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Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Birthday: 1955-07-09 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) 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 (and later President of the United States) Matt Santos on The West Wing. He is also notable for his portrayal of Bail Organa in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and Miguel Prado in Dexter. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimmy Smits, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
In the Heights

as    Kevin Rosario

2019
Bluff City Law

as    Elijah Strait

2018
Who We Are Now

as    Carl

2017
24: Legacy

as    Senator John Donovan

2016
The Get Down

as    Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz

2010
Outlaw

as    Cyrus Garza

2009
Mother and Child

as    Paco

2008
Sons of Anarchy

as    Nero Padilla

2007
Cane

as    Alex Vega

2007
The Jane Austen Book Club

as    Daniel

2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

as    Senator Bail Organa

2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as    Senator Bail Organa

2000
Bless the Child

as    Agent John Travis

1999
The West Wing

as    Matthew Santos

1997
Lesser Prophets

as    Mike

1997
Murder in Mind

as    Peter Walker

1996
Animal Charm: Golden Digest

as    Himself (Archival Footage)

1996
Marshal Law

as    Jack Coleman

1996
The West

as    Self

1995
My Family

as    Jimmy

1994
The Cisco Kid

as    Cisco Kid

1993
The Tommyknockers

as    Jim 'Gard' Gardner

1993
Gross Misconduct

as    Justin Thorne

1991
Switch

as    Walter Stone

1988
Glitz

as    Vincent Marra

1987
The Believers

as    Tom Lopez