Jimmy Ortega
Acting
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).
As actor 49
Columbo
1971
Dallas
1978
V.I.P.
1998
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Arrested Development
2003
Knots Landing
1979
Taxi
1978
Falcon Crest
1981
Lethal Weapon
2016
Renegade
1992
The Unit
2006
Walker
2021
Babylon
2022
Martial Law
1998
The A-Team
2010
Crank: High Voltage
2009
L.A. Confidential
1997
Traffic
2000
CHiPs
1977
Just Like Heaven
2005
Brooklyn South
1997
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
Knox Goes Away
2024
Last Man Standing
1996
Sabotage
2014
The Rum Diary
2011
Vampires
1998
The Replacement Killers
1998
The Double
2011
Internal Affairs
1990
Delta Farce
2007
Man of the House
2005
Persons Unknown
1996
Forest Warrior
1996
Ticker
2002
Extreme Prejudice
1987
Moving Violations
1985
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
Dead Connection
1994
Ground Zero
2000
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Safe Harbor
2009
Lone Rider
2008
Guilty as Charged
1991
Out of the Blue
2013
Jailbait
1993
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
1993
Juarez
1988
On the crew 67
Westworld
2016
North and South
1985
American History X
1998
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
The Italian Job
2003
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Predator 2
1990
The Mask of Zorro
1998
Tombstone
1993
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
L.A. Confidential
1997
Traffic
2000
Mars Attacks!
1996
The Longest Yard
2005
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
Smokin' Aces
2006
Savages
2012
Peppermint
2018
Strange Days
1995
Ghosts of Mars
2001
Escape from L.A.
1996
The Rookie
1990
A Man Apart
2003
Spawn
1997
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
Marked for Death
1990
K-9
1989
Lakeview Terrace
2008
The Seventh Sign
1988
Hidalgo
2004
Nemesis
1992
Running Scared
1986
Hooper
1978
American Me
1992
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995
Serving Sara
2002
Spanglish
2004
Man of the House
2005
Out to Sea
1997
All the Pretty Horses
2000
The Babymakers
2012
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
1990
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
Ticker
2002
Foxfire
1996
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
Double Take
2001
Extreme Prejudice
1987
The Nude Bomb
1980
She's So Lovely
1997
Running Red
1999
Night Eyes II
1991
Fast & Furious
2009
David and Lisa
1998
Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike
1995
Dragstrip Girl
1994
Soul of the Game
1996
Amistad
1997
Submerged
2000
Blind Side
1993
The Base
1999
Ringmaster
1998
Midnight Man
1995
Across the Line
2000
Dead Write
2007