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Andy Garcia received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role of Vincent Mancini in The Godfather, Part III. That same year he was voted Star of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners for his performances in both Internal Affairs and The Godfather, Part III. He has also been honored with the Harvard University Foundation Award for his outstanding contributions to the American Performing Arts and Intercultural Relations, with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and, most recently, with a Hispanic Heritage Award for the Arts.

Garcia also received acclaim this past year for his work in Sidney Lumet's Night Falls on Manhattan, and for his performances as two legendary figures, Lucky Luciano in Hoodlum and the celebrated Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca in The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca. His other films include Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Steal Big, Steal Little (for which he also produced, wrote and performed four songs for the soundtrack), When a Man Loves a Woman, Jennifer 8, Hero, Dead Again, Black Rain, The Untouchables, 8 Million Ways to Die, Stand and Deliver, The Mean Season, American Roulette, and one of the original HBO telefilms, Clinton and Nadine. He will soon be seen opposite Andie MacDowall in the urban romance, The Scalper, which he produced for his own CineSon Productions.

Under the CineSon banner he made his directorial debut with Cachao...Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos (Like His Rhythm There Is No Other), a feature-length documentary concert film on renowned Cuban bass player and composer Israel Lopez Cachao, who co-created the Mambo. The film, which he co-produced, has received worldwide critical praise, and was released through Epic Music Video. Subsequently, Garcia also produced and performed on Cachao Master Sessions Volume I, which won a 1994 Grammy Award, and Cachao Master Sessions Volume II, which received a 1995 Grammy Award nomination. Both were CineSon Productions released under the Crescent Moon Records label through Sony/Epic Music.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Garcia moved with his family to Miami Beach, Florida at the age of five. He attended Florida International University and spent several years performing in regional theater productions before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1970s.