Jimmy Smits
Although this Hispanic hunk's character died quickly in his TV debut on Miami Vice, he parlayed what could have been 15-minutes of fame into a multidecade career. His five-year stint on L.A. Law as a...
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07/08/1955
Brooklyn, NY |
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| An investor (along with Paul Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez and other celebs) in the Conga Room, an L.A. dance club/restaurant that showcases Latino music. |
| Worked as a union labor organizer during his college years. |
| Of Puerto Rican descent on his mother's side. Father was from Dutch Guiana, now Surinam. |
| Before high school, lived for two years in Puerto Rico, where he learned to speak Spanish. He told Hispanic magazine that this was "the most traumatic experience of my life... It was like, 'Pull this |
| Appeared in the pilot episode of Miami Vice as Sonny Crockett's partner, but died within the first 15 minutes. |
