Jimmy Smits

Acting · Born 1955-07-09 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Senator Bail Organa
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Bail Organa
• In the Heights as Kevin Rosario
• The Million Dollar Hotel as Geronimo
• Switch as Walter Stone
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Senator Bail Organa
• Bless the Child as Agent John Travis
• The Jane Austen Book Club as Daniel
• The Believers as Tom Lopez
• Backyard as Mickey Santos

TV

• Sons of Anarchy as Nero Padilla
• Dexter as Miguel Prado
• The West Wing as Matthew Santos
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Victor Santiago
• How to Get Away with Murder as Isaac Roa
• Dexter: Resurrection as Miguel Prado
• L.A. Law as Victor Sifuentes
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
• Spenser: For Hire