (all 2018), and as the title role in the Father of the Bride remake (2022). He made his directorial debut with The Lost City (2005), followed by Diamond (2026).
For television, he portrayed the title role in the HBO television film, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), which he also produced. His performance earned him nominations for the Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Award. He portrayed Ricardo Montalbán in the HBO television movie My Dinner with Hervé (2018). He stars in the Paramount+ neo-western series Landman (2025–present).
In 2005, he won both a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award for producing Cuban musician Cachao's record ¡Ahora Sí!.
Sources & attribution
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Smokin' Aces (2007) — Stanley Locke
- The Air I Breathe (2007) — Fingers
- The Lost City (2006) — Fico Fellove
- Ocean's Twelve (2004) — Terry Benedict
- The Lazarus Child (2004) — Jack Heywood
- Twisted (2004) — Mike Delmarco
- Confidence (2003) — Gunther Butan
- Modigliani (2003) — Amedeo Modigliani
- Ocean's Eleven (2001) — Terry Benedict
- The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) — Byron Tiller
- The Unsaid (2001) — Michael Hunter
- For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) — Arturo Sandoval
- Just the Ticket (1999) — Gary Starke
- Desperate Measures (1998) — Frank Conner
- Hoodlum (1997) — Lucky Luciano
- Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) — Sean Casey
- The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1996) — Federico Garcia Lorca
- Steal Big Steal Little (1995) — Ruben Partida Martinez / Robby Martin
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) — Jimmy 'The Saint' Tosnia
- When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) — Michael Green
- Hero (1992) — John Bubber
- Jennifer Eight (1992) — Sgt. John Berlin
- Dead Again (1991) — Gray Baker
- A Show of Force (1990) — Luis Angel Mora
- Internal Affairs (1990) — Raymond Avila
- The Godfather Part III (1990) — Don Vincent 'Vinnie' Mancini-Corleone
- Black Rain (1989) — Charlie Vincent
- American Roulette (1988)
- Clinton and Nadine (1988)
- Stand and Deliver (1988) — Dr. Ramirez
- The Untouchables (1987) — Agent George Stone/Giuseppe Petri
- 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) — Angel Moldonado
Directing
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.
