Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Birthday: 1955-07-09

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Jimmy L. Smits

imdb_id: nm0001751

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.

Played in movies:

¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!

Score: 10.0

Rockabye

Score: 8.0

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

Score: 8.0

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Score: 7.5

My Family

Score: 7.5

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Score: 7.5

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Score: 7.3

In the Heights

Score: 7.1

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Score: 6.8

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Score: 6.6

Mother and Child

Score: 6.6

The Jane Austen Book Club

Score: 6.5

Backyard

Score: 6.4

Solomon & Sheba

Score: 6.2

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

Score: 6.2

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Score: 6.2

Adventures in Wild California

Score: 6.2

Running Scared

Score: 6.1

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Score: 6.0

The Believers

Score: 6.0

Switch

Score: 5.9

Lackawanna Blues

Score: 5.9

The Million Dollar Hotel

Score: 5.9

Who We Are Now

Score: 5.7

The Tax Collector

Score: 5.6

Old Gringo

Score: 5.6

Gross Misconduct

Score: 5.4

Murder in Mind

Score: 5.3

Lesser Prophets

Score: 5.3

Bless the Child

Score: 5.3

Stamp of a Killer

Score: 5.0

The Broken Cord

Score: 5.0

Animal Charm: Golden Digest

Score: 5.0

Vital Signs

Score: 4.9

Price of Glory

Score: 4.5

Glitz

Score: 4.3

Fires Within

Score: 4.0

Marshal Law

Score: 4.0

Hotshot

Score: 3.8

The Cisco Kid

Score: 3.8

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

Score: 2.0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Score: 0.0

L.A. Law: Pilot

Score: 0.0

Roberto Clemente

Score: 0.0

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Dexter: Resurrection

Score: 8.9

Sons of Anarchy

Score: 8.4

The West

Score: 8.4

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Score: 8.2

Dexter

Score: 8.2

How to Get Away with Murder

Score: 7.8

Bluff City Law

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

The Get Down

Score: 7.3

East New York

Score: 7.3

The Highwayman

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Score: 7.0

NYPD Blue

Score: 7.0

Latin Grammy Awards

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Spenser: For Hire

Score: 6.7

The Early Show

Score: 6.3

24: Legacy

Score: 6.1

The Tony Danza Show

Score: 6.1

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

Score: 5.9

Today

Score: 5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

Cane

Score: 5.6

The Tommyknockers

Score: 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

The View

Score: 4.3

Cop Rock

Score: 4.0

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Score: 3.9

Outlaw

Score: 3.8

A Capitol Fourth

Score: 0.0

America's Untold Story

Score: 0.0

Latin Music USA

Score: 0.0

ALMA Awards

Score: 0.0

TV Revolution

Score: 0.0