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Jimmy Smits

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Jimmy Smits
Take a closer look at the various roles Jimmy Smits has played throughout his acting career.
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Jimmy Smits | Career Retrospective
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Jimmy L. Smits is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s-1990s legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s-2000s police drama NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on the political drama The West Wing, and for appearing in Switch (1991), My Family (1995), and as ADA Miguel Prado in Dexter. He also appeared as Bail Organa in Star Wars. From 2012 to 2014, he joined the main cast of Sons of Anarchy as Nero Padilla. Smits also portrayed Elijah Strait in the NBC drama series Bluff City Law.
BornJuly 9, 1955
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BornJuly 9, 1955
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 14 wins & 45 nominations total

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Jimmy Smits and Simone Kessell in Part VI (2022)
Jimmy Smits, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, and Gregory Diaz IV in In the Heights (2021)
Jimmy Smits in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits, Caitlin McGee, and Michael Luwoye in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits and Jayne Atkinson in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits in Bluff City Law (2019)
Jimmy Smits in The Tommyknockers (1993)
Marg Helgenberger and Jimmy Smits in The Tommyknockers (1993)

Known for

Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
7.6
  • Senator Bail Organa
  • 2005
NYPD Blue (1993)
NYPD Blue
7.7
TV Series
  • Det. Bobby Simone
James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Abrey Steve in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.8
  • Bail Organa
  • 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Corey Hawkins, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, and Anthony Ramos in In the Heights (2021)
In the Heights
7.3
  • Kevin Rosario
  • 2021

Credits

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  • Jimmy Smits, Richard Kind, Kevin Rankin, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Amanda Warren in East New York (2022)
    East New York
    • Assistant Chief John Suarez
    • Chief John Suarez
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi
    • Senator Bail Organa
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Corey Hawkins, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, and Anthony Ramos in In the Heights (2021)
    In the Heights
    • Kevin Rosario
    • 2021
  • Shia LaBeouf, Jose Conejo Martin, Bobby Soto, and Cheyenne Rae Hernandez in The Tax Collector (2020)
    The Tax Collector
    • The Wizard
    • 2020
  • Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in Bluff City Law (2019)
    Bluff City Law
    • Elijah Strait
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
    How to Get Away with Murder
    • Isaac Roa
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    • Victor Santiago
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • Julianne Nicholson, Zachary Quinto, and Emma Roberts in Who We Are Now (2017)
    Who We Are Now
    • Carl
    • 2017
  • Corey Hawkins in 24: Legacy (2016)
    24: Legacy
    • John Donovan
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • The Get Down (2016)
    The Get Down
    • Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Abrey Steve in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    • Bail Organa
    • 2016
  • Gears of War 4 (2016)
    Gears of War 4
    • Oscar Diaz (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2016
  • Charlie Hunnam in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
    Sons of Anarchy
    • Nero Padilla
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2014
  • Outlaw (2010)
    Outlaw
    • Cyrus Garza
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition (2009)
    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Ultimate Sith Edition
    • Bail Organa (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2009

Producer

  • Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in Bluff City Law (2019)
    Bluff City Law
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Outlaw (2010)
    Outlaw
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Cane (2007)
    Cane
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2007

Soundtrack

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Corey Hawkins, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, and Anthony Ramos in In the Heights (2021)
    In the Heights
    • performer: "In the Heights", "Alabanza", "Finale"
    • 2021
  • The Get Down (2016)
    The Get Down
    • performer: "You Light Up My Life"
    • TV Series
    • 2017

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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
  • Born
    • July 9, 1955
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Barbara SmitsJune 10, 1980 - June 22, 1987 (divorced, 2 children)
  • Children
      Taina Smits
  • Parents
      Cornelius Smits
  • Other works
    1984: Played Othello in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • Publicity listings
    • 9 Interviews
    • 7 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 9 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Has a Puerto Rican mother and a Surinamese father of Dutch descent.
  • Quotes
    "They'd say, 'Explain this again: If you finish this degree, you'll be able to teach high-school drama?'" -- Former "NYPD Blue" on his parents' reaction after he told them he wanted to be an actor - USA Weekend (August 1999)
  • Trademarks
      Often plays likeable, noble characters

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