He made a comeback to television in 2019 as a civil rights leader on Bluff City Law. Smits made his comeback to television in 2004 as Matthew Santos, a congressman and presidential candidate on the widely praised The West Wing. Smits actively pursued film roles, starring alongside Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovich in the thriller The Million Dollar Hotel in 2000. In 1993, Smits was given the main part in the thriller NYPD Blue. He discovered his place on television later that year when he was cast as attorney Victor Sifuentes on the weekly show L.A. Smits made his big-screen debut as a drug trafficker in Running Scared in 1986. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College in 1980 then went on to graduate from Cornell University with a Master’s in Fine Arts in 1982. Smits completed his schooling at Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn. In his teens, Smits was an active sportsman.
He considers himself Puerto Rican and travels to the island regularly. Smits grew up in a conservative Roman Catholic household. Attending a Spanish-only school was traumatizing and difficult for Smith.Ĭhevy Chase Bio, Age, Height, Wife, Father, Children, Net Worth & Wiki He moved to Puerto Rico when he was ten years old and lived there for a few years. He grew up in a working-class area with his two sisters, Diana and Yvonne. Emilina Smits, Smits’ mother, was born in Peuelas, Puerto Rico. Cornelis Leendert Smits, Smits’ father, was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, and was of Dutch heritage. Smits was born in the neighborhood of Brooklyn, in the state of New York.
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