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- "The interesting thing about the experience was that, even though I was a fan of the films, I found that there were a lot of people who were true aficionados, who knew everything down to the most minute detail. When I mentioned to some people that I was playing this character, they rattled off who Bail Organa is and who he is related to and the history of each of those people. I had to go to the Star Wars Encyclopedia to figure it all out."
- ―Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955[1]) is an American actor who portrayed Senator Bail Organa in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith as well as in the Legends video game The Force Unleashed.[3] He also reprised his role as Senator Organa in the Anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[2]
Filmography[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2017 | 24: Legacy | John Donovan | TV series |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Bail Organa | |
| 2016 | Gears of War 4 | Oscar Diaz | Video game (voice) |
| 2016 | The Get Down | Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz | TV series |
| 2012–2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Neron 'Nero' Padilla | TV series |
| 2010 | Outlaw | Cyrus Garza | TV series |
| 2009 | Mother and Child | Paco | |
| 2009 | El traspatio | Mickey Santos | |
| 2008 | Dexter | Miguel Prado | TV series |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Bail Organa | Video game (voice) |
| 2007 | Cane | Alex Vega | TV series |
| 2007 | The Jane Austen Book Club | Daniel | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith | Bail Organa | |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Ruben Santiago Sr. | TV movie |
| 2004–2006 | The West Wing | Matthew Santos | TV series |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones | Bail Organa | |
| 2000 | Bless the Child | Agent John Travis | |
| 2000 | Price of Glory | Arturo Ortega | |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Geronimo | |
| 1997 | Lesser Prophets | Mike | |
| 1997 | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special | Old King Cole | TV movie |
| 1997 | Murder in Mind | Peter Walker | |
| 1996 | Marshal Law | Jack Coleman | TV movie |
| 1995–1997 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Old King Cole & Prince Felipe | TV series |
| 1995 | The Last Word | Actor (Martin) | |
| 1995 | My Family | Jimmy Sánchez | |
| 1995 | Solomon & Sheba | King Solomon | TV movie |
| 1994–2004 | NYPD Blue | Det. Bobby Simone | TV series |
| 1994 | The Cisco Kid | Cisco Kid | TV movie |
| 1993 | Gross Misconduct | Justin Thorne | |
| 1993 | The Tommyknockers | Jim 'Gard' Gardner | TV miniseries |
| 1992 | The Broken Cord | David Norwell | TV movie |
| 1991 | Fires Within | Nestor | |
| 1991 | Switch | Walter Stone | |
| 1990 | Cop Rock | Victor Sifuentes | TV series (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Your authorized conky repairman | TV series |
| 1990 | Vital Signs | Dr. David Redding | |
| 1989 | Old Gringo | Gen. Tomas Arroyo | |
| 1988 | Glitz | Vincent Marra | TV movie |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Victor Sifuentes | TV movie |
| 1987 | Stamp of a Killer | Richard Braden | TV movie |
| 1987 | The Highwayman | Bo Ziker | TV series |
| 1987 | The Believers | Tom Lopez | |
| 1987 | Hotshot | Stars Team Member | |
| 1986–1992 | L.A. Law | Victor Sifuentes | TV series |
| 1986 | Running Scared | Julio Gonzales | |
| 1986 | Spenser: For Hire | Hector Valdes | TV series |
| 1986 | Rockabye | 2nd Policeman | TV movie |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Eddie Rivera | TV series |
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Jimmy Smits on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Casting Update: Jimmy Smits on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- Voices of the Senate on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Mission Debrief
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising Excerpt, the Sounds of Ben Burtt, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robinson, Will (2016-08-05). Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Jimmy Smits confirms he has a cameo. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jimmy Smitts In The Force Unleashed!. TheForce.net (2008-05-20). Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved on August 6, 2016.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Jimmy Smits on Wikipedia
- Jimmy Smits at the Internet Movie Database
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