Jimmy Ortega
Acting
Born 1957-11-18 · El Paso, Texas, USA
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).
Acting
Knox Goes Away
Guard
Babylon
Elephant Wrangler
Walker
Lookout
Lethal Weapon
Drug Dealer
Sabotage
Sicario #1
Out of the Blue
Henchman #2
The Double
Coyote
The Rum Diary
Cop on Fire
The A-Team
Mexican Captor #2
Safe Harbor
Sheriff
Crank: High Voltage
Groundskeeper (uncredited)
Lone Rider
Rough Rider #4
Delta Farce
Bandito #2
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Cop
The Unit
Cop #1
Just Like Heaven
Security Guard
Man of the House
Border Bus Driver
Arrested Development
Mexican Border Official
Ticker
Body Guard 2
Traffic
Arrested Man in Apartment
Ground Zero
Johanson
Vampires
Male Vampire #1
V.I.P.
Driver
Martial Law
Tino
The Replacement Killers
Gangster
Brooklyn South
First Killer
L.A. Confidential
Second Mexican (uncredited)
Persons Unknown
Comet (as Jim Ortega)
Forest Warrior
Surveyor #2
Last Man Standing
Ramirez Bodyguard
Crew
Peppermint
Stunts
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Stunts
Westworld
Stunts
The Babymakers
Stunt Double
Savages
Stunt Double
Fast & Furious
Stunts
Lakeview Terrace
Stunts
Dead Write
Stunt Coordinator
Smokin' Aces
Stunts
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Utility Stunts
The Longest Yard
Stunts
Man of the House
Stunts
Spanglish
Stunts
Hidalgo
Utility Stunts
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Stunts
The Italian Job
Stunts
A Man Apart
Stunts
Ticker
Stunts
Serving Sara
Stunts
Ghosts of Mars
Stunts