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Fun Facts About Famous Andys

• Andy Griffith was originally trained as a singer, not an actor. He had a degree in music from 1949 and won a Grammy award for Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album in 1997.
• Andy Garcia is best known as an actor. But he is also an accomplished classical pianist and jazz enthusiast. He even plays the guitar in his spare time.
• Andy Kaufman once read the entire The Great Gatsby (1925) aloud on stage as part of his stand-up act in the 1970s. This antic was only one of the many ways the comic-actor tried to annoy, challenge and provoke his audiences.
• Andy Rooney wrote over 1,000 commentaries for 60 Minutes between 1978 to 2011. These were almost always about everyday annoyances.
• The renowned British guitarist Andy Summers was nearly 10 years older than his bandmates when he joined The Police.
• Andy Gibb was just an infant when his older brothers started the Bee Gees. But he later found his own fame, becoming the first solo artist to have three consecutive No. 1 singles from a debut album (1977–1978).
• Andy Serkis pioneered modern motion-capture acting, bringing Gollum to life in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes (2011–2017).
• Andy Roddick is an American tennis star known for his powerful serve. He once held the title for the fastest serve ever recorded (155 mph) until it was broken in 2012.