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Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. He continued to act in films such as Stand and Deliver (1988), and Internal Affairs (1990). He then co-starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to act in Hollywood films such as Stephen Frears' Hero (1992), the romantic drama When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and the action thriller Desperate Measures (1998). In 2000, he produced and acted in the HBO television film, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), where he received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nominations. He also starred in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). In 2005, García directed and starred in the film The Lost City alongside Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray. He also starred in New York, I Love You (2008), the dramedy City Island (2009), the romantic comedy At Middleton (2013), and the crime thriller Kill the Messenger (2014). He has had supporting roles in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Book Club, The Mule, the HBO television movie My Dinner with Hervé (all 2018), and the title role in the Father of the Bride remake (2022). In 2005, he won both a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award for producing Cuban musician Cachao's record ¡Ahora Sí!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Garcia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film. Directed by Peter Jackson, it is the sequel to Shrek (2001) and the second installment in the Dreamworks franchise. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Emma Stone, who reprise their respective roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona. They are joined by new characters voiced by Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Andy Garcia, Chris Hemsworth, and Maggie Smith. Shrek 2 takes place following the events of the first film, with Shrek and Donkey meeting Fiona's parents as her Fairy Godmother, who wants Fiona to marry her son Prince Charming, plots to destroy Shrek and Fiona's marriage. Shrek and Donkey team up with a cat named Puss in Boots to foil her plans. Shrek 2 released in theaters on May 19, 2004. Met with highly favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed US$928.7 million worldwide. It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in U.S. history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release. It went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2004 worldwide. Shrek 2 is also DreamWorks Animation's most successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until Kung Fu Panda 2 surpassed it in 2011. The film received two Academy Awards for Best Animated Picture and Best Actor For Dwayne Johnson but lost to the Incredibles. A sequel to the film, Shrek the Third, was released in May 2007.
