Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 18, 1957
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Credits
111 titles
Jimmy Ortega
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).
Known For
Filmography
Knox Goes Away
Guard
Babylon
Elephant Wrangler
Walker
Lookout
Peppermint
Stunts
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Stunts
Westworld
Stunts
Lethal Weapon
Drug Dealer
Sabotage
Sicario #1
Out of the Blue
Henchman #2
The Babymakers
Stunt Double
Savages
Stunt Double
The Double
Coyote
The Rum Diary
Cop on Fire
The A-Team
Mexican Captor #2
Safe Harbor
Sheriff
Crank: High Voltage
Groundskeeper (uncredited)
Fast & Furious
Stunts
Lakeview Terrace
Stunts
Lone Rider
Rough Rider #4
Delta Farce
Bandito #2
Dead Write
Stunt Coordinator
Smokin' Aces
Stunts
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Cop
The Unit
Cop #1
Just Like Heaven
Security Guard
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Utility Stunts
The Longest Yard
Stunts
Man of the House
Border Bus Driver
Spanglish
Stunts
Hidalgo
Utility Stunts
Arrested Development
Mexican Border Official
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Stunts
The Italian Job
Stunts
A Man Apart
Stunts
Ticker
Body Guard 2
Serving Sara
Stunts
Ghosts of Mars
Stunts
Double Take
Stunts
Traffic
Arrested Man in Apartment
All the Pretty Horses
Stunts
Submerged
Stunts
Ground Zero
Johanson
Across the Line
Stunts
Running Red
Stunts
The Base
Stunts
Ringmaster
Stunts
David and Lisa
Stunt Coordinator
Vampires
Male Vampire #1
V.I.P.
Driver
Martial Law
Tino