He was born December 22, 1936 Place: New York
His Father: Martin Echevarria Elizondo
His Mother: Carmen Medina
Hector Elizondo was born in West Harlem in New York and grew up on 107th Street in Manhattan. He won an Obie for his leading role in Bruce Jay Friedman's Steambath in 1969. He is also an accomplished guitarist, singer and dancer.
His wife, Carolee Campbell is an actress and studied ballet at the Carnegie Foyer in order to become a professional dancer. They got married in 1969.
1990 Hector acted with both Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, he was given a Golden Globe award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
1999 Hector acted again with Gere and Roberts in the movie Runaway Bride, directed by Garry Marshall. That same year he was directed by Phil Joanou in Wntropy.
2000 Hector Elizondo was selected by Alfonso Arau to play a role in his film Picking up the pieces.
2004 With strong supporting turns by Hector Elizondo and Mandy Moore (in one of her first acting roles), The Princess Diaries put a fresh spin on the family friendly coming-of-age genre.
Filmography
2010
Love Is a Hurtin' Thing: The Lou Rawls Story -
2010
Valentine's Day - de Garry Marshall
2009
Monk (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
2009
Grey's Anatomy (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
2007
Cane (13 episodes, 2007)
Love in the Time of Cholera
2007
Georgia Rule - Garry Marshall
2007
Music Within - Steven Sawalich (2007)
2006
Avatar: The Last Airbender (1 episode, 2006)
2006
The Celestine Prophecy - Armand Mastroianni
(2006)
2006
I-See-You.Com - Eric Steven Stahl
2006
Justice League (5 episodes, 2004-2006)
2006
Untitled Paul Reiser Project (TV)
2004
Jack & Bobby (1 episode, 2004)
2004
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004
Century City (9 episodes, 2004)
2004
Raising Helen - Garry Marshall
2004
The American Experience (2 episodes, 2001-2004)
2003
Miracles (4 episodes, 2003)
2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman - Curt Geda, Tim Maltby
2003
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - Pascal Colpron
2003 Tortilla Soup
de Marķa Ripoll
2003
Without a Trace (1 episode, 2003)
2003
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
2003
The Dating Experiment (TV series 2003)
2003
Street Time (4 episodes, 2002-2003)
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo? (1 episode, 2002)
2002
The West Wing (1 episode, 2002)
2002
Fidel (TV)
2001
How High - Jesse Dylan
2001
The Princess Diaries - Garry Marshall
2001 How High
- Jesse Dylan
2001 The Princess Diaries
de Garry Marshall
2000 Speak Truth to Power
- Marc Levin
2000 Picking Up the Pieces
- Alfonso Arau
1999 Runaway Bride
- Garry Marshall
1999 Entropy
- Phil Joanou
1999 The Other Sister
de Garry Marshall
1997 Turbulence
de Robert Butler
1996 Dear God)
de Garry Marshall
1995 Perfect Alibi - Kevin Meyer
1994 Backstreet Justice - Chris McIntyre
1994 Exit to Eden - Garry Marshall
1994 Getting Even with Dad - Howard Deutch
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III - John Landis
1993 Being Human - Bill Forsyth
1992 Samantha - Stephen La Rocque
1992 There Goes the Neighborhood - Bill Phillips
1991 Frankie and Johnny - Garry Marshall
1991 Necessary Roughness - Stan Dragoti
1991 Final Approach - Eric Steven Stahl
1990 Taking Care of Business - Arthur Hiller
1990 Pretty Woman - Garry Marshall
1989 Leviathan - George Pan Cosmatos
1988 Astronomy - Susan Rogers
1988 Beaches - Garry Marshall
1987 Overboard - Garry Marshall
1986 Nothing in Common - Garry Marshall
1985 Private Resort - George Bowers
1984 The Flamingo Kid - Garry Marshall
1982 Young Doctors in Love - Garry Marshall
1981 the fan
1980 Diary of the Dead
1980 American Gigolo - Paul Schrader
1979 Cuba - Richard Lester
1977 Thieves - John Berry
1975 Report to the Commissioner - de Milton Katselas
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1972 Deadhead Miles - Vernon Zimmerman
1972 Stand Up and Be Counted - Jackie Cooper
1972 Pocket Money - Stuart Rosenberg
1971 Born to Win - Ivan Passer
1971 Valdez Is Coming - Edwin Sherin
1970 The Landlord - Hal Ashby
1969 The Vixens - Harvey Cort
1963 The Fat Black Pussycat - Harold Lea