Andy Garcia Filmography

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Actors: Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez, Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis

Synopsis: A pampered Chihuahua accustomed to the living the good life in glamorous Beverly Hills must rein in her heiress instincts and rely on the kindness of strangers in order to find her way back home after becoming hopelessly lost in Mexico. Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) is a diamond-clad toy dog who Read More

The Air I Breathe

Actors: Forest Whitaker, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kevin Bacon, Andy Garcia

Synopsis: Four stories, representing the emotional principles of love, pleasure, sorrow, and happiness, come together in this episodic drama from first-time director Jieho Lee. A powerful crime boss, Fingers (Andy Garcia), subtly controls the destinies of four people whose circumstances have brought them to Read More

Cachao: Uno Más

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: For decades, Cuban musician Israel Cachao López held court as the preeminent bassist of his native country, his finesse prompting many in-the-know to dub him "The Picasso of the bass." Employing a unique approach - the film presents itself as half-documentary portrait, half concert film - director Read More

Celia the Queen

Synopsis: Interviews with Wyclef Jean, Quincy Jones, and Andy Garcia offer insight into the rich legacy of legendary Cuban vocalist Celia Cruz in this documentary exploring how one woman's voice shattered the barriers of racism and sexism across the globe. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Ocean's Thirteen

Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia

Synopsis: Cinema icon Al Pacino joins a powerhouse cast headed by of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, and series newcomer Ellen Barkin for this, the third installment of director Steven Soderbergh's popular series of glitzy crime comedies. The only hotelier in Las Read More

Smokin' Aces

Actors: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven

Synopsis: When a shifty magician turns state's evidence against a Las Vegas underworld heavy, the high price placed on his head sparks a fevered race to rub the snitch out and collect a tidy paycheck in Narc director Joe Carnahan's dark action comedy. Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven) is a small time Read More

Catching Rats

Actors: Tania Rebeca, Edmundo Perez, Marco De la Torre

The Lost City

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Musical Direction/Supervision, Producer

Actors: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre

Synopsis: Veteran actor Andy Garcia steps into the director's chair for his first voyage into feature filmmaking with this heartfelt tribute to revolutionary, late-'50s-era Cuba featuring Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray, Tomas Milian, and offering the director himself in the starring role. Fico Fellove (Garcia) Read More

Class Act

Actors: Desmond Child, Adam Jay Epstein, Jose Behar, Anthony M. Davis, Jay W. Jensen

Modigliani

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Hippolyte Girardot, Omid Djalili, Eva Herzigova

Synopsis: A gifted artist wages a personal war against his demons as well as a world that refuses to accept his creative vision in this biographical drama based on the true story of Amedeo Modigliani. Modigliani (Andy Garcia) was an Italian Jew who was living in Paris in the 1910s, when the city's bohemian Read More

Ocean's Twelve

Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts

Synopsis: After pulling off the heist of their lives, Danny Ocean and his pals unexpectedly find themselves back in harness in this sequel to 2001's blockbuster hit Ocean's Eleven. After robbing a cool $160 million from the Bellaggio Hotel Casino and winning back his former wife, Tess (Julia Roberts), from Read More

Twisted

Actors: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn, Russell Wong

Synopsis: Philip Kaufman directs the detective thriller Twisted (originally to be titled The Blackout Murders), with a script by up-and-coming filmmaker Sarah Thorp. Ashley Judd plays troubled police detective Jessica Shepard, who works under the jurisdiction of the man who raised her as his daughter Read More

The Lazarus Child

Actors: Andy Garcia, Frances O'Connor

Confidence

Actors: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti

Synopsis: James Foley directs the slick crime caper Confidence, written by first-time screenwriter Doug Jung. Told in flashback, smooth-talking con man Jake Vig (Edward Burns) relates an elaborate scheme orchestrated by his gang :Gordo (Paul Giamatti), Miles (Brian Van Holt), and Big Al (Louis Lombardi). Read More

The Man From Elysian Fields

Crew: Producer

Actors: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, Olivia Williams, James Coburn, Anjelica Huston

Synopsis: George Hickenlooper directs this psychological drama about an impoverished writer lost in a world of money, power, and male escorts. Though happily married with a young child, Byron Tiller (Andy Garcia) is struggling to make ends meet as a novelist. His last work, called "Hitler's Child," had an Read More

Avenging Angelo

Actors: Andy Garcia, Sylvester Stallone, Madeleine Stowe, Raoul Bova, Anthony Quinn, Harry Van Gorkum

Synopsis: Directed by Martyn Burke, Avenging Angelo centers around the life of bodyguard Frank (Sylvester Stallone) and his client, neurotic socialite Jennifer (Madeleine Stowe). Frank must constantly fight his emotions in order to maintain a strictly professional relationship with Jennifer, who has Read More

Ocean's Eleven

Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts

Synopsis: A rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons team up for the heist to end all heists in this high-profile remake of the 1960 Rat Pack favorite. As with its predecessor, Ocean's Eleven opens with its titular hero Danny Ocean (George Clooney stepping into the Frank Sinatra role) eager for a new Read More

The Unsaid

Actors: Andy Garcia, Vincent Kartheiser, Linda Cardellini, Trevor Blumas, Teri Polo

Synopsis: Tom McLoughlin directs the downbeat psychological thriller The Unsaid, released straight-to-video in the U.S. Andy Garcia stars as Kansas psychologist Dr. Michael Hunter who quits his practice following the suicide of his teenage son Kyle (Trevor Blumas). Disturbed by the death, separated from his Read More

Frasier: Bully for Martin

Synopsis: Normally a man who does not back down from a confrontation, Martin (John Mahoney) just stands and takes it when his new boss Rich (M. Emmet Walsh) bullies him on the job. Sympathizing with his dad's frustration, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) decides to intervene -- the last thing in the world that Read More

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

Actors: Andy Garcia, Mía Maestro, Gloria Estefan, David Paymer, Charles S. Dutton

Synopsis: World-class trumpeter Arturo Sandoval was a shining light in Cuba's exciting jazz scene and championed by jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie as one of the greatest musicians he'd ever heard. But as Sandoval's fame grew, so did his discomfort with Fidel Castro and Cuba's Communist leadership. Though Read More

Just the Ticket

Crew: Producer

Actors: Andy Garcia, Andie MacDowell, Richard Bradford, Laura Harris, Andre B. Blake

Synopsis: Gary Starke (Andy Garcia) was an orphan living on the streets at 13 who grew up to preside over a crew of street hustlers as the grand master of ticket scalpers. Charming, savvy, and honorable, Gary seems beloved by everyone until Linda (Andie MacDowell), the love of his life, dumps him. Tired of Read More

Swing Vote

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Andy Garcia, Harry Belafonte, Robert Prosky, Ray Walston, James Whitmore

Synopsis: In this courtroom drama set in the near future, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently overturned the Roe vs. Wade decision and thrown the issue of abortion rights back to the individual states. Alabama has subsequently outlawed abortion on demand and has prosecuted Virginia Mapes (Lisa Gay Hamilton) Read More

Desperate Measures

Actors: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King, Joseph Cross

Synopsis: Although he enjoyed great critical success with crime dramas and slice-of-life pictures, director Barbet Schroeder continued dabbling in the thriller genre with this action-oriented film. Andy Garcia stars as Frank Conner, a widowed San Francisco police officer whose young son Matt (Joseph Cross) Read More

ER: Sharp Relief

Synopsis: Ross (George Clooney) wants to trick Carol (Julianna Margulies) with a surprise marriage -- but is instead surprised by Carol, and none too pleasantly. Newly revealed facts about the business methods of Syngergix causes a rift between Weaver (Laura Innes) and Ellis West (Clancy Brown). Jeanie (Gloria Reuben Read More

Death in Granada

Actors: Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Jeroen Krabbé, Marcela Walerstein

Synopsis: Drawing its basic story from author Ian Gibson's investigation into the real-life murder of Andalusian poet Federico Garcia Lorca at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, this English-language thriller begins in 1935 as exiled Spanish journalist Ricardo and his family resettle in Puerto Rico. For Read More

Night Falls on Manhattan

Actors: Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman

Synopsis: A lawyer discovers just how fine the line between good and evil can be in this drama based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley. When a carefully-planned bust of drug dealer Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey) goes sour, a shootout between Washington and officers from three precincts Read More

Hoodlum

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson

Synopsis: The white-run Mafia and the black-run numbers game meet head on with explosive impact in this period crime thriller. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) is an African-American ex-con who, after a stay in prison, returns to Harlem at the height of its renaissance before World War II. Read More

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Actors: Don Cheadle, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Jenny McCarthy, Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Treat Williams

Synopsis: In the mode of Quentin Tarantino, this film, directed by Gary Fleder from a script by Scott Rosenberg, concerns itself with hip, smart gangsters. The film is set in Denver, and the title comes from a Warren Zevon song. A retired, good-hearted gangster named Jimmy the Saint (Andy Garcia) runs a Read More

Steal Big, Steal Little

Actors: Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Rachel Ticotin, Joe Pantoliano, Ally Walker

Synopsis: Director Andrew Davis followed up the action blockbuster The Fugitive (1993) with this Capra-esque box office dud that nevertheless featured engaging dual performances by Andy Garcia. Garcia stars as Ruben and Robby, twin brothers who were raised separately and have become total opposites. Ruben Read More

When a Man Loves a Woman

Actors: Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Lauren Tom, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tina Majorino

Synopsis: A dramatic treatment of a family torn apart by alcoholism and recovering from it, this was a star vehicle for popular actress Meg Ryan, who plays Alice Green, a school counselor who has a serious drinking problem. Her husband is Michael (Andy Garcia), an airline pilot. Though she's lighthearted Read More

Cachao... Como Si Ritmo No Hay Dos

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Andy Garcia's directorial debut features the music of fellow Cuban Israel "Cachao" Lopez. Cachao lived most of his life in the communist country building an international reputation as composer and bass player. His specialty, Afro-Cuban dance music, eventually swept the world and created acclaim Read More

American Ninja 5

Synopsis: In this youthful martial arts adventure, a young ninja teams up with his master to save a scientist's daughters from kidnappers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Jennifer Eight

Actors: Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen, Kathy Baker, Graham Beckel, Kevin Conway

Synopsis: Stressed out LA detective John Berlin gets too near the edge following the destruction of his marriage and decides to leave the violence an un-ending hub-bub of the big city and take a job in the supposedly quiet northern tow of Eureka. Unfortunately, he isn't there long before he finds himself Read More

Hero

Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Joan Cusack, Kevin J. O'Connor

Synopsis: Stephen Frears' Hero is a contemporary re-working of a Frank Capra-styled fable about a two-bit criminal named Bernie (Dustin Hoffman) who saves several passengers from a plane crash and leaves the scene without being identified, leaving only a lost shoe for identification. One of the passengers Read More

Dead Again

Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi, Robin Williams

Synopsis: Set in contemporary Los Angeles as well as the Los Angeles of the 1940s, Dead Again explores a romance between two star-crossed lovers -- and the doomed passion they shared in their last lifetime. Los Angeles detective Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh) comes to the aid of mute, amnesia-victim Grace (Emma Thompson Read More

The Godfather Part III

Actors: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Sofia Coppola, Joe Mantegna

Synopsis: After a break of more than 15 years, director Francis Ford Coppola and writer Mario Puzo returned to the well for this third and final story of the fictional Corleone crime family. Two decades have passed, and crime kingpin Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now divorced from his wife Kay (Diane Read More

A Show of Force

Actors: Amy Irving, Robert Duvall, Andy Garcia, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kevin Spacey

Synopsis: In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Melendez (Amy Irving) investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Internal Affairs

Actors: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, William Baldwin, Richard Bradford

Synopsis: In this glossy L.A. crime drama by Mike Figgis, Andy Garcia stars as Sgt. Raymond Avila, a cop who just joined the Internal Affairs division of the L.A.P.D. An investigation into police corruption has led Avila and his partner, Sgt. Amy Wallace (Laurie Metcalf), to Officer Dennis Peck (Richard Gere Read More

Black Rain

Actors: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Shigeru Koyama, Yusaku Matsuda

Synopsis: Under scrutiny by his superiors for allegedly dipping into confiscated drug money, New York vice cop Michael Douglas can expect no sympathy from his ex-wife, who is gouging him for alimony. Douglas gets a chance to redeem himself when he is assigned to escort Japanese mob boss Yusaku Matsuda back Read More

Stand and Deliver

Actors: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna de Soto, Andy Garcia, Will Gotay

Synopsis: Edward James Olmos portrays the real-life Jaime Escalante, a no-nonsense mathematic teacher in a tough East LA high school. Handed a classroom full of "losers" and "unteachables," Escalante is determined to turn his young charges' lives around. Drawing from his own cultural heritage, Escalante Read More

Clinton and Nadine

Actors: Anthony Correa, Andy Garcia, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Michael Lombard, John C. McGinley

Synopsis: This made-for-TV film was originally titled simply Clinton & Nadine when it made its debut on May 28, 1988. Andy Garcia plays Clinton, who is eager to find his brother's murderer. To do so, he enlists the aid of Nadine (Ellen Barkin), a high-priced call girl. Clinton and Nadine get sucked into a Read More

American Roulette

Actors: Andy Garcia, Kitty Aldridge, Robert Stephens, Al Matthews

Synopsis: American Roulette a routine, but exciting action feature directed by Maurice Hatton, involves a death plot against an exiled South American President. The President, hiding in London, finds that he is the target not only of death squads from his own country, but also the CIA and the KGB. The good Read More

The Untouchables

Actors: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro

Synopsis: Like the TV series that shared the same title, The Untouchables (1987) was an account of the battle between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness, this time in the form of a feature film boasting big stars, a big budget, and a script from respected playwright David Mamet. Kevin Costner stars as Read More

8 Million Ways to Die

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks, Andy Garcia

Synopsis: Jeff Bridges plays an LA sheriff who loses his job due to his inability to stay away from booze. While attending an AA meeting, Bridges is invited to attend a party, where he meets the beauteous Alexandra Paul. Also at the party is an old enemy of Bridges', druggie Randy Brooks. It doesn't take Read More

The Mean Season

Actors: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Bradford

Synopsis: Canadian actor/director Philip Borsos made a couple of interesting films before an untimely death in his early forties, including The Grey Fox (1982) and this crime thriller starring Kurt Russell as police beat reporter Malcolm Anderson. Happily abandoning the Miami Daily for which he's labored Read More

The Lonely Guy

Actors: Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass

Synopsis: In a comedy as flat as the cardboard cut-outs of movie stars that appear in one scene, Steve Martin plays Larry Hubbard, a wild and lonely guy who has been dumped by his girlfriend. Since misery loves company, he takes up with Warren, a fellow Lonely Guy (Charles Grodin), and eventually both Read More

Murder, She Wrote: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes

Synopsis: The two-hour debut episode of Murder, She Wrote finds former substitute teacher Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) reluctantly thrust into the limelight when her first mystery novel, "The Corpse Danced at Midnight," becomes a best-seller. Invited to a costume ball held by her publisher, Jessica Read More

A Night in Heaven

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren, Robert Logan, Carrie Snodgress

Synopsis: Veering off in several thematic directions at once, A Night in Heaven starts with a torrid student-teacher romance which becomes somewhat derailed by adding on a failing marriage, political allusions related to NASA, a frustrated sister of the teacher, and several additional characters, many of Read More

Blue Skies Again

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Mimi Rogers, Kenneth McMillan, Dana Elcar, Robyn Barto

Synopsis: This is a baseball comedy with a twist. This time, the young player striving to make it big in the major leagues is a plucky, talented young woman who attends spring training camp. The team's wealthy owner is a male-chauvinist bachelor who finds himself attracted to the young second baseperson's Read More

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