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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.
70
Years Old
45
Movies
44
TV Shows
7.6
Avg Rating
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.
2013
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 9, 1955
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
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2005
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2002
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
The Cisco Kid
1994
Price of Glory
2000
Mother and Child
2009
The Tax Collector
2020
In the Heights
2021
Marshal Law
1996
Backyard
2009
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Running Scared
1986
Switch
1991
Bless the Child
2000
Old Gringo
1989
Adventures in Wild California
2000
The Jane Austen Book Club
2007
Lesser Prophets
1997
Glitz
1988
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Dexter
2006
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
The West Wing
1999
Saturday Night Live
1975
Miami Vice
1984
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Tony Awards
1956
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
NYPD Blue
1993
L.A. Law
1986
Dexter: Resurrection
2025
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Tony Danza Show
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Oscars
1953
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