JIMMY SMITS
You probably remember him as Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue, and now the 49-year-old is back on the small screen as The West Wing's smoldering Texas congressman Matthew Santos, after performing Shakespeare in New York's Central Park and shooting Star Wars: Episode III. "Being back onstage reminded me why I became an actor," says Smits. "It's kind of helped my aura in a lot of ways."
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