Jimmy Smits is an American actor famous for his roles as attorney Victor Sifuentes in the drama , in  police drama as an NYPD Detective on and in the 1999-2006 political drama as Matt Santos. He was also a cast member of from as Nero Padilla.

Jimmy was born in Brooklyn, New York to Cornelis Leendert Smits and Emilina Smiths on . He was brought up in a working-class along with his two sisters, Yvonne and Diana. Smits spent most of his childhood in Puerto Rico. Smits attended Thomas Jefferson High school and later enrolled in Brooklyn College where he got his bachelor's degree in . He then went to Cornell University and got his MFA in . In his youth, Smits was an athlete.

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Being raised in a Roman Catholic, he is identified as Puerto Rican. Smits frequently visits Puerto Rico. In , Smits participated in a protest against U.S. Navy Bombing practices on the Puerto Rican offshore island and was arrested.

Smits acted in numerous shows in the mid-1980s at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York. His roles include Max in , Paul in and the lead role in . He has also participated in the Public Theater’s New York Shakespeare Festival where he played in the as Duke Orsino in and in in  as Benedick.

In Smits played in the Broadway production, , which was performed at the Royale Theater. He also appeared in opposite Christine Lahti, Annie Potts, and Ken Stott from to . Smits also played in from to at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

In , Smits played the role of Eddie Rivera in the two-hour series premiere of . Smits played the role of Victor Sifuentes in the NBC Television legal drama . He then played in the film alongside Edward James Olmos and Jennifer Lopez

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Smits' most acclaimed roles were on the ABC television program as Detective Bobby Simone, in which he starred from to . He received two and many nominations. For his Excellence, he received the HOLA award in from the .

Smits was scheduled to host the 2001 although due to the terrorist attacks and with respect to the victims the show got canceled. He announced the winners through a non-televised press conference.

Smits then appeared in movies following and as Senator Bail Organa. He made his appearance in . He then starred in the final two seasons of drama as Congressman Matt Santos.

Smits then played the role of Miguel Prado in as an attorney. He even got nominated for an Emmy award for in a Drama Series.

Smits then appeared in as Nero Padilla portraying a high-level pimp who refers to himself as a companionate. In , he starred in the Netflix series , a musical drama TV series. The same year Smits returned to as Senator Bail Organa. 

Smits was married to his high school sweetheart, Barbara Smits in The couple had two children Taina (B. 1973) and Joaquin (B. 1983). They got divorced in after 6 years of togetherness.

Smits has been in a relationship with Wanda De Jesus, an American actress, who played the role of in . The two started dating in , and are living together in Los Angeles.

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Being a private person Jimmy has not opened up much about his personal life or has left any hints about getting married to his long-term girlfriend. Except for his relationship with Barbara and Wanda, there is no information regarding his past affairs, girlfriends, relationship, wife, or marriage.

Smits was arrested for assaulting an officer in after police answered a call for help from his home. He and his girlfriend De Jesus were arrested for battery on three officers. Smits was fined $150 and was sentenced to 18 months of unsupervised probation whereas, Wanda was fined $250, 75 hours of community service, and was sentenced to 18 months of unsupervised probation.

Jimmy stands 6 feet 3 inches tall in height. His nationality is American and his ethnicity is mixed. The star has managed to make a net worth of $30 million. Although Jimmy does not have a fixed salary it is estimated that Jimmy earns $150 thousand per episode from every show he stars in. We believe his earnings will grow in near future. 

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He has won for , a , and for followed by a . Smits invested in The Conga Room, a Los Angeles dance club along with Paul Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez. Smits helped co-found The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts in 1997. For his community work, he was honored with the Ackerman Leadership Award in 2015 and has won three American Latino Media Arts Awards.

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