Andrés García
| Andrés García | |
|---|---|
| Born |
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 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican actor in Mexico. He is one of the most popular and well known actors in Mexico and among Hispanics in the United States.
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 features showing photos of actors who create a story—a popular phenomenon across Latin America during the 1970s).
In 1984l, 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.
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.
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