Andy Garcia Biography

Fast Facts

• Immigrated to the United States at the age of 5 when his family fled Cuba during Fidel Castro's rise to power
• Actor Mickey Rourke was his junior-high baseball coach; only four years older, Rourke and his high-school classmates trained the younger kids
• Played basketball in high school until a bout with mononucleosis sidelined him; he then turned to acting as an outlet for his creative energy
• Met his wife during college, and they dated for seven years before marrying in 1982
• In addition to playing the part of Federico Garcia Lorca in 1997's The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, he composed several songs for the film