Jimmy Smits

Known for ActingBorn 1955-07-09 (age 70)Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

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Dexter: Resurrection

Sons of Anarchy

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The West

Dexter

The West Wing

Rockabye

How to Get Away with Murder

Bluff City Law

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

The Get Down

My Family

East New York

In the Heights

Miami Vice

Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Highwayman

NYPD Blue

Solomon & Sheba

Latin Grammy Awards

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

L.A. Law

Adventures in Wild California

Spenser: For Hire

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mother and Child

Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Awards

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

America | A Tribute to Heroes

The Jane Austen Book Club

The Oscars

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

Backyard

The Tony Danza Show

24: Legacy

The Early Show

The Broken Cord

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Lackawanna Blues

Running Scared

The Million Dollar Hotel