Jimmy Smits

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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1955-07-09

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper	Eddie Rivera	79
2	1986	Rockabye	2nd Policeman	80
3	1986	Running Scared	Julio Gonzales	61
4	1986	L.A. Law: Pilot	Victor Sifuentes	0
5	1987	Hotshot	Stars Team Member	38
6	1987	The Believers	Tom Lopez	60
7	1987	Stamp of a Killer	Richard Braden	50
8	1988	Glitz	Vincent Marra	43
9	1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Victor Sifuentes	68
10	1989	Old Gringo	Gen. Tomas Arroyo	56
11	1990	Vital Signs	Dr. David Redding	49
12	1991	Switch	Walter Stone	59
13	1991	Fires Within	Nestor	40
14	1992	The Broken Cord	David Norwell	50
15	1993	Gross Misconduct	Justin Thorne	54
16	1994	The Cisco Kid	Cisco Kid	38
17	1995	Solomon & Sheba	King Solomon	62
18	1995	My Family	Jimmy	75
19	1996	Animal Charm: Golden Digest	Himself (Archival Footage)	50
20	1996	Marshal Law	Jack Coleman	40
21	1997	Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western	Self	0
22	1997	Murder in Mind	Peter Walker	53
23	1997	Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special	Old King Cole (voice)	67
24	1997	Lesser Prophets	Mike	53
25	2000	The Million Dollar Hotel	Geronimo	59
26	2000	Adventures in Wild California	Narrator	62
27	2000	Price of Glory	Arturo Ortega	45
28	2000	Bless the Child	Agent John Travis	53
29	2001	America \| A Tribute to Heroes	Self	62
30	2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Senator Bail Organa	66
31	2002	The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema		62
32	2005	Lackawanna Blues	Ruben Santiago Sr.	59
33	2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Senator Bail Organa	74
34	2005	Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast	Self	20
35	2006	¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!	Himself	100
36	2007	The Jane Austen Book Club	Daniel	65
37	2008	Roberto Clemente	Narrator	0
38	2009	Backyard	Mickey Santos	64
39	2009	Mother and Child	Paco	66
40	2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Bail Organa	75
41	2018	Who We Are Now	Carl	57
42	2019	Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage	Self	0
43	2020	The Tax Collector	The Wizard	56
44	2021	In the Heights	Kevin Rosario	71
45	2022	Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look	Bail Organa (archive footage) (uncredited)	73

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Audience Member	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
4	1952	Today	Self	58
5	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
6	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
7	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
8	1980	A Capitol Fourth	Self	0
9	1984	Miami Vice	Eddie Rivera	75
10	1985	Spenser: For Hire		67
11	1986	L.A. Law	Victor Sifuentes	71
12	1987	The Highwayman	Bo Ziker	74
13	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
14	1990	Cop Rock	Victor Sifuentes (uncredited)	40
15	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
16	1993	The Tommyknockers	Jim 'Gard' Gardner	56
17	1993	NYPD Blue	Bobby Simone	70
18	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Prince Felipe (voice)	60
19	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Old King Cole (voice)	60
20	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
21	1996	The West	Self	84
22	1997	The View	Self	45
23	1998	ALMA Awards		0
24	1999	The West Wing	Matthew Santos	83
25	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
26	2000	Latin Grammy Awards	Self	70
27	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
28	2004	TV Revolution		0
29	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
30	2006	Dexter	Miguel Prado	82
31	2007	Cane	Alex Vega	56
32	2008	Sons of Anarchy	Nero Padilla	84
33	2009	Latin Music USA	Narrator	0
34	2010	Outlaw	Cyrus Garza	38
35	2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Victor Santiago	82
36	2014	How to Get Away with Murder	Isaac Roa	78
37	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	53
38	2016	Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	Dr. Fauci	59
39	2016	The Get Down	Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz	73
40	2017	24: Legacy	Senator John Donovan	61
41	2017	America's Untold Story	Self - Narrator	0
42	2019	Bluff City Law	Elijah Strait	75
43	2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Senator Bail Organa	71
44	2022	East New York	Chief John Suarez	73

Jimmy Smits

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