Jimmy Smits

What I admire most about Jimmy Smits is how he turned his Brooklyn-born, Puerto Rican roots into a calling card rather than a limitation. Across L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, and even as Bail Organa in Star Wars, he keeps getting cast as men of intellect and quiet authority, and you understand why the moment he walks on screen. That 1990 Emmy was no fluke. I prefer actors who win you over with conviction instead of volume, and Smits is exactly that kind of grown-up performer. His longevity, I think, comes down to a steady, unshowy integrity that audiences simply trust.

Name (English)

Jimmy Smits

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・スミッツ

Reading

じみー・すみっつ

Born

July 9, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / film producer

High school

Thomas Jefferson High School

University

Brooklyn College

Awards & achievements

• 1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2009 Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Smits
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73416

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.