title: List of awards and nominations received by Jimmy Smits
text: # List of awards and nominations received by Jimmy Smits
  
  The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Jimmy Smits.
  
  Smits is the recipient of one Golden Globe Award for his role on NYPD Blue as well as one Primetime Emmy Award (from a total twelve nominations) for L.A. Law. Throughout his career on television, he has garnered eleven Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, winning once in the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 1995 for NYPD Blue.
  
  The 2000s saw a resurgence in popularity on television for Smits. He starred on The West Wing from 2004 to 2006 and won an ALMA Award for his role. And in 2012, guest starred on Dexter, for which he received critical acclaim, being nominated for his twelfth Primetime Emmy Award and winning a Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television.
  
  From 2012 to 2014, Smits starred in Sons of Anarchy.
  
  ## Motion picture awards
  
  ### Independent Spirit Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1996 | My Family | Best Male Lead | Nominated |
  
  ## Television awards
  
  ### ALMA Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2006 | The West Wing | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
  | 2009 | Dexter | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  
  ### Critics' Choice Television Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | Sons of Anarchy | Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  
  ### Golden Globe Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | L.A. Law | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
  | 1996 | NYPD Blue | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Won |
  | 1997 | NYPD Blue | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Nominated |
  | 1999 | NYPD Blue | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Nominated |
  
  ### NAACP Image Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2008 | Cane | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  
  ### Primetime Emmy Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1987 | L.A. Law | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1988 | L.A. Law | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1989 | L.A. Law | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1990 | L.A. Law | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
  | 1991 | L.A. Law | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1992 | L.A. Law | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1995 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1996 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1997 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1998 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1999 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 2009 | Dexter | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  
  ### Satellite Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1998 | NYPD Blue | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Won |
  | 1999 | NYPD Blue | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Nominated |
  | 2008 | Dexter | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
  | 2013 | Sons of Anarchy | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
  | 2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
  
  ### Saturn Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2009 | Dexter | Best Guest Starring Role on Television | Won |
  
  ### Screen Actors Guild Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1995 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Won |
  | 1996 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1996 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1997 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1997 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1998 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1998 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1999 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1999 | NYPD Blue | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 2006 | The West Wing | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 2009 | Dexter | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Nominated |
  
  ### Viewers for Quality Television Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1990 | L.A. Law | Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Won |
  | 1991 | L.A. Law | Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Nominated |
  | 1997 | NYPD Blue | Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Nominated |
  