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.
Nero Padilla. Smits also portrayed Elijah Strait in the NBC drama series Bluff City Law. Smits was born in Brooklyn, New York. Smits's father, Cornelis...
starring in the crime drama The Glass Shield and appeared alongside JimmySmits in the Death and the Maiden at the Mark Taper Forum. The following year...
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by JimmySmits. Smits is the recipient of one Golden Globe Award for his role on NYPD Blue as...
friendship with the man's brother, Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado (JimmySmits). In the meantime, Rita discovers that she is pregnant, and Debra investigates...
"In The Heights" 2021 Anthony Ramos Lin-Manuel Miranda Olga Merediz JimmySmits Daphne Rubin-Vega Dascha Polanco Corey Hawkins Gregory Diaz IV Melissa...
Marcos Siega. In the episode, assistant district attorney Miguel Prado (JimmySmits) asks Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) for his assistance in killing a...
film written by Phil Berger, directed by Carlos Avila, and starring JimmySmits. The movie was nominated for several ALMA Awards in 2001. The film was...
and CIA. (recurring: season 5; regular: seasons 6–7). Matt Santos (JimmySmits) is a congressman from Texas who is convinced by Josh Lyman to run for...
fictional character in the American television series NYPD Blue. Played by JimmySmits for four seasons, Simone is known for his sensitivity and street smarts...
Fires Within is a 1991 film directed by Gillian Armstrong. It stars JimmySmits, Greta Scacchi and Vincent D'Onofrio. Set in the Cuban community in Miami...
American romantic adventure film starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, and JimmySmits. It was directed by Luis Puenzo and co-written with Aída Bortnik, based...
which Chase was a stuntman, actor JimmySmits accidentally stabbed Chase with a real knife instead of a fake one. Smits is said to have missed the plastic...
Odenkirk Martin Sheen Kiefer Sutherland 4 nominations Jason Bateman JimmySmits Kevin Spacey 3 nominations Billy Crudup James Spader 2 nominations George...
My Family playing Isabel Magaña, the El Salvadorean refugee wife of JimmySmits, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the role...
be employed to write JimmySmits's critically acclaimed Bobby Simone character out of the regular cast and clear the way for Smits' replacement, Rick Schroder...
as George "Rat Boy" Skogstorm Theo Rossi as Juan-Carlos "Juice" Ortiz JimmySmits as Nero Padilla Annabeth Gish as Althea Jarry Kenneth Choi as Henry Lin...