Jimmy Ortega
Acting • Born 1957-11-18
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).
Filmography
46 credits
Beverly Hills Cop III
Movie • 1994
Rondell
Moving Violations
Movie • 1985
Spanish Immigration Officer
Last Man Standing
Movie • 1996
Ramirez Bodyguard
The Replacement Killers
Movie • 1998
Gangster
Delta Farce
Movie • 2007
Bandito #2
Out of the Blue
Movie • 2013
Henchman #2
Dead Connection
Movie • 1994
Vince
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
Movie • 1993
Fugitive Look-Alike
Babylon
Movie • 2022
Elephant Wrangler
Guilty As Charged
Movie • 1991
Electrician
Vampires
Movie • 1998
Male Vampire #1
L.A. Confidential
Movie • 1997
Second Mexican (uncredited)
Juarez
Movie • 1988
Luis
Man of the House
Movie • 2005
Border Bus Driver
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Movie • 2006
Cop
The Rum Diary
Movie • 2011
Cop on Fire
The A-Team
Movie • 2010
Mexican Captor #2
Safe Harbor
Movie • 2009
Sheriff
Just Like Heaven
Movie • 2005
Security Guard
Sabotage
Movie • 2014
Sicario #1
Jailbait
Movie • 1993
Johnny
Crank: High Voltage
Movie • 2009
Groundskeeper (uncredited)
The Double
Movie • 2011
Coyote
Extreme Prejudice
Movie • 1987
Young Mexican Man
Ticker
Movie • 2002
Body Guard 2
Internal Affairs
Movie • 1990
Oscar
Persons Unknown
Movie • 1996
Comet (as Jim Ortega)
Traffic
Movie • 2000
Arrested Man in Apartment
Ground Zero
Movie • 2000
Johanson
Knox Goes Away
Movie • 2024
Guard
Lone Rider
Movie • 2008
Rough Rider #4
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Dallas
TV • 1978
Sheriff
Columbo
TV • 1971
Reporter
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Torres
Walker
TV • 2021
Lookout
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Mexican Border Official
Brooklyn South
TV • 1997
First Killer
Lethal Weapon
TV • 2016
Drug Dealer
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Sheriff
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
Driver
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Ramon
Renegade
TV • 1992
Acosta
Renegade
TV • 1992
Border Guard
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Suertudo
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Tino