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Jimmy Smits

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Biography

Bitten by the acting bug while in high school, Jimmy Smits earned a B.A. from Brooklyn College and an M.F.A. from Cornell. His excellent work in off-Broadway productions led to his being cast in several movie and TV projects, notably the two-hour pilot for Miami Vice (1984). In 1986, Smits was signed to play tyro attorney Victor Sifuentes on the weekly NBC series L.A. Law, a role which would win him a fervent fan following as well as an Emmy. He eventually left the series to pursue a theatrical film career, but by 1994 was back on the small screen in such cable-TV productions as The Cisco Kid and Solomon and Sheba. While filming the latter production in Morocco, Smits was asked by the producers of the TV series NYPD Blue to replace another actor with movie aspirations, David Caruso. In the fall of 1994, Smits made his NYPD Blue bow in the role of detective Bobby Simone, almost immediately reclaiming the viewers who'd sworn to desert the series when Caruso left. Following this personal triumph, Smits starred in 1995's Mi Familia, a critically acclaimed film of barrio life. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Filmography

Star Wars: Episode III (2005) .... Senator Bail Organa
Angel (2002/II)
Inside NYPD Blue: A Decade on the Job (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) .... Sen. Bail Organa
... aka Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience (2002) (USA: IMAX version)
... aka Star Wars II (2002) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (2002) (USA: video box title)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV) .... Himself
2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2001) (TV) .... Himself
ESPY Awards (2000) (TV) .... Host
Bless the Child (2000) .... John Travis
... aka Prophezeiung, Die (2000) (Germany)
Adventures in Wild California (2000) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka MacGillivray Freeman's Adventures in Wild California (2000) (USA: complete title)
Price of Glory (2000) .... Arturo Ortega
Million Dollar Hotel, The (2000) .... Geronimo
51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, The (1999) (TV) .... Himself
Puerto Ricans: Our American Story, The (1999) .... Himself
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (1998) (TV) .... Himself
Lesser Prophets (1997) .... Mike
1997 VH1 Fashion Awards (1997) (TV)
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997) (TV) (voice) .... Old King Cole
Murder in Mind (1997/I) .... Peter Walker
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997) (TV) .... Himself
"West, The" (1996) (mini) TV Series (voice)
Marshal Law (1996) (TV) .... Jack Coleman
"Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Old King Cole
Television's Greatest Performances (1995) (TV) .... Host
Songs of the Homeland (1995) (TV) .... Himself/Host
Last Word, The (1995) .... Actor (Martin)
... aka Cosa Nostra: The Last Word (1995)
My Family (1995) .... Jimmy Sanchez
... aka Cafe con leche (1995)
... aka East L.A. (1995) (UK: video title)
... aka My Family, Mi Familia (1995)
Solomon & Sheba (1995) (TV) .... King Solomon
"NYPD Blue" (1993) TV Series .... Det. Bobby Simone (1994-1998)
Cisco Kid, The (1994) (TV) .... Cisco Kid
Gross Misconduct (1993/I) .... Justin Thorne
... aka Gross Indecency (1993)
Tommyknockers, The (1993) (TV) .... Jim 'Gard' Gardner
... aka Stephen King's The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV)
Broken Cord, The (1992) (TV) .... David Norwell
Fires Within (1991) .... Nestor
... aka Little Havana (1991) (USA)
Switch (1991) .... Walter Stone
... aka Blake Edwards' Switch (1991) (USA: complete title)
Vital Signs (1990) .... Dr. David Redding
Old Gringo (1989) .... General Tomas Arroyo
Glitz (1988) (TV) .... Vincent Marra
Stamp of a Killer (1987) (TV) .... Richard Braden
... aka Dangerous Affection (1987) (TV)
Highwayman, The (1987) (TV) .... Bo Ziker
... aka Terror on the Blacktop (1987) (TV)
Believers, The (1987) .... Tom Lopez
Hotshot (1987) .... Stars Team Member
"L.A. Law" (1986) TV Series .... Victor Sifuentes (1986-1991)
L.A. Law (1986) (TV) .... Victor Sifuentes
Running Scared (1986) .... Julio Gonzales
Rockabye (1986) (TV) .... 2nd Policeman
Miami Vice (1984) (TV) .... Eddie Rivera
... aka Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984) (TV) (USA)

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