Name
Jimmy Ortega
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-11-18 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Biography
He was born and raised in El Paso Texas. Miguel Ortega (father) was a cross country truck driver and Paulina Ortega (mother) a housewife. Began career doing summer stock theater for 2 years - El Paso Del Norte. Moved to Los Angeles in 1978. Shortly after arriving, he started to work as a stuntman on a picture by the name of Hooper (1978). His first acting job was in a guest starring role on a TV show by the name of CHiPs (1977). He has won a Stuntman's Award - Most Spectacular Sequence - "North & South" miniseries. He also won a Screen Actors Guild Award - Outstanding Performance By Cast - Traffic (2000).
Known For
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A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial c...
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Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American...
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A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits...
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Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for...
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Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartel...
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Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on wa...
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A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of...
- 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III as Rondell
- 1985 Moving Violations as Spanish Immigration Officer
- 1998 The Replacement Killers as Gangster
- 1996 Last Man Standing as Ramirez Bodyguard
- 2007 Delta Farce as Bandito #2
- 2013 Out of the Blue as Henchman #2
- 1994 Dead Connection as Vince
- 1993 Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert as Fugitive Look-Alike
- 2022 Babylon as Elephant Wrangler
- 1991 Guilty As Charged as Electrician
- 1998 Vampires as Male Vampire #1
- 1997 L.A. Confidential as Second Mexican (uncredited)
- 1988 Juarez as Luis
- 2010 The A-Team as Mexican Captor #2
- 2011 The Rum Diary as Cop on Fire
- 2005 Man of the House as Border Bus Driver
- 2006 Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Cop
- 2009 Safe Harbor as Sheriff
- 2005 Just Like Heaven as Security Guard
- 2014 Sabotage as Sicario #1
- 1993 Jailbait as Johnny
- 2009 Crank: High Voltage as Groundskeeper (uncredited)
- 2011 The Double as Coyote
- 1987 Extreme Prejudice as Young Mexican Man
- 2002 Ticker as Body Guard 2
- 1990 Internal Affairs as Oscar
- 1996 Persons Unknown as Comet (as Jim Ortega)
- 2000 Traffic as Arrested Man in Apartment
- 2000 Ground Zero as Johanson
- 2024 Knox Goes Away as Guard
- 2008 Lone Rider as Rough Rider #4
- 1996 Forest Warrior as Surveyor #2
- 1977 CHiPs ( 1 episode )
- 1978 Dallas ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Reporter
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Torres
- 2021 Walker ( 1 episode ) as Lookout
- 2003 Arrested Development ( 1 episode ) as Mexican Border Official
- 1997 Brooklyn South ( 1 episode ) as First Killer
- 2016 Lethal Weapon ( 1 episode ) as Drug Dealer
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1998 V.I.P. ( 1 episode ) as Driver
- 1981 Falcon Crest ( 1 episode ) as Ramon
- 1992 Renegade ( 1 episode ) as Acosta
- 1992 Renegade ( 1 episode ) as Border Guard
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Suertudo
- 1998 Martial Law ( 1 episode ) as Tino
- 1987 Beauty and the Beast ( 1 episode ) as Dice
- 2006 The Unit ( 1 episode ) as Cop #1
- 1978 Taxi ( 4 episodes ) as Cab Driver (uncredited)
