Andy García

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956) is an American actor and director. He appeared in 1980s and 1990s Hollywood films 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.

For the American soccer player, see Andy García (soccer).
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Menéndez.

Andy García
Born
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez

(1956-04-12) April 12, 1956
Havana, Cuba
OccupationActor, director
Years active1978–present
Spouse(s)
Marivi Lorido García
(
m. 1982)
Children4, including Dominik García-Lorido

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

Garcia was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez in Havana, Cuba. His mother, Amelie Menéndez, was an English teacher and his father, René García Núñez, was an avocado farmer and attorney in Cuba who later owned a fragrance business in the United States.[1][2] García has two older siblings, a sister named Tessi and a brother named René.[3] When García was five years old, his family moved to Miami, Florida, after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. Over a period of several years, they built up a million-dollar perfume company. García was raised as a Roman Catholic[4][5][4] 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,[6] 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.[7]

Career
At the flight line tower, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, December 7, 2001

García began acting at Florida International University but soon went to Hollywood. He had a short role 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,[8] and director Brian De Palma cast him in The Untouchables in 1987.[9]

García acted in the Ridley Scott film Black Rain in 1989 with Michael Douglas.[10] Francis Ford Coppola cast Garcia as Vincent Mancini, the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone, in The Godfather Part III.[11] García earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance.[12]

In the 1990s, García appeared in Internal Affairs, in which he engages in a battle of wits with a corrupt fellow police officer, played by Richard Gere. He played a cynical everyman in Hero, the enabling husband of an alcoholic in When a Man Loves a Woman, a tragic criminal in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, a hotshot lawyer in the drama Night Falls on Manhattan and a cop trying to save his gravely ill son in the action thriller Desperate Measures. He played mobster Lucky Luciano in Hoodlum.

He portrayed the arrogant Las Vegas casino owner Terry Benedict in Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper movie. He also appeared in the sequel, Ocean's Twelve and in the third film, Ocean's Thirteen.

He co-wrote, directed, and starred in The Lost City alongside Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray.[13]

In 2006, he appeared in the last episode of the Turkish TV series Kurtlar Vadisi, along with Sharon Stone.

Career resurgence

Garcia 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 an 81%, 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?"[14] When asked about singing with Cher, Garcia 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".[15]

Garcia 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.

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

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."[16] The film received a Critics Choice Television Award nomination for Best Movie/Miniseries.

Hemingway project
At the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival with Julianna Margulies (left) and his daughter Dominik García-Lorido

García has been slated to direct the upcoming 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,[17][18] but due to delays, Hopkins left the project and Garcia announced that the role of Hemingway would be played by actor Jon Voight.[19][20]

Personal life

In 1982, García married Marivi Lorido.[21] The couple has four children: daughters Dominik García-Lorido (b. 1983), Daniella (b. 1988), Alessandra (b. 1991) and son Andres (b. 2002).[22][23] The family divide their time between Toluca Lake, Los Angeles and Key Biscayne, Florida.[24][25]

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.[26][27][28] 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."[26]

García is a Catholic.[29]

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 Inspector 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[30] 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[31] Gerald Hotchkiss
2020 Ana Rafael "Rafa" Rodriguez
What About Love Peter Tarlton Post-production
Words on Bathroom Walls Father Patrick Post-production
TBA Big Gold Brick Floyd Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1978 ¿Qué Pasa, USA? Pepe (Carmen's Boyfriend) "Here Comes the Bride"
1979 Archie Bunker's Place Manuel "Building the Restaurant"
1981, 1984 Hill Street Blues Street Kid
Ernesto		 "Hill Street Station" & "Hair Apparent"
1983 For Love and Honor Medic "For Love and Honor" (pilot)
1984 Murder, She Wrote Tough Guy #1 "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" (pilot)
Brothers Jose "Happy Birthday Me!"
1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alejandro "Breakdown"
1986 Foley Square A movie star seeking to sue his business manager "The Star"
1988 Clinton and Nadine Clinton Dillard TV movie
1999 Swing Vote Joseph Michael Kirkland
2000 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Arturo Sandoval Also producer
2001 Frasier Terrance "Bully for Martin"
2003 Will & Grace Milo "Field of Queens"
2005 Kurtlar Vadisi Amon Episodes: "4.96" & Episode: "4.97"
2006 George Lopez Ray "George Doesn't Trustee Angie's Brother"
2008 Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show Himself TV movie
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea Various historical figures (voice) Documentary
2010 Top Gear Himself Series 15, episode 4
2011 The Simpsons Slick Publisher (voice) "The Book Job"
2012 Dora the Explorer Don Quixote (voice) "Dora's Royal Rescue"
Dora's Royal Rescue TV movie
2013 Christmas in Conway Duncan Mayor
Doll & Em Andy Miniseries
2014 Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu Amon 5 episodes
2016 Ballers Andre Allen 6 episodes
2018 My Dinner with Hervé Ricardo Montalbán TV movie
2018–2019 3Below: Tales of Arcadia King Fialkov (voice) 7 episodes
2019 Modern Love Michael 2 episodes
2020 Flipped Rumualdo 8 episodes
Elena of Avalor One Of The Four Shades Of Awesome (voice) "Coronation Day"
Rebel[32] Julian Cruz

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
1991 The Godfather Part III Best Supporting Actor Nominated

Golden Globes
Year Nominated work Category Result
1991 The Godfather Part III Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated
2001 For Love of Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Primetime Emmy Award
Year Nominated work Category Result
2001 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Nominated
Television Movie

Miscellaneous awards
Year Award Nominated work Category Result
1986 New York Film Critics Circle Awards 8 Million Ways to Die Best Supporting Actor Nominated
1991 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards The Godfather Part III
1997 Nostros Golden Eagle Awards Outstanding Performer in Film Won
1998 ALMA Award Night Falls on Manhattan Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film Nominated
Desperate Measures Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film in a Crossover Role Won
2000 Just the Ticket Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film Nominated
2001 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards Outstanding Host of a Variety or Awards Special
2002 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Ocean's Eleven Best Acting Ensemble
ALMA Award Outstanding Supporting Actor Won
2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Ocean's Twelve Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
2007 ALMA Award The Lost City Best Director
2013 Boston Film Festival At Middleton Best Actor Won
2015 Annie Award Rio 2 Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Nominated

Other honors
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See also

References
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