Jimmy Smits

Known for

Acting

Born

July 9, 1955 (age 71)

Birthplace

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...

Best known work

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002

Dexter

2006

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013

Sons of Anarchy

2008

Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

2023

In the Heights

2021

Filmography

2026
Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood
as self
2025
Dexter: ResurrectionTV
as Miguel Prado (1 episode)
2023
The Walking Dead: Daryl DixonTV
as Captain Alejandro Perkins (1 episode)
2022
East New YorkTV
as Chief John Suarez (21 episodes)
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Bail Organa (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Obi-Wan KenobiTV
as Senator Bail Organa (3 episodes)
2021
In the Heights
as Kevin Rosario
2020
The Tax Collector
as The Wizard
2019
Bluff City LawTV
as Elijah Strait (10 episodes), Producer
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2018
Who We Are Now
as Carl
2017
America's Untold StoryTV
as Self - Narrator (4 episodes)
2017
24: LegacyTV
as Senator John Donovan (12 episodes)
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Bail Organa
2016
The Get DownTV
as Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz (11 episodes)
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha BeeTV
as Dr. Fauci (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenTV
as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014
How to Get Away with MurderTV
as Isaac Roa (13 episodes)
2013
Brooklyn Nine-NineTV
as Victor Santiago (2 episodes)
2010
OutlawTV
as Cyrus Garza (8 episodes), Co-Executive Producer
2009
Mother and Child
as Paco
2009
Latin Music USATV
as Narrator (4 episodes)
2009
Backyard
as Mickey Santos
2008
Sons of AnarchyTV
as Nero Padilla (38 episodes)
2008
Roberto Clemente
as Narrator