Hector Elizondo

Hector Elizondo: Biography in Details

Who is Hector Elizondo?

Hector Elizondo is a famous actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Barnard Thompson in Pretty Woman and Jon Flint in Beverly Hills Cop III.

Furthermore, he has won two  ALMA Awards, one Emmy Award with a Gloden Globe Award nomination.

How many siblings does Hector Elizondo have?

Hector Elizando was born on December 13, 1936, in New York City, New York, US.

His father, Martín Echevarría Elizondo is an accountant, and his mother, Carmen Medina Reyes is a notary public.

He has a sister named Emma Elizondo. Furthermore, he is an American citizen of Puerto Rican descent.

Elizondo graduated from the High School of Performing Arts and later enrolled in City College of New York in 1954.

Hector Elizondo was a good player of both basketball and baseball and hence he was scouted by both Pittsburg Pirates and San Francisco Giants.

Héctor Elizondo: Career, Awarda, and Net worth

Before becoming an actor Elizondo studied dance at the Ballet Arts Company and acted at Stella Adler Theatre Studio from 1962-to 63.

He came to the limelight when he won the Obie award for the play, Steambath in 1971.

Since making his acting debut in the film The Fat Black Pussycat in 1963, he has done over 80 movies and TV movies.

Hector Elizondo has done a variety of roles from a psychopathic killer in The talking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), middle-class family as Artur Willis in The Flamingo Kid (1984), an incorruptible football coach in Necessary Roughness (1991), and dogged detective in The Fan (1981).

As director Gary Marshall’s favorite,  he has done over 12 films with him including Pretty Woman (1990), Dear God (1996), Runaway Bride (19990 and The Princess Diaries (2001).

Besides films, he has done numerous TV series including Popi (1976), Foley Square (185-1986), Chicago Hope (1994-2000), Kate Brasher (2001), Miracles (2003), and Last Man Standing (2011) among the others.

For awards and accolades, Hector Elizondo has won two AlMA Awards and Emmy Awards for Chicago Hope and bagged a Golden Globe Award nomination for the film Pretty Woman.

Overall he has 19 award nominations in his name.

Furthermore, he has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of 2023.

But his salary is not disclosed.

Hector Elizondo: Rumors and Controversy

There are rumors of the death of Hector Elizondo in August of 2018.

This death hoax has been spread by a Facebook page ‘R.I.P Hector Elizondo’ earlier on August 20, 2018.

After this death hoax, Hector Elizondo’s representatives officially confirmed that he is fine and doing very well.

How tall is Hector Elizondo?

Hector Elizondo stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs around 68 kg.

He has light-colored hair and blue color eyes.

Social Media Profile

Hector Elizondo is not much active on social media profiles like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Furthermore, he has no social media account of his name.

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