Jimmy Smits

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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...

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DexterSeries • 2006Brooklyn Nine-NineSeries • 2013The West WingSeries • 1999Sons of AnarchySeries • 2008NYPD BlueSeries • 1993How to Get Away with MurderSeries • 2014Miami ViceSeries • 1984L.A. LawSeries • 1986The Walking Dead: Daryl DixonSeries • 2023Dexter: ResurrectionSeries • 2025Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries • 1995Obi-Wan KenobiSeries • 2022Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithMovie • 2005Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryMovie • 2016Spenser: For HireSeries • 1985Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMovie • 200224: LegacySeries • 2017East New YorkSeries • 2022CaneSeries • 2007In the HeightsMovie • 2021The Tax CollectorMovie • 2020Mother and ChildMovie • 2009The TommyknockersSeries • 1993The Get DownSeries • 2016