Jimmy Smits

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/09/1955
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

biography

Despite trying to stake his claim in features films without much success, actor Jimmy Smits earned his greatest acclaim on the small screen in roles that were connected by their proximity to the law. Smits emerged into the public consciousness as a sharp, but uptight attorney on Stephen Bochco’s award-winning legal drama, “L.A. Law” (NBC, 1986-1994). After leaving the show before its run ended, he languished in a series of easily dismissed features and slightly better made-for-television movies before returning to television as an understated detective on the groundbreaking cop drama, “NYPD Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2008-2008
Miguel Prado
2008
Miguel Prado
2008
Miguel Prado
2008
Miguel Prado
2008
Miguel Prado
2008
Miguel Prado
2008
+(1 More)
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Alex Vega
2007
Co-Executive Producer
2007
Executive Producer
2007
+(22 More)
(TV Show)
2004-2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2006
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2005
Matthew Santos
2004
Matthew Santos
2004
Matthew Santos
2004
+(32 More)
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Interviewee
2004
Geronimo
2001
John Travis
2000
Arturo Ortega
2000
(TV Show)
1994-1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1995
Detective Bobby Simone
1994
Detective Bobby Simone
1994
Detective Bobby Simone
1994
+(12 More)
Julio Gonzales
Detective Joe Lopez
Arroyo
Nestor
Walter Stone
Justin Thorne
Jimmy Sanchez

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised primarily in Brooklyn, New York, but lived briefly in Puerto Rico
 
Worked for a time as a community organizer in the New York area before moving into acting
1982 
Off-Broadway debut in "Hamlet" at the New York Shakespeare Festival
1984 
Played a supporting role in Michael Weller's "The Ballad of Soapy Smith" at the New York Shakespeare Festival
1984 
TV debut in the "Miami Vice" (NBC) pilot, playing Don Johnson's ill-fated first partner Eddie Rivera
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