Hector Elizondo

Hector Elizondo was born on Dec 22, 1936 in USA. Hector Elizondo's big-screen debut came with The Landlord directed by Hal Ashby in 1970, strarring Hector. Hector Elizondo is known for Green Eggs and Ham directed by Cody Cameron, Michael Douglas stars as Guy and Adam Devine as Sam. Hector Elizondo has got 5 awards and 24 nominations so far. The most recent award Hector Elizondo achieved is Prism Awards. The upcoming new movie Hector Elizondo plays is Music which will be released on Feb 12, 2021.

Hector Elizondo was born in New York City, New York, where he was raised, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He is the son of Carmen Medina Reyes and Martín Echevarría Elizondo. Hector is of Basque and Puerto Rican descent, and "Elizondo" means "at the foot of the church" in Basque. His lifestyle in his pre-acting days was as diverse as the roles he plays today. He was a conga player with a Latin band, a classical guitarist and singer, a weightlifting coach, a ballet dancer and a manager of a bodybuilding gym. In his teens, he played basketball and baseball and was scouted by the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates farm teams. After a knee injury ended his dance career, he switched to drama. Since then, he has frequently appeared on Broadway, most notably with George C. Scott in Arthur Penn's production of "Sly Fox" for which he received a Drama Desk nomination and for his role as "God" in "Steambath", which won him an Obie Award. Other theatre credits include; "The Prisoner of Second Avenue"; "The Great White Hope"; "Dance of Death" with Robert Shaw and "The Rose Tattoo" opposite Cicely Tyson. Countless starring roles in television include: Foley Square (1985); American Playhouse: Medal of Honor Rag (1982); Casablanca (1983) (in which he recreated the Claude Rains role of police chief "Capt. Renault"); Les anges gardiens (1974); Popi (1975) and as Sophia Loren's husband in the CBS special Seule contre la drogue (1986). Guest appearances include: Kojak (1973); Kojak: Ariana (1989); Columbo: Immunité diplomatique (1975); Baretta (1975); All in the Family (1971); Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974) and Bret Maverick (1981). In addition, he also directed a.k.a. Pablo (1984), the first show to utilise seven cameras instead of the usual four. On the big screen, he has been seen in, among others, American Gigolo (1980); Les pirates du métro (1974); Cuba (1979); Valdez (1971) and in four films directed by Garry Marshall: Docteurs in love (1982); Le Kid de la plage (1984); Rien en commun (1986) and Overboard (1987). Elizondo starred with Dan Aykroyd and Michelle Pfeiffer in PBS' Great Performances: Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson (1987) (based on a collection of John O'Hara stories) and made his debut as a stage director with a production of "Villa!" starring Julio Medina. In addition, he performed in the 50th anniversary production of "War of the Worlds" co-starring Jason Robards and the TV-movie Addicted to His Love (1988) with Barry Bostwick.