Jimmy Ortega

Born: 1957-11-18, El Paso, Texas, USA

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

• V.I.P. (1998)
• Dallas (1978)
• Magnum, P.I. (1980)
• Arrested Development (2003)
• Knots Landing (1979)
• Renegade (1992)
• Walker (2021)
• Babylon (2022)
• Crank: High Voltage (2009)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Brooklyn South (1997)
• The A-Team (2010)
• Traffic (2000)
• Just Like Heaven (2005)
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
• Last Man Standing (1996)
• Knox Goes Away (2024)
• Sabotage (2014)
• The Rum Diary (2011)
• The Replacement Killers (1998)
• Vampires (1998)
• Internal Affairs (1990)
• Man of the House (2005)
• Delta Farce (2007)
• Forest Warrior (1996)
• Extreme Prejudice (1987)
• Moving Violations (1985)
• Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
• Safe Harbor (2009)
• Dead Connection (1994)