Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits is an American actor best known for his television series such as ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘NYPD Blue’ and movies like ‘Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones’ and ‘Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith’. Making his TV debut in the early 1980s he did bit roles including a small notable role of a pilot in the crime drama series ‘Miami Vice’. He went on to portray a rags-to-riches lawyer, Victor Sifuentes in the television legal drama series ‘L.A. Law’. The role that he pulled off with great élan for around five years not only shot him to limelight but also earned him the prestigious Emmy Awards. Moving on he did several television movies, big-screen flicks and a few TV series here and there before landing up yet another remarkable role of Detective Bobby Simone in the television police procedural drama series ‘NYPD Blue’. He was a regular in the series from the second to sixth season and performed as guest actor in the twelfth one garnering immense popularity and fan following. Other notable works of Smits include TV series like ‘The West Wing’, ‘Dexter’ and ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and films like ‘My Family’ and ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ among others.

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Born

July 9, 1955

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Nationality

American

Sun Sign

Cancer

Famous As

Actor

Height

6'3" (190 cm)

Education

Brooklyn College ( BA ) Cornell University ( MFA )

Known For

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Father

Cornelis Leendert Smits

Mother

Emilina (née Pola)

Spouse(s)

Barbara Smits (1981–1987); Wanda De Jesus

Children

Joaquin, Taina

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Empire Podcast #469 Part Two: Jimmy Smits, Adam Wingard

In the second half of this week's genuinely bumper-sized, jam-packed Empire Podcast, the great Jimmy Smits jumps onto SquadCast with Ben Travis and Chris Hewitt, talking to them about his role in Jon M. Chu's adaptation of In The Heights, his New York heritage, and his skill with a lightsaber. Which you may even be able to hear. And, with Godzilla Vs Kong hitting DVD, Blu-ray and 4K this week, we bring you the opening ten minutes of our spoiler special chat with the film's director, Adam Wingard.

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Jimmy Smits auditioned for In the Heights with a clip of him singing "Duke of Earl" on NYPD Blue

“We were scrambling putting together little video clips of me singing 'Duke of Earl' with Dennis Franz in the squad car or a little song flourish in West Wing,” Smits tells USA Today. “It wasn’t heavy lifting on the musical thing. But I still had to kind of convince them that I could do it.”

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Jimmy Smits on In the Heights, Immigrant Stories and That Time He Did Karaoke With Gregory Peck and Sidney Poitier

Jimmy Smits is known for playing gritty detectives and inspiring politicians in hit TV series like NYPD Blue, LA Law, and The West Wing. He is not known for his work in musicals. But the 65-year old was a fan of In The Heights—”I saw it off-Broadway,” he says—and so he pitched himself to director Jon Chu for the role of Puerto Rican cab company owner Kevin Rosario by putting together a reel of himself singing in NYPD Blue and The West Wing.

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Jimmy Smits figured he could carry a tune ‘In the Heights’

NEW YORK (AP) — He hadn’t been in a musical since his high school years, but when Jimmy Smits saw the opportunity to play Kevin Rosario in the film adaptation of “In the Heights,” he was happy to check that off his artistic bucket list. “Of course it’s something that...