Hector Elizondo

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Hector Elizondo: Biography

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Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/22/1936, Capricorn
Profession: Actor

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Hector Elizondo: TV Guide News

Monk Returns with a Splash | TV Show Previews | 7/31/2008
Monk (Fridays at 9 pm/ET, USA) is back with an aptly named episode, "Surly Detection." A submarine skipper wants to give Monk "Das Boot" when the sleuth investigates a suspicious suicide for Natalie's old Navy friend (Casper Van Dien). Since claustrophobia ranks high on Monk's list of fears, he freaks out on the sub. Although Monk quickly fingers William Atherton's by-the-book commander as the killer, the story is just beginning. "Our show is like Columbo. It's more about how they did it than who did it," says executive producer Randy Zisk. The show also relishes making its hero acutely uncomfortable. "Monk is in the worst place he can be — [an enclosed] space underwater. There's no [way to escape and] that makes it more fun." You bet it does, particularly when Monk hallucinates that his new therapist, Hector Elizondo's Dr. Bell, is talking him through his anxiety. The one advantage to an imaginary shrink: There's no fear of being charged for an extra session. — G J Donnelly read more
Video Q&A: Hector Elizondo Puts Monk on the Couch | Today's News: Our Take | 7/10/2008
USA Network's Monk returns on Friday, July 18, and stepping in as the OCDetective's psychiatrist is Hector Elizondo. The Chicago Hope alum recently stopped by to talk about his late Monk predecessor, Stanley Kamel, preview his shrink's own relationship with Tony Shalhoub's sleuth, and share some memories about Pretty Woman Julia Roberts. Hector and I also talk about how Alzheimer's has touched each of our families. — Matt Mitovich read more
Exclusive: Hector Elizondo Shrinks to Fit Monk | Ausiello Report | 4/30/2008
Well, we kinda knew Monk couldn't go too long without an analyst, right? So, tragic as is the April 8 death of Stanley Kamel — aka the neurotic's Dr. Kroger — a USA Network spokesperson confirms to me exclusively that Hector Elizondo has been tapped to join Monk as Tony Shalhoub's new shrink. There's no word on how his character will be introduced, but he'll first turn up in the show's seventh season premiere on July 18.On a related note, Elizondo's hiring would seem to signal that CBS' Cane is a goner. So what's your take, peeps? Will you have a harder time adjusting to seeing Monk on someone else's couch than he'll have being on someone else's couch? Or do you remember Elizondo so fondly from Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries that you'll actually be psyched to see him take a role on a show you actually watch? Share your thoughts below! read more
DVD Tuesday: Subway Nightmares — The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Ask FlickChick | 9/25/2007
So, Denzel Washington is starring in a remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) for director Tony Scott, with a new screenplay by David Koepp. Now, Washington and Koepp are very talented and Scott can get a movie made, but among movies in no need of remaking, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ranks high on the list. So this week's DVD Tuesday is dedicated to the original, in all its grimy glory.How do you steal a New York City subway train? Former movie publicist Morton Freedgood figured out a way, and his 1973 novel, written under the pseudonym "John Godey," was snapped up before publication and immediately put into production under director Joseph Sargent and screenwriter Peter Stone. Needless to say, city officials and representatives of the Metropolitan Transit Authority weren't wild about the story of four identically dressed hijackers, hiding behind color-coded nicknames (what's betting this is where Quentin Tarantino, connoisseur of all things down and dirty, got... read more
CBS Announces Its Fall Lineup | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/16/2007
CBS announced today its 2007-2008 Fall Prime-time lineup, featuring five new series: one comedy, three dramas and one reality program. These freshman series will join the 17 returning programs on the current CBS lineup, which helped the network win the 2006-2007 season in viewers and adults 25-54, continuing its multi-year winning streak. The five new series feature bold and creative concepts, including Viva Laughlin, where drama is accented by iconic music; Cane, starring Jimmy Smits as the head of a powerful South Florida Cuban-American family; Moonlight, a romantic thriller with a new twist on the vampire legend; The Big Bang Theory, a comedy about genius geeks from Two and A Half Men cocreator Chuck Lorre; and Kid Nation, a reality series where 40 kids attempt to build a new society in an abandoned ghost town.CBS will return television's No. 1 drama and scripted program, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; the No. 1 comedy, Two and a Half Men; the No. 1 new comedy, Rules of... read more

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Hector Elizondo: Photos

Monk, Hector Elizondo, Tony Shalhoub courtesy Isabella Vosmikova/USA Network Photo

Monk, Hector Elizondo, Tony Shalhoub courtesy Trae Patton/USA Network Photo

Monk, Hector Elizondo courtesy Trae Patton/USA Network Photo

Grey s Anatomy, TR Knight courtesy Vivian Zink/ABC

Grey s Anatomy, Hector Elizondo courtesy Vivian Zink/ABC

Cane, Hector Elizondro courtesy Robert Estes/CBS

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Hector Elizondo: TV Listings

Hector Elizondo: Credits

Title	Year	Type
2007 ALMA Awards (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (Remarks by)	2007	TV Show Series
Cane (Actor - Pancho Duque)	2007	TV Show Series
Georgia Rule (Actor - Izzy)	2007	Movie
Love In The Time Of Cholera (Actor - Don Leo)	2007	Movie