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  Jimmy Smits

Born As: Jimmy Smits
Sex: Male
Nationality: US - United States of America
Date of Birth: July 9, 1955
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Quotes:
  • Celebrity hits like a bomb. So you have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening around you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.
  • They'd say, 'Explain this again: If you finish this degree, you'll be able to teach high-school drama?' - on his parents' reaction after he told them he wanted to be an actor

Jimmy Smits Trivia
  • Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Theatre degree from Brooklyn College in 1980.
  • Graduate of Cornell University, M.F.A. '82
  • Turned down the offer to play a character named Flinn on NYPD Blue. The character in question was later renamed Det. John Kelly, played by David Caruso. Ironically, after Caruso's departure from the show in 1994, Smits accepted the role of Det. Bobby Simone (Det. Kelly's successor).
  • Smits has been living with Wanda De Jesus since c. 1986.
  • He has a Puerto Rican mother and a Suriname father. He is a partner in "The Conga Room" club in Los Angeles, Ca. His partners are Jennifer Lopez,Paul Rodriguez and Brad Gluckstein.

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