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Producer, Actor Born: April 12, 1956 in Havana, Cuba Biography:Born Andrés Arturo García-Menéndez, actor "Andy Garcia" was five-years-old when he fled with his family from his native Cuba to Miami, where Garcia's father, a former lawyer, established a successful cosmetics business upon becoming an American citizen. Following his graduation from Florida International University, Garcia moved to L.A. and performed briefly as a standup comic, working as a furniture expediter and waiter when jobs were scarce. While his TV debut was a small role in the 1981 pilot of Hill Street Blues, Garcia did not have to travel far from his adopted hometown for his film bow, "Blue Skies Again" (1983), which was shot on location in Florida. (Also making her first screen appearance in this forgettable baseball comedy was actress "Mimi Rogers").
It was not until he was cast as a drug kingpin in "Hal Ashby"'s "8 Million Ways to Die" (1985) that Garcia's career really took off. After... Full Biography
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