Jimmy Smits | |
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 Smits at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Jimmy L. Smits July 9, 1955 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Known for | |
| Spouse |
Barbara Smits
(m. 1981; div. 1987) |
| Partner | Wanda De Jesus (1986–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s–1990s legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s–2000s police drama NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on the political drama The West Wing, and for appearing in Switch (1991), My Family (1995), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), and In the Heights (2021). He also appeared as Bail Organa in the Star Wars franchise and as ADA Miguel Prado in Dexter. From 2012 to 2014, he joined the main cast of Sons of Anarchy as Nero Padilla. Smits also portrayed Elijah Strait in the NBC drama series Bluff City Law.