Jimmy Smagula is an actor whose 30-year career has spanned iconic roles in television, major feature films, and nine Broadway shows.

Born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, Jimmy made his Broadway debut at 24 in the original Broadway cast of The Full Monty.

He most recently starred on Broadway in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical as Louis Armstrong’s manager, Joe Glaser. In 2023, he starred as Sir Bedevere in the revival of Spamalot.

Jimmy has also starred in multiple productions at The Kennedy Center, including Spamalot before its move to Broadway. In 2021, he played Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls opposite Rachel Dratch. In 2019, he played Jacey Squires in The Music Man with Norm Lewis, Jessie Mueller, and Rosie O'Donnell.

On Broadway, Jimmy has appeared in Man of La Mancha, The Phantom of the Opera, To Be or Not to Be (Manhattan Theatre Club), Damn Yankees (with Sean Hayes and Jane Krakowski), The Little Mermaid, and Billy Elliot.

On television, Jimmy is best known for playing Sal Iacuzzo on The Sopranos, where his character found Vito Spatafore in a gay bar. He has had recurring roles on Showtime’s Black Monday and HBO Max’s Doom Patrol, and has guest-starred on Blue Bloods, FX’s Cake, FX’s Oh Jerome, No (opposite Emmy Award nominee Mamoudou Athie, directed and written by Alex Karpovsky), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (opposite Andy Samberg), Better Things (alongside Pamela Adlon), Comedy Central’s Corporate, Adult Swim’s The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Parks and Recreation, Community, and many others.

In film, Jimmy appears in Joker: Folie à Deux (directed by Todd Phillips), Nonnas (directed by Stephen Chbosky, currently on Netflix), and Almost Popular (directed by Nayip Ramos). He recently finished production on the animated feature Animal Friends, directed by Peter Atencio, and portrayed publisher John Woodburn in Danny Strong’s Rebel in the Rye opposite Nicholas Hoult. He has also held supporting roles in Michael Bay’s The Island, Jon M. Chu’s Step Up 3, and the movie musical The Producers.

He currently teaches on-camera acting at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts through The Lee Strasberg Institute, as well as a private musical theatre audition class for professional actors in New York City. He also coaches actors for camera and stage work around the world.