Jimmy Ortega
Born: 1957-11-18 in El Paso, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jimmy Ortega (born November 18, 1957, in El Paso, Texas) is an American stuntman and actor. He performed in summer stock theater in El Paso before moving to Los Angeles in 1978, where he began doing stunts on Hooper. He received a Stuntman Award for his work on the miniseries North and South and shared in the Screen Actors Guild Award for the cast of Traffic. His acting roles include Last Man Standing, L.A. Confidential, Vampires, The Rum Diary, The A-Team, Sabotage and Babylon.
Filmography
2024
- Knox Goes Away as Guard
2022
- Babylon as Elephant Wrangler
2021
- Walker as Lookout
2018
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado ... (Stunts)
- Peppermint ... (Stunts)
2016
- Westworld ... (Stunts)
- Lethal Weapon as Drug Dealer
2014
- Sabotage as Sicario #1
2013
- Out of the Blue as Henchman #2
2012
- Savages ... (Stunt Double)
- The Babymakers ... (Stunt Double)
2011
- The Rum Diary as Cop on Fire
- The Double as Coyote
2010
- The A-Team as Mexican Captor #2
2009
- Crank: High Voltage as Groundskeeper (uncredited)
- Fast & Furious ... (Stunts)
- Safe Harbor as Sheriff
2008
- Lakeview Terrace ... (Stunts)
- Lone Rider as Rough Rider #4
2007
- Delta Farce as Bandito #2
- Dead Write ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2006
- The Unit as Cop #1
- Smokin' Aces ... (Stunts)
- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Cop
2005
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith ... (Utility Stunts)
- The Longest Yard ... (Stunts)
- Just Like Heaven as Security Guard
- Man of the House as Border Bus Driver
2003
- Arrested Development as Mexican Border Official
- The Italian Job ... (Stunts)
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico ... (Stunts)
- A Man Apart ... (Stunts)
2002
- Serving Sara ... (Stunts)
- Ticker as Body Guard 2
2001
- Ghosts of Mars ... (Stunts)
- Double Take ... (Stunts)
2000
- Traffic as Arrested Man in Apartment
- All the Pretty Horses ... (Stunts)
- Submerged ... (Stunts)
- Ground Zero as Johanson
- Across the Line ... (Stunts)
1999
- Running Red ... (Stunts)
- The Base ... (Stunts)
1998
- V.I.P. as Driver
- Martial Law as Tino
- American History X ... (Stunts)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ... (Stunt Double)
- The Mask of Zorro ... (Stunts)
- Vampires as Male Vampire #1
- The Replacement Killers as Gangster
- David and Lisa ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Ringmaster ... (Stunts)
1997
- L.A. Confidential as Second Mexican (uncredited)
- Brooklyn South as First Killer
- Spawn ... (Stunts)
- She's So Lovely ... (Stunts)
- Out to Sea ... (Stunts)
- Amistad ... (Stunts)
1996
- Mars Attacks! ... (Stunts)
- Escape from L.A. ... (Stunts)
- Last Man Standing as Ramirez Bodyguard
- Foxfire ... (Stunts)
- Persons Unknown as Comet (as Jim Ortega)
- Forest Warrior as Surveyor #2
- Soul of the Game ... (Stunts)
1995
- Strange Days ... (Utility Stunts)
- The Brady Bunch Movie ... (Stunts)
- 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up ... (Stunts)
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure ... (Stunts)
- Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike ... (Stunts)
- Midnight Man ... (Stunts)
1994
- Beverly Hills Cop III as Rondell
- Dragstrip Girl ... (Stunts)
- A Low Down Dirty Shame ... (Stunts)
- Dead Connection as Vince
1993
- Tombstone ... (Stunts)
- Hot Shots! Part Deux ... (Stunts)
- Blind Side ... (Stunts)
- Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert as Fugitive Look-Alike
- Jailbait as Johnny
1992
- Renegade as Acosta
- Bram Stoker's Dracula ... (Stunts)
- Nemesis ... (Stunts)
- American Me ... (Stunts)
1991
- Night Eyes II ... (Stunts)
- Guilty as Charged as Electrician
1990
- Predator 2 ... (Stunts)
- The Rookie ... (Stunts)
- Marked for Death ... (Stunts)
- Internal Affairs as Oscar
- 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
- Beauty and the Beast as Dice
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
- CHiPs as Michael
1971
- Columbo as Reporter