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  1. Actor Jimmy Smits with his partner, actress Wanda De Jesus, circa 1992. Wanda De Jesus and Jimmy Smits attend the 2021 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival Special Preview Screening of "In The Heights" at TCL...

  2. Actor Jimmy Smits with his partner, actress Wanda De Jesus, circa 1992. Actors Angela Bassett and Jimmy Smits speak onstage during Broadcast Television Journalists Association's third annual Critics' Choice Television...

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  4. Sep 15, 2023 · Born Jimmy Leendert Smits under the zodiac sign of Cancer on 9 July 1955, in New York City USA, he holds American nationality although he also identifies as Puerto Rican. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family by his father Cornelis, who was of Dutch descent, and his mother, Emilina, a Puerto Rican, alongside his two sisters, Diana and Yvonne.

  5. 2975 x 5100 px (9.92 x 17.00 in) - 300 dpi - 3 MB. Actor Jimmy Smits with his partner, actress Wanda De Jesus, circa 1992. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.

    • Who Is Jimmy Smits?
    • Early Life and Career
    • 'L.A. Law' Stardom
    • 'NYPD Blue' and Other Roles
    • Personal Life

    Jimmy Smits became famous for his role on the TV series L.A. Law, for which he earned an Emmy Award. Smits acted in several films, but he didn't rediscover success until returning to the small screen on the gritty police drama NYPD Blue. Smits has since appeared on such hit shows as The West Wing, Dexter and Sons of Anarchy.

    Born July 9, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York. Smits was the eldest of three children born to Emelina and Cornelis Smits. A second-generation American of mixed ancestry (his mother was Puerto Rican and his father was Dutch), Smits was raised primarily in Brooklyn. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where he was both an athlete and actor of consid...

    In 1986, Smits landed his first big-screen role as a drug dealer in Running Scared. Later that year, he found his niche in television when he was signed to play attorney Victor Sifuentes on the weekly series L.A. Law. During his five-plus seasons on the show, the courtroom drama was a critical and commercial success. Smits earned an Emmy Award for ...

    Later that year, the producers of the gritty police drama NYPD Blue offered Smits the series' lead role (after David Caruso's departure). Smits accepted the part, which reunited him with L.A. Law producer Steven Bochco. In the fall of 1994, he debuted on NYPD Blueas detective Bobby Simone, winning the hearts of a skeptical audience. He remained wit...

    In 1981, Smits married his high school sweetheart, Barbara. The couple had two children together before they divorced in 1987. He lives with long-time companion and fellow actress Wanda De Jesus. Smits remains passionately committed to the Latino community. Along with comedian Paul Rodriguez and Lopez, he invested in the Conga Room, a Los Angeles d...

  6. Jimmy Smits (1986–present) Wanda De Jesus (born August 26, 1958) is an American actress. She was the fourth actress to portray Santana Andrade in NBC 's soap opera Santa Barbara. Aside from her work on soap operas, De Jesus appeared in several TV shows in a guest starring role, and she had a recurring role on the CBS crime series CSI: Miami ...

  7. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001751Jimmy Smits - IMDb

    41 Videos. 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 ...