Known For: Cuban-American actor (born 1956)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, composer, television actor, film actor, film director, film producer, voice actor
Country: United States of America
City: Havana
Date of Birth: Thursday, 12 April 1956
Language English
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez, known professionally as Andy García, is a Cuban-American actor, director and producer. 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 costarred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
| BirthPlace | Havana |
| Education | Q1065809, Q6827272 |
| Awards | Q17985761, Q121359767 |
| Children | Dominik Garcia-Lorido |
| Wikipedia | Andy_García |
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García was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez in Havana, Cuba. His mother, Amelie Menéndez, was an English teacher and his father, René García, was an attorney in Cuba. García has two older siblings, a sister named Tessi and a brother named René. When he was five years old, his family moved to Miami, Florida 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 Catholic and attended Miami Beach Senior High School, where he played on the basketball team. During his senior year of high school, he became ill with mononucleosis, which convinced him to pursue a career in acting. He began his acting career that year by taking a drama class with Jay W. Jensen. He graduated from Florida International University.
