Jimmy Smits
Acting
Born: Jul 09, 1955
From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Bail Organa (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022 | 7.4 |
| Backyard | Mickey Santos | 2009 | 6.4 |
| Mother and Child | Paco | 2009 | 6.595 |
| Roberto Clemente | Narrator | 2008 | — |
| The Jane Austen Book Club | Daniel | 2007 | 6.482 |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Senator Bail Organa | 2005 | 7.463 |
| Lackawanna Blues | Ruben Santiago Sr. | 2005 | 5.917 |
| Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self | 2005 | 2.0 |
| Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Senator Bail Organa | 2002 | 6.592 |
| The Million Dollar Hotel | Geronimo | 2000 | 5.898 |
| Bless the Child | Agent John Travis | 2000 | 5.346 |
| Adventures in Wild California | Narrator | 2000 | 6.833 |
| Price of Glory | Arturo Ortega | 2000 | 4.89 |
| Lesser Prophets | Mike | 1997 | 5.583 |
| Murder in Mind | Peter Walker | 1997 | 5.458 |
| Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 1997 | 7.0 |
| Marshal Law | Jack Coleman | 1996 | 4.0 |
| Animal Charm: Golden Digest | Himself (Archival Footage) | 1996 | 5.0 |
| My Family | Jimmy | 1995 | 7.405 |
| The Cisco Kid | Cisco Kid | 1994 | 4.188 |
| Gross Misconduct | Justin Thorne | 1993 | 5.438 |
| The Broken Cord | David Norwell | 1992 | 6.333 |
| Switch | Walter Stone | 1991 | 5.883 |
| Fires Within | Nestor | 1991 | 4.556 |
| Vital Signs | Dr. David Redding | 1990 | 4.632 |
| Old Gringo | Gen. Tomas Arroyo | 1989 | 5.586 |
| Glitz | Vincent Marra | 1988 | 5.0 |
| The Believers | Tom Lopez | 1987 | 5.958 |
| Stamp of a Killer | Richard Braden | 1987 | 5.667 |
| Running Scared | Julio Gonzales | 1986 | 6.1 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1955 |
| From | Brooklyn, New York … |