Jimmy Ortega
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 (49)
Knox Goes Away
Babylon
Walker
Lethal Weapon
Sabotage
Out of the Blue
The Rum Diary
The Double
The A-Team
Crank: High Voltage
Safe Harbor
Lone Rider
Delta Farce
The Unit
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Just Like Heaven
Man of the House
Arrested Development
Ticker
Traffic
Ground Zero
Martial Law
Vampires
The Replacement Killers
V.I.P.
Brooklyn South
L.A. Confidential
Last Man Standing
Persons Unknown
Forest Warrior
Beverly Hills Cop III
Dead Connection
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
Jailbait
Renegade
Guilty As Charged
Internal Affairs- Juarez
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Beauty and the Beast
Extreme Prejudice
Moving Violations
Falcon Crest
Magnum, P.I.
Knots Landing
Taxi
Dallas
CHiPs
Columbo
Crew (62)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado
- Peppermint
- Westworld
- Savages
- The Babymakers
- Fast & Furious
- Lakeview Terrace
- Dead Write
- Smokin' Aces
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- The Longest Yard
- Hidalgo
- Spanglish
- The Italian Job
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- A Man Apart
- Serving Sara
- Double Take
- Ghosts of Mars
- All the Pretty Horses
- Across the Line
- Submerged
- Running Red
- The Base
- American History X
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- The Mask of Zorro
- David and Lisa
- Ringmaster
- Amistad
- She's So Lovely
- Out to Sea
- Spawn
- Mars Attacks!
- Foxfire
- Escape from L.A.
- Soul of the Game
- Strange Days
- Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
- The Brady Bunch Movie
- Midnight Man
- 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
- Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike
- A Low Down Dirty Shame
- Dragstrip Girl
- Tombstone
- Hot Shots! Part Deux
- Blind Side
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
- American Me
- Nemesis
- Night Eyes II
- Predator 2
- Marked for Death
- The Rookie
- Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
- K-9
- The Seventh Sign
- Running Scared
- North and South
- The Nude Bomb
- Hooper