Jimmy Smits
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1955-07-09 (69 years old)
Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As Τζίμι Σμιτς, Jimmy L. Smits
Jimmy Smits
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Bail Organa (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Chief John Suarez
as Senator Bail Organa
as Kevin Rosario
as The Wizard
as Self
as Elijah Strait
as Carl
as Self - Narrator
as Senator John Donovan
as Bail Organa
as Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz
as Dr. Fauci
as Self - Guest
as Isaac Roa
as Victor Santiago
as Cyrus Garza
as Paco
as Mickey Santos
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Nero Padilla
as Daniel
as Alex Vega
as Himself
as Miguel Prado
as Self
as Senator Bail Organa
as Ruben Santiago Sr.
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Senator Bail Organa
as Self
as Agent John Travis
as Arturo Ortega
as Narrator
as Geronimo
as Self
as Self
as Matthew Santos
as Mike
as Old King Cole (voice)
as Peter Walker
as Self
as Jack Coleman
as Himself (Archival Footage)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Jimmy
as King Solomon
as Prince Felipe (voice)
as Old King Cole (voice)
as Cisco Kid
as Justin Thorne
as Bobby Simone
as Jim 'Gard' Gardner
as David Norwell
as Nestor
as Walter Stone
as Dr. David Redding
as Gen. Tomas Arroyo
as Victor Sifuentes
as Vincent Marra
as Self - Guest
as Richard Braden
as Tom Lopez
as Stars Team Member
as Bo Ziker
as Victor Sifuentes
as Julio Gonzales
as 2nd Policeman
as Victor Sifuentes
as Eddie Rivera
as Eddie Rivera
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Audience Member