Hector Elizondo was born on December 22,1936 and is an American character actor.
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17 Facts About Hector Elizondo
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Hector Elizondo is known for playing Phillip Watters in the television series Chicago Hope and Ed Alzate in the television series Last Man Standing.
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Hector Elizondo has received nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Satellite Award, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Hector Elizondo's parents were Puerto Ricans of Spanish and Basque descent who moved from Puerto Rico to New York City with the hope of finding a better life.
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Hector Elizondo sang for the Frank Murray Boys' Choir when he was 10 years old.
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Hector Elizondo attended another public high school, where he excelled in basketball and baseball.
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In 1954, Hector Elizondo enrolled in City College of New York, intending to become a history teacher.
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From 1962 to 1963, Hector Elizondo studied dance at the Ballet Arts Company at Carnegie Hall.
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In 1974, Hector Elizondo played an ex-mafioso-turned-subway hijacker "Mr Grey" in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
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Hector Elizondo starred as a Puerto Rican widower on the CBS television series, Popi.
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Hector Elizondo appeared in every movie that Marshall directed, including a brief but funny appearance as a Portuguese fisherman in Overboard, which starred Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
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Hector Elizondo has won both an Emmy and ALMA award and was nominated for a Satellite Award and several SAG Awards for playing this role.
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Hector Elizondo is one of only two people to remain on the show for its entire run, the other being Adam Arkin.
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From 2011 to 2021, Hector Elizondo played Ed Alzate on the Fox comedy Last Man Standing, starring Tim Allen and Nancy Travis.
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Hector Elizondo became a father at the age of 19 with his first wife.
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Hector Elizondo's son Rodd was born on September 5,1956, and died in 2017 at the age of 60.
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