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Hector Elizondo
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Actor Born: December 22, 1936 in New York City, NY Biography:An actor of seemingly boundless range, New York-born "Hector Elizondo" began his career as a dancer. His initial training was at the Ballet Arts school of Carnegie Hall, from which he moved on to the Actors Studio. After several years' stage work, Elizondo made an inauspicious movie debut as "The Inspector" in the low-budget sex film "The Vixens" (1969). He was shown to better advantage in his next film, "Hal Ashby"'s "The Landlord" (1970), which he followed up with strong character parts in such Manhattan-based productions as "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974) and "Thieves" (1977). With "Young Doctors in Love" (1982), Elizondo began his long association with director "Garry Marshall", who has since cast the actor in all of his films, in roles both sizable ("Matt Dillon"'s dad in "The Flamingo Kid" [1984], the cafe owner in "Frankie and Johnny" [1991]), and microscopic ("Overboard" [1987]).... Full Biography
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