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Jimmy Smits (born 9 July 1955) is an American actor.
In 2008, he played ADA Miguel Prado in the Showtime series DEXTER.
Season Three:
•"Our Father"
•"Finding Freebo"
•"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
•"All in the Family"
•"Turning Biminese"
Films
His film credits include roles in In the Heights (2021); The Tax Collector (2020); Who We Are Now (2017); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); Mother and Child (2009); Backyard (2009); The Jane Austen Book Club (2007); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002); Bless the Child (2000); Price of Glory (2000); The Million Dollar Hotel (2000); Lesser Prophets (1997); Murder in Mind (1997); The Last Word (1995); My Family (1995); Gross Misconduct (1993); Fires Within (1991); Switch (1991); Vital Signs (1990); Old Gringo (1989); The Believers (1987); Hotshot (1986); and Running Scared (1986).
TV Movies
His TV movies include Lackawanna Blues (2005); Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997, voice); Marshal Law (1996); Solomon & Sheba (1995); The Cisco Kid (1994); The Broken Cord (1992); Glitz (1988); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Stamp of a Killer (1987); and Rockabye (1986).
Television
His TV credits include roles in East New York; Obi-Wan Kenobi (miniseries); Bluff City Law; How to Get Away with Murder; Brooklyn Nine-Nine; 24: Legacy; The Get Down; Sons of Anarchy; Outlaw; American Experience (documentary); Cane; The West Wing; NYPD Blue; Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (voices); The Tommyknockers (Mini-Series); L.A. Law; Cop Rock (uncredited); Pee-wee's Playhouse; The Highwayman; Spenser: For Hire; All My Children; and Miami Vice.
•2009 - Saturn Award / Best Guest Starring Role on Television •2006 - ALMA Awards / Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series / •1998 - Satellite Awards / Best Actor – Television Series Drama / •1996 - Golden Globe Awards / Best Actor – Television Series Drama / •1995 - Screen Actors Guild Awards / Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series...
Smits was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in a strict, devout Roman Catholic family. "Jimmy" is the name which appears on his birth certificate. It is not a stage name or derived from "James." He spent time in Puerto Rico during his childhood.
After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School where he was an athlete and actor, Smits earned a Bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College and a MFA in theater from Cornell University. He began his acting career in off-Broadway plays.
99+ Photos. Jimmy L. Smits 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), and as ADA Miguel Prado in ...
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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.
Dexter is an American crime drama television series that aired on Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013. [1] .
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
