Born in Cuba on April 12, 1956, Garcia moved with his family to Miami Beach when he was 5 years old. He became interested in acting during high school (when a bout with mononucleosis sidelined him from sports) and headed to Hollywood in 1981 after graduating from Florida International University.Waiting tables while auditioning and trying his luck as a stand-up comic, Garcia got his break when he was cast as a gang member in the very first episode of "Hill Street Blues," which led to his first big-screen role in the baseball drama Blue Skies Again.
Garcia began to turn critics' heads with his work in 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) and Brian DePalma's The Untouchables (1987), and in 1991 received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather: Part III. He's also known for his starring roles in Hero, When a Man Loves a Woman and Desperate Measures.
City IslandWhen he recognizes his son, Tony (Steven Strait), whom he hasn't seen in more than 20 years, among a crop of new inmates in the jail where he works, Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) decides to bring the troubled young man home with him, much to the surprise of his wife and kids. Writer-director Raymond De... Read More
When a Man Loves a WomanIn director Luis Mandoki's potent drama, the Greens -- Alice (Meg Ryan) and Michael (Andy Garcia) -- face a major crisis in their marriage when an accident brings Alice's secret drinking problem out in the open. As she confronts her alcoholism and Michael struggles to hold the family together, they... Read More
The UnsaidAndy Garcia stars as Michael Hunter, a psychiatrist called on to assess disturbed teenager Tommy (Vincent Kartheiser), who's about to be released from an institution. But Hunter struggles with his emotions, as the boy reminds him of his own son, who committed suicide. Shattered by his trauma and... Read More
The Lost CityThose seeking a scorching time in Havana know they should head for the club run by impresario Fico Fellove (Andy Garcia). But the party's over when political strife overtakes Cuban life, the Batista government falls, and Fidel Castro installs a Marxist regime. Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray co-star... Read More
For Love or CountryIn the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie and José... Read More
5 Days of War (2011) | R | |
His Way (2011) | NR | |
NR | ||
Across the Line (2010) | R | |
City Island (2009) | PG-13 | |
TV-G | ||
The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | PG | |
The Air I Breathe (2008) | R | |
New York, I Love You (2008) | R | |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) | PG | |
G | ||
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
Smokin' Aces (2006) | R | |
The Lost City (2005) | R | |
Class Act (2005) | NR | |
Twisted (2004) | R | |
Modigliani (2004) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Confidence (2003) | R | |
NR | ||
Directors: Sidney Lumet (2002) | NR | |
NR | ||
PG-13 | ||
NR | ||
The Unsaid (2001) | R | |
The Man From Elysian Fields (2001) | R | |
For Love or Country (2001) | PG-13 | |
Lakeboat (2001) | R | |
Just the Ticket (1999) | R | |
Desperate Measures (1998) | R | |
Hoodlum (1997) | R | |
Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) | R | |
R | ||
Steal Big, Steal Little (1995) | PG-13 | |
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
R | ||
Dead Again (1991) | R | |
The Godfather: Part III (1990) | R | |
Internal Affairs (1990) | R | |
A Show of Force (1990) | R | |
Black Rain (1989) | R | |
American Roulette (1988) | NR | |
Stand and Deliver (1988) | PG | |
NR | ||
The Untouchables (1987) | R | |
The Mean Season (1985) | R | |
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