Garcia (actor)

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Garcia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University
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Garcia [1] [2] is an American actor, best known for their starring role in the 2019 Netflix miniseries Tales of the City in which Garcia played a recently transitioned trans man exploring a newfound attraction to men. [3] [4] Garcia also served as a production consultant on the series. [2]

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Early life

Garcia grew up in Chicago and, after dropping out of community college, they began performing with the local theater company Free Street. [5] Garcia later went back to school, moving to New York City to study at New York University. [6]

Work

Garcia's first credited role [7] was in Netflix's 2019 series Tales of the City, a sequel to the earlier miniseries. They played the role of Jake Rodriguez, a trans man struggling with his new identity, his relationship, and his feelings of attraction towards men. [4] Garcia's performance was well-received, described as "affecting" [8] and with commentators noting with approval that they were one of a number of queer actors cast in queer roles. [2] Garcia also has a recurring role on Party of Five, where they play Matthew, an undocumented trans man. [9]

Personal life

Garcia is transgender and non-binary, and uses they/them pronouns. [2] [10]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Adams, Nick (16 October 2018). "Netflix's new "Tales of the City" will bring us diverse queer and trans stories in 2019". GLAAD . Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Betancourt, Manuel (6 June 2019). "Nonbinary Actor Garcia On Being Excited & Terrified After Landing a Role in Netflix's 'Tales of the City'". REMEZCLA. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 Kheraj, Alim (11 June 2019). "Meet the trans non-binary actor changing tv with netflix's 'tales of the city'". Vice . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Metz, Nina (13 June 2019). "Chicago's Garcia talks inclusivity and 'Tales of the City' revival on Netflix". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  6. ↑ Yeates, Cydney (7 June 2019). "Tales Of The City star Garcia breaks down how Netflix's limited series is flying the flag for LGBT community". Metro . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Bentley, Jean (7 June 2019). "Netflix's Tales of The City Has A Seriously Incredible Cast". Refinery29 . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  8. ↑ German, Kent (13 June 2019). "Netflix's Tales of the City wisely leaves the San Francisco hate behind". CNET . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Azzopardi, Chris. "“Party of Five” Breakout Garcia Wows as Undocumented Trans Immigrant", NewNowNext , 08 February 2020. Retrieved on 11 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Lee, Jess (5 June 2019). "Netflix's Tales of the City star discusses playing a trans man on screen and representation for queer people of colour". Digital Spy . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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