
Actor
Jimmy Ortega
Born 1957 · El Paso, Texas, USA
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).
Acting

L.A. Confidential
Second Mexican (uncredited) · 1997

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Torres · 1987

Babylon
Elephant Wrangler · 2022

Arrested Development
Mexican Border Official · 2003

Traffic
Arrested Man in Apartment · 2000

Just Like Heaven
Security Guard · 2005

The A-Team
Mexican Captor #2 · 2010

Columbo
Reporter · 1971

Crank: High Voltage
Groundskeeper (uncredited) · 2009

Lethal Weapon
Drug Dealer · 2016

Vampires
Male Vampire #1 · 1998

Beverly Hills Cop III
Rondell · 1994

Magnum, P.I.
Suertudo · 1980

Last Man Standing
Ramirez Bodyguard · 1996

Knox Goes Away
Guard · 2024

Walker
Lookout · 2021

The Rum Diary
Cop on Fire · 2011

Beauty and the Beast
Dice · 1987

Sabotage
Sicario #1 · 2014

The Replacement Killers
Gangster · 1998

The Unit
Cop #1 · 2006

Internal Affairs
Oscar · 1990

The Double
Coyote · 2011

Dallas
Sheriff · 1978