Jimmy Smits

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 televisionSteven Bochcolegal dramaL.A. Law,for which he was nominated for sixPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, winning in1990. In 1999, Smits received the HOLA Award for Excellence from theHispanic Organization of Latin Actors(HOLA).He appeared infilms including Switch(1991),My Family(1995),The Jane Austen Book Club(2007).Smits appeared asSenator Bail OrganaofAlderaaninStar Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones(2002) andStar Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith(2005), in which the character becomesPrincess Leia's adoptive father. He reappeared as Bail Organa in the gameStar Wars: The Force Unleashed(2008) and the spinoff movie Rogue One(2016). He later reprised the role forObi-Wan Kenobi(2022).Smits played the role ofCongressmanMatt SantosofHouston, Texas, in the final two seasons of the NBC television dramaThe West Wing.InDexterseason 3, he played the role of Miguel Prado, an assistant district attorney who befriends the title character.He was nominated for anEmmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Seriesfor the role.He portrayed the character Alex Vega in the CBS TV seriesCane, which aired from September 25, 2007, to December 18, 2007, and was subsequently canceled by the network due to the 2007 Screen Writer's Guild strike.In the fall of 2010, he starred in NBC's short-lived series Outlaw, about a U.S. Supreme Court justice who leaves the bench to return to practicing law. From 2012 to 2014, he joined the main cast ofSons of AnarchyasNero Padilla. He also portrayed Elijah Strait in theshort-lived NBCdrama seriesBluff City Law.He starred inThe Get Down, a musical drama television series which debuted in 2016 onNetflix. In 2021, He played Kevin Rosario in the musical filmIn the Heights.He stars as Chief John Suarez on the CBS police drama East New York.