Andrés García

Andrés García
Born (1941-05-24) May 24, 1941
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Occupation Actor
Years active 1967–present
Spouse(s) Sandra Vale
Children 3

Andrés García (born May 24, 1941) is a Mexican-Dominican actor. He is one of the most popular and well known actors in Mexico and among Hispanics in the United States. He was a scuba diving instructor.

Career

Born to Spanish parents, García was born and lived in the Dominican Republic during his childhood, he later moved to Mexico and would pursue a career in show business. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he became a sex symbol in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, participating in movies, Spanish soap operas and photo-romance novels (magazine featuring photos of actors who create a story—a popular phenomenon across Latin America during the 1970s).

In 1984 García participated in Tú o nadie, with Lucía Mendez and Salvador Pineda. Tú o nadie became a major hit, and helped García to receive many international offers. He accepted an offer to go to Puerto Rico in 1986, where he acted in WAPA-TV soap operas: Amame, with Johanna Rosaly, and Escándalo, with Iris Chacón and Charytín. Escándalo, however, also flopped and the number of episodes recorded for that soap opera was cut in half by the television channel.

Personal

García is known for his portrayals of tough men, what some call the "typical Latin macho". In 1995, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and he travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, to seek treatment. He was declared cured of the cancer.

In 2001, García built a mansion that resembles a castle.

In September 2003, he made one of his several appearances on Cristina, the Spanish-language talk show hosted by Cristina Saralegui, to defend entertainers against paparazzi. García has participated in over fifty different projects, including film, theater, soap opera and photo-opera work.

García has also been involved romantically, and remains friends, with Mexican model Carmen Campuzano and Puerto Rican singer Zeny, from the pop vocal duet Zeny & Zory.

Later on in 2005, García participated in a reality show, named El Principe Azul, (Blue Prince), a show which was geared towards finding his other son, Leonardo, a woman "fitted" to marry him. García began to flirt with the young women on the show, however, going as far as having an on camera kiss with one of the contestants, making his son grow frustrated and, eventually, leave the show. Two previously unknown men were then cast to participate in the show and try to conquer one of the ladies involved in it. In 2006 he starred in the famous soap opera El Cuerpo del Deseo, with Mario Cimarro, Lorena Rojas, Sonia Noemí, and Erick Elías, among others, broadcast by Telemundo International. The script of this telenovela, is about transmigration, the passing of a soul into another body after death, a closely related subject to, reincarnation, coinciding with García's beliefs on this subject.

Andrés Garcia got his "macho" image mostly from the Mexican A+ movie Pedro Navaja (Peter Blade), in which he plays a street-smart hustler where most of the beautiful women work for him on the street.

Filmography

  • 2007: El Pantera .... Rubio Barrios (2007–2008)
  • 2002: Hospital Central (2002–2007)
  • 2005: El cuerpo del deseo .... Pedro Jose Donoso
  • 2005: La última noche .... Fabián
  • 2004: El Cristo de plata
  • 2002: King of Texas .... Davis
  • 2002: Detras del paraíso
  • 1999-2000: Mujeres engañadas .... Javier Duarte (1999-2000)
  • 1999: Puppet .... Gandolier
  • 1998-1999: El Privilegio De Amar .... Andrés Duval (husband of Luciana and father of Victor Manuel) (1998-1999)
  • 1997: Noi siamo angeli ... a.k.a. "We Are Angels"
  • 1996: Los matones de mi pueblo
  • 1996: Con toda el alma .... Daniel Linares
  • 1995: Morir mil muertes
  • 1995: El tigre Murrieta
  • 1994: El justiciero
  • 1994: El jinete de acero .... Pedro Grande
  • 1992: Perros de presa ... a.k.a. Los fugitivos (Mexico)
  • 1991: La mujer prohibida .... Hernán Gallardo
  • 1990: Sueño y despertar de Aurelio Marítimo
  • 1990: El magnate .... Gonzalo
  • 1990: El día de los Albañiles IV
  • 1990: Herencia maldita
  • 1989: Programado para morir
  • 1989: Entre compadres te veas
  • 1989: Que viva el merengue y la lambada
  • 1989: Deuda saldada
  • 1989: Buscando la muerte
  • 1988: Solicito marido para engañar .... Fabián Conde Mariscal
  • 1988: Mi fantasma y yo
  • 1988: Los plomeros y las ficheras
  • 1988: Mi nombre es coraje .... Juan
  • 1987: El niño y el Papa .... Carlos
  • 1987: Asesino nocturno
  • 1986: Los Amantes del Señor de la Noche .... Amante de Amparo
  • 1986: El hijo de Pedro Navaja .... Pedro Navaja
  • 1986: Río de oro .... Rodolfo
  • 1986: El cafre
  • 1986: Herencia maldita
  • 1985: Sangre en el Caribe
  • 1985: Toña machetes
  • 1985: La risa alarga la vida y algo mas
  • 1985: Tú o nadie .... Antonio Lombardo
  • 1984: Pedro Navaja .... Pedro Navaja
  • 1983: Dos de abajo
  • 1983: Las modelos de desnudos
  • 1983: Chile picante .... (segment "La Infidelidad") ... a.k.a. "Sexo a la Mexicana"
  • 1983: El día del compadre .... Pepe
  • 1983: Sexo vs. sexo
  • 1983: La venganza de Maria
  • 1983: Se me sale cuando me río
  • 1983: Cazador de demonios .... Melquiades Franco
  • 1983: Inseminación artificial
  • 1982: Una gallina muy ponedora ... a.k.a. Amor a navaja libre
  • 1982: La leyenda del tambor ... a.k.a. El niño del tambor (Mexico) ... a.k.a. Timbaler del Bruc (Mexico)
  • 1981: D.F./Distrito Federal
  • 1981: Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcoholico
  • 1981: Las mujeres de Jeremías .... Pancho
  • 1981: El sexo sentido
  • 1981: El macho bionico
  • 1980: Las cabareteras
  • 1980: Mírame con ojos pornográficos .... Jose de Lugo ... a.k.a. "El sexologo"
  • 1980: Las tentadoras
  • 1980: Carnada ... a.k.a. "La pasión del fenix"
  • 1980: El siete vidas
  • 1980: Dos hermanos murieron
  • 1980: Amigo
  • 1980: Y ahora, que?
  • 1980: El jinete de la muerte
  • 1979: Muñecas de medianoche
  • 1979: Nora la rebelde
  • 1979: Day of the Assassin .... Beltron
  • 1979: Encuentro en el abiso .... Scott
  • 1979: El giro, el pinto, y el Colorado
  • 1979: Carlos el terrorista .... Carlos
  • 1978: Cyclone .... Andrés
  • 1978: Bermude: la fossa maledetta .... Andres Montoya
  • 1978: El cuatro dedos
  • 1978: The Bermuda Triangle .... Alan
  • 1978: Cuchillo .... Cuchillo
  • 1978: Suave, cariño, muy suave
  • 1978: Manaos .... Carmelo Sierra ... a.k.a. Rebelión en la selva (Mexico)
  • 1977: La llamada del sexo ... a.k.a. Dulcemente morirás por amor (Mexico)
  • 1977: ¡Tintorera! .... Miguel
  • 1976: El trinquetero
  • 1975: Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
  • 1975: Paloma .... Daniel
  • 1974: La amargura de mi raza
  • 1974: La corona de un campeon
  • 1973: Morirás con el sol (Motociclistas suicidas) .... Carlos Rodríguez
  • 1973: El principio
  • 1973: Besos, besos... y mas besos
  • 1973: Ana del aire .... Jorge
  • 1973: Adios, New York, adios
  • 1972: Nadie te querrá como yo .... Javier
  • 1972: El negocio del odio
  • 1972: El carruaje .... Teniente Azcárate
  • 1972: Las gemelas .... Leonardo Lobo
  • 1971: Velo de Novia
  • 1971: Los destrampados
  • 1970: Paraíso .... Lauro
  • 1970: La rebelion de las hijas
  • 1970: El cinico .... Rogelio
  • 1970: Los juniors
  • 1970: Juan el desalmado
  • 1970: Las tres magnificas
  • 1970: Tres amigos
  • 1970: La sonrisa del diablo .... Carlos
  • 1969: Super Colt 38 .... Roy
  • 1969: Minifaldas con espuelas
  • 1969: Pacto diabólico
  • 1968: Los asesinos .... Joseph Nelson
  • 1968: House of Evil .... Beasley
  • 1968: Muchachas, muchachas, muchachas
  • 1967: Chanoc .... Chanoc ... a.k.a. "Aventuras de mar y selva"

Stage

  • "JUGUETES PARA EL MATRIMONIO"
  • "LAS BUENAS PERSONAS"
  • "LAS BUENAS IMAGENES PUBLICAS"
  • "ACCIDENTE CONYUGAL"
  • "AMOR ES"
  • "LA LIBELULA"
  • "LAS LOCURAS DEL SEXO"
  • "UN LOCO GENIAL"
  • "LAS MENTIRAS BLANCAS Y LA COMEDIA NEGRA"
  • "ME DICEN PEDRO, EL HOMBRE DE LA NAVAJA"


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