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Movie star Andy Garcia is a Cuban American leading man known especially for his Oscar-nominated role as Vincent Mancini, the hot-headed nephew from Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather: Part III (1990). Garcia emigrated to the U.S. as a boy; his family fled Cuba in 1961 after that country's takeover by Fidel Castro. After school in Florida, Garcia headed to Hollywood to make it as an actor in the late 1970s. He finally began getting regular work as an actor in the mid-1980s and had memorable roles in the feature films 8 Million Ways to Die (1986, starring Jeff Bridges) and The Untouchables (1987, starring Kevin Costner). He was the lead in 1990's Internal Affairs (opposite Richard Gere) and his appearance in The Godfather made him an international star, and during the 1990s he had a steady career on the big screen. His movies have included Jennifer Eight (1992, with Uma Thurman); When a Man Loves a Woman (1994, with Meg Ryan and Ellen Burstyn); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997); and Desperate Measures (1998, with Michael Keaton).
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Graduated from Florida International University, Andy Garcia is one of the most talented actors in the world with the best looks, but is unfairly underrated. He made his breakthrough in 8 Million Ways to Die in 1986, and earned his stardom in Godfather III with Oscar and Golden Globe nominations in 1991. For most female Andy Garcia fans, his best character is the dreamed-of husband in When a Man Loves a Woman. The highly acclaimed Night Falls on Manhattan proves his intensity in acting. A star bearing his name was honored to him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995.
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One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created a few iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects. Born on April 12, 1956, in Cuba, Garcia's family was relatively affluent. When he was five years old Fidel Castro came to power... and the family fled to Miami Beach. Forced to work menial jobs for a while, the family started a fragrance company that was eventually worth more than a million dollars. Andy was a popular student in high school, a good basketball player and good-looking. In his senior year, though, he contracted mononucleosis and hepatitis, and unable to play sports, he turned his attention to acting.
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One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created a few iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects. Born on April 12, 1956 in Cuba, Garcia's family was relatively affluent. But when Fidel Castro came to power, the family fled to Miami Beach when Andy was only 5. Forced to work bad jobs for a time, the Garcia family then built a million-dollar fragrance company from scratch. Andy was a popular student in high school, a good basketball player and good-looking. But when his senior year saw him battling mononucleosis and hepatitis, he turned his attention to acting.
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Andy Garcia, impeccably dressed in a beautiful white satin suit, has opted for a change of pace as both producer and star of The Man from Elysian Fields. A different kind of project to Garcia's mainstream fare such as Ocean's 11, the actor/producer argues that he chooses films that "reflect a particular taste of mine. It's not conscious to make it different, but just something that I'm interested in, and that if it is inherently different, then it is. I just want to do something that appeals to me." He was interested in Elysian Fields, which he was offered initially as an actor alone, because "when I read the material it was so compelling to me, and I thought it's got a great journey." In The Man from Elysian Fields, Garcia gives a compelling performance as Byron Tiller, a failed novelist pushed to his limit when his latest novel is rejected by his publisher, who can't even get back his old job in advertising to support his new family and nascent career. When Luther Fox (Mick Jagger), the dapperly outfitted head of a very upscale male escort service recruits him, Byron begins servicing the beautiful and lonely wife (Olivia Williams) of one of the most famous and much-honored authors on the planet, Tobias Alcott (James Coburn). Byron rapidly becomes involved with not only Andrea but her larger-than-life but dying husband, and the ensuing twists create a playful ride that leads finally to more serious lessons on life and marriage.
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Andy Garcia combines acting, directing, producing and composing in a notable career. Born in Cuba, he was five when his family fled the country. He attended college in Florida and did regional theater before moving to L.A. Oscar-nominated for his supporting role in The Godfather, Part III, Garcia exec-produced and starred in HBO's Arturo Sandoval biopic and ... produced the soundtrack and award-winning score. He's the star and exec-producer of the indie film, Modigliani, and a 2005 Grammy nominee for his collaboration with Cachao Lopez.
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