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Andy Garcia was born Andres Arturo Garcia - Menaendez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba. He had an unusual growth on his shoulder. It turned out to be a twin that hadn't fully developed. Garcia says that "they just snipped it off, apparently." When he was 5, Garcia, his father, a lawyer, mother, an English teacher, and elder brother fled to Miami Beach, USA when Castro came to power in Cuba.
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Andy Garcia was born Andres Arturo Garcia-Menendez on April 12, 1956 in Havana, Cuba. At birth, doctors noticed an unusual growth on his shoulder that was determined to be a conjoined twin. It was later removed leaving only a small scar.
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Actor and director Andy Garcia says he thinks about going home to Cuba every day. He was born just before the 1959 revolution which brought Fidel Castro to power, and left with his parents when he was 5.
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Andy Garcia owns two magnificent houses – one is in Hollywood where he works, and the other is in South Florida where he grew up. But home is in Havana, Cuba, which he fled as a young boy, and Garcia says he will never go back until his native land has been freed from Fidel Castro's tyranny and repression.
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Andy Garcia is again returning to his Latin roots, signing up to be executive producer of a TV movie about the life of a Cuban-American doctor. The picture, by Home Box Office (HBO), is based on Doctor Pedro Jose Greer's 1999 memoir Waking Up In America: How One Doctor Brings Hope To Those Who Need It Most. Greer founded Miami's Camillus Health Concern, a downtown clinic that treats the poor and homeless. This will mark Garcia's second Latino-themed project for HBO - the first being last year's For Love Or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, a film based on the famed Cuban trumpeter's life, which earned Garcia a 2001 Golden Globe nomination. Garcia is currently filming Ocean's Eleven opposite a star-studded cast.
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Born in Cuba, Andy Garcia has been working in films since 1979. With starring turns in "When a Man Loves a Woman," "The Godfather Part III," and "The Untouchables," Garcia has built up a filmography spanning 20+ years and more than 4 dozen titles.
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