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Jimmy Smits joins Showtime's "Dexter"

Thu Jun 5, 2008 11:44pm EDT
Jimmy Smits poses in Hollywood, California, September 20, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former "NYPD Blue" star Jimmy Smits has joined the cast of Showtime's drama series "Dexter," which begins its third season in the fall.

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Smits will portray Miguel Prado, an ambitious, charismatic assistant district attorney who comes from one of Miami's most politically powerful and beloved families.

Dexter (Michael C. Hall), a blood-spatter expert for the Miami Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer, will join forces with Prado, who has risen in the ranks because his aggressive stance against crime, in the pursuit of a murderer who affects both of their lives directly.

Smits will be featured in 10 of the third season's 12 episodes. He most recently starred in the short-lived CBS family drama "Cane."

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