Jimmy Ortega
Acting
Born 1957-11-18
El Paso, Texas, USA
111 credits
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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).
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Filmography
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Acting
33 credits
Columbo
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Dallas
Arrested Development
Magnum, P.I.
Falcon Crest
Taxi
Knots Landing
V.I.P.
Lethal Weapon
The Unit
Renegade
Walker
Babylon
Martial Law
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
L.A. Confidential
The A-Team
Brooklyn South
Crank: High Voltage
Traffic
Just Like Heaven
Strange Days
Beverly Hills Cop III
The Rum Diary
Sabotage
Hidalgo
Knox Goes Away
Last Man Standing
The Replacement Killers
Vampires
The Double
Internal Affairs
Other credits
29 credits
Westworld
North and South
American History X
Predator 2
Mars Attacks!
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
L.A. Confidential
The Longest Yard
The Italian Job
Tombstone
The Mask of Zorro
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Peppermint
Traffic
CHiPs
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Smokin' Aces
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Escape from L.A.
The Rookie
Ghosts of Mars
A Man Apart
Spawn
Savages
Spanglish
Marked for Death
Lakeview Terrace
Nemesis
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