Jimmy Smits

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Jimmy Smits is an American actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law, as NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s police drama NYPD Blue, and as U.S. Congressman Matt Santos on The West Wing. He is also notable for his portrayal of Bail Organa in the Star Wars franchise, and Miguel Prado in Dexter. Beginning in 1986, Smits played Victor Sifuentes in the first five seasons of the NBC television Steven Bochco legal drama L.A. Law, for which he was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1990. In 1999, Smits received the HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA). He appeared in films including Switch (1991), My Family (1995), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007). Smits appeared as Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), in which the character becomes Princess Leia's adoptive father. He reappeared as Bail Organa in the game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008) and the spinoff movie Rogue One (2016). He later reprised the role for Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022). Smits played the role of Congressman Matt Santos of Houston, Texas, in the final two seasons of the NBC television drama The West Wing. In Dexter season 3, he played the role of Miguel Prado, an assistant district attorney who befriends the title character. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for the role. He portrayed the character Alex Vega in the CBS TV series Cane, which aired from September 25, 2007, to December 18, 2007, and was subsequently canceled by the network due to the 2007 Screen Writer's Guild strike. In the fall of 2010, he starred in NBC's short-lived series Outlaw, about a U.S. Supreme Court justice who leaves the bench to return to practicing law. From 2012 to 2014, he joined the main cast of Sons of Anarchy as Nero Padilla. He also portrayed Elijah Strait in the short-lived NBC drama series Bluff City Law. He starred in The Get Down, a musical drama television series which debuted in 2016 on Netflix. In 2021, He played Kevin Rosario in the musical film In the Heights. He stars as Chief John Suarez on the CBS police drama East New York.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1955-07-09
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 8.7
  • info Birth Place Brooklyn, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jimmy Smits

5.9

The Million Dollar Hotel

2000-02-09

5.9

Switch

1991-05-10

6.6

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002-05-15

7.5

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005-05-17

5.4

Bless the Child

2000-08-11

6.6

The Jane Austen Book Club

2007-09-09

6

The Believers

1987-06-09

6.4

Backyard

2009-02-20

6.6

Mother and Child

2009-11-07

5.6

Old Gringo

1989-09-13

6

Running Scared

1986-06-27

5.3

Lesser Prophets

1997-11-28

6.2

Adventures in Wild California

2000-05-03

7.6

My Family

1995-05-03

4.9

Vital Signs

1990-04-13

5.3

Murder in Mind

1997-08-01

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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997-07-27

4.5

Price of Glory

2000-05-31

4.3

Marshal Law

1996-03-23

5.7

Gross Misconduct

1993-07-29

6.3

Lackawanna Blues

2005-02-12

3.9

The Cisco Kid

1994-02-06

6

Glitz

1988-09-28

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Roberto Clemente

2008-04-21

5

Animal Charm: Golden Digest

1996-01-01

4

Fires Within

1991-06-28

5

The Broken Cord

1992-02-03

7

Stamp of a Killer

1987-11-01

0

A Concert for Hurricane Relief

2005-09-02

6.9

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022-09-08

10

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

2006-04-27

7.5

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016-12-14

7.9

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

1984-09-16

6.8

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988-11-13

5.7

Who We Are Now

2018-05-25

6.7

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997-10-12

7.2

In the Heights

2021-06-10

8.6

Solomon & Sheba

1995-02-26

2.7

Hotshot

1987-01-23

6

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001-09-21

5.7

The Tax Collector

2020-08-07

7.8

Rockabye

1986-01-11

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L.A. Law: Pilot

1986-09-15

0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019-09-13

7.1

L.A. Law

1986-09-15

5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003-09-08

8.5

Sons of Anarchy

2008-09-03

6.1

The Tony Danza Show

2004-09-13

6.6

Spenser: For Hire

1985-09-20

3.2

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996-06-10

7.5

Miami Vice

1984-09-16

5.8

Today

1952-01-14

4.5

The View

1997-08-11

5.7

The Early Show

1999-11-01

5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992-05-25

6

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

2016-02-08

6.4

Cane

2007-09-25

4

Cop Rock

1990-09-26

5.2

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988-09-05

0

TV Revolution

2004-05-23

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

0

ALMA Awards

1998-06-04

8.4

The West

1996-09-15

3.8

Outlaw

2010-09-14

8.2

Dexter

2006-10-01

7

Saturday Night Live

1975-10-11

8.3

The West Wing

1999-09-22

6.1

24: Legacy

2017-02-05

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

5.5

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015-03-23

7.3

The Get Down

2016-08-12

8.3

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013-09-17

7

Latin Grammy Awards

2000-09-13

5.6

The Tommyknockers

1993-05-09

7.4

East New York

2022-10-02

6.6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995-03-12

6.6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995-03-12

7.1

Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022-05-26

8.5

Sons of Anarchy

2008-09-03

0

Latin Music USA

2009-10-12

7.8

Bluff City Law

2019-09-23

7.9

How to Get Away with Murder

2014-09-25

0

America's Untold Story

2017-12-26

0

A Capitol Fourth

1980-07-04

7.5

The Highwayman

1987-09-20

7.1

NYPD Blue

1993-09-21

6.8

Golden Globe Awards

1944-01-20

6.8

Golden Globe Awards

1944-01-20

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