Cine AI
Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

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

Get the app Browse on web

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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — Bail Organa
  2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — Senator Bail Organa
  3. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) — Senator Bail Organa
  4. Dexter (2006) — Miguel Prado
  5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) — Victor Santiago
  6. Sons of Anarchy (2008) — Nero Padilla
  7. Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) — Senator Bail Organa
  8. How to Get Away with Murder (2014) — Isaac Roa
  9. In the Heights (2021) — Kevin Rosario
  10. The West Wing (1999) — Matthew Santos
  11. Dexter: Resurrection (2025) — Miguel Prado
  12. The Tax Collector (2020) — The Wizard
  13. Miami Vice (1984) — Eddie Rivera
  14. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  15. The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) — Daniel
  16. The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) — Geronimo
  17. Bless the Child (2000) — Agent John Travis
  18. 24: Legacy (2017) — Senator John Donovan
  19. Switch (1991) — Walter Stone
  20. Running Scared (1986) — Julio Gonzales
  21. The Tommyknockers (1993) — Jim 'Gard' Gardner
  22. The Get Down (2016) — Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz
  23. The Believers (1987) — Tom Lopez
  24. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  25. NYPD Blue (1993) — Bobby Simone
  26. Mother and Child (2009) — Paco
  27. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self - Guest
  28. The View (1997) — Self
  29. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  30. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016) — Dr. Fauci
  31. My Family (1995) — Jimmy
  32. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  33. L.A. Law (1986) — Victor Sifuentes
  34. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self - Guest
  35. Who We Are Now (2018) — Carl
  36. East New York (2022) — Chief John Suarez
  37. Old Gringo (1989) — Gen. Tomas Arroyo
  38. Backyard (2009) — Mickey Santos
  39. Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984) — Eddie Rivera
  40. Spenser: For Hire (1985)