Jimmy Ortega
Born: 1957-11-18 in El Paso, Texas, USA
Known For: 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).
Filmography
2024
- Knox Goes Away as Guard
2022
- Babylon as Elephant Wrangler
2021
- Walker as Lookout
2018
- Peppermint ... (Stunts)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado ... (Stunts)
2016
- Westworld ... (Stunts)
- Lethal Weapon as Drug Dealer
2014
- Sabotage as Sicario
2013
- Out of the Blue as Henchman #2
2012
- Savages ... (Stunt Double)
- The Babymakers ... (Stunt Double)
2011
- The Double as Coyote
- The Rum Diary as Cop on Fire
2010
- The A-Team as Mexican Captor #2
2009
- Crank: High Voltage as Groundskeeper (uncredited)
- Safe Harbor as Sheriff
- Fast & Furious ... (Stunts)
2008
- Lone Rider as Rough Rider #4
- Lakeview Terrace ... (Stunts)
2007
- Delta Farce as Bandito #2
- Dead Write ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2006
- Smokin' Aces ... (Stunts)
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Cop
2005
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith ... (Utility Stunts)
- The Longest Yard ... (Stunts)
- Man of the House as Border Bus Driver
- Just Like Heaven as Security Guard
2003
- Arrested Development as Mexican Border Official
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico ... (Stunts)
- The Italian Job ... (Stunts)
- A Man Apart ... (Stunts)
2002
- Serving Sara ... (Stunts)
- Ticker as Body Guard 2
2001
- Double Take ... (Stunts)
- Ghosts of Mars ... (Stunts)
2000
- Submerged ... (Stunts)
- Ground Zero as Johanson
- Traffic as Arrested Man in Apartment
- All the Pretty Horses ... (Stunts)
- Across the Line ... (Stunts)
1999
- The Base ... (Stunts)
- Running Red ... (Stunts)
1998
- V.I.P. as Driver
- American History X ... (Stunts)
- The Mask of Zorro ... (Stunts)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ... (Stunt Double)
- Ringmaster ... (Stunts)
- The Replacement Killers as Gangster
- David and Lisa ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Vampires as Male Vampire #1
1997
- Brooklyn South as First Killer
- L.A. Confidential as Second Mexican (uncredited)
- Spawn ... (Stunts)
- She's So Lovely ... (Stunts)
- Out to Sea ... (Stunts)
- Amistad ... (Stunts)
1996
- Mars Attacks! ... (Stunts)
- Last Man Standing as Ramirez Bodyguard
- Escape from L.A. ... (Stunts)
- Foxfire ... (Stunts)
- Persons Unknown as Comet (as Jim Ortega)
- Soul of the Game ... (Stunts)
1995
- Midnight Man ... (Stunts)
- 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up ... (Stunts)
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure ... (Stunts)
- The Brady Bunch Movie ... (Stunts)
- Strange Days ... (Utility Stunts)
- Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike ... (Stunts)
1994
- Dead Connection as Vince
- Beverly Hills Cop III as Rondell
- Dragstrip Girl ... (Stunts)
- A Low Down Dirty Shame ... (Stunts)
1993
- Blind Side ... (Stunts)
- Tombstone ... (Stunts)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux ... (Stunts)
- Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert as Fugitive Look-Alike
- Jailbait as Johnny
1992
- Renegade as Acosta
- Bram Stoker's Dracula ... (Stunts)
- American Me ... (Stunts)
- Nemesis ... (Stunts)
1991
- Night Eyes II ... (Stunts)
- Guilty As Charged as Electrician
1990
- Predator 2 ... (Stunts)
- Internal Affairs as Oscar
- The Rookie ... (Stunts)
- Marked for Death ... (Stunts)
- Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection ... (Stunts)
1989
- K-9 ... (Stunts)
1988
- The Seventh Sign ... (Stunts)
- Juarez as Luis
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Torres
- Extreme Prejudice as Young Mexican Man
1986
- Running Scared ... (Stunts)
1985
- North and South ... (Stunts)
- Moving Violations as Spanish Immigration Officer
1981
- Falcon Crest as Ramon
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Suertudo
- The Nude Bomb ... (Stunts)
1979
- Knots Landing as Sheriff
1977
1971
- Columbo as Reporter