John Augustin Ortiz (born May 23, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in Fast & Furious (2009) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Clyde in Jack Goes Boating (2010), which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also an artistic director/co-founder of the LAByrinth Theater Company.

Filmography

• 2026Daddy Is A Hunter — Carl
• 2026Isabel
• 2026Whalefall — Hewey
• 2025Nobody 2 — Wyatt Martin
• 2025The Diamond King — Narrator
• Bad Monkey — Rogelio 'Ro' Burton
• 2024Poolman — Wayne / Dirk Pfumpter
• The Green Veil — Gilberto Sutton
• The Madness — Franco Quinones
• 2023American Fiction — Arthur
• Will Trent — Antonio Miranda
• Promised Land — Joe Sandoval
• 2022The In Between — Mel
• 2021The Fallout — Carlos Cavell
• 2020Horse Girl — Ron
• Little America — Coach
• Messiah — Felix Iguero
• 2020The Line — Oscar
• 2019Ad Astra — Lieutenant General Rivas
• 2019Ms. White Light — Gary
• 2018Bumblebee — Dr. Powell
• 2018Nostalgia — Daniel Kalman
• 2018Peppermint — Detective Moises Beltran
• 2018Replicas — Jones
• 2018The Cloverfield Paradox — Monk Acosta
• 2017A Dog's Purpose — Carlos
• 2017A Woman, a Part — Isaac Jones
• 2017Going in Style — Jesus
• 2017Kong: Skull Island — Victor Nieves
• The Guest Book — Paul
• 2016The Finest Hours — Wallace Quirey
• 2015Blackhat — Henry Pollack
• 2015Steve Jobs — Joel Pforzheimer
• Togetherness — David
• 2014Cesar Chavez — Eli Ordonez
• Rake — Ben Leon
• 2014The Drop — Detective Torres
• 2013Fast & Furious 6 — Arturo Braga
• 2013Sparrows Dance — Thanks
• Luck — Turo Escalante
• 2012Silver Linings Playbook — Ronnie
• 2010Jack Goes Boating — Clyde, Executive Producer
• 2009Fast & Furious — Ramon Campos
• 2009Public Enemies — Phil D'Andrea
• 2008Pride and Glory — Ruben Santiago
• 2007Aliens vs Predator: Requiem — Sheriff Eddie Morales
• 2007American Gangster — Javier J. Rivera
• 2006El Cantante — Willie Colon
• 2006Miami Vice — José Yero
• 2006Take the Lead — Mr. Temple
• Medium — Daniel Muñoz
• Clubhouse — Carlos Tavares
• The Handler
• CSI: Miami — Gabriel Soto
• 2002Narc — Octavio Ruiz
• 20013 A.M. — Hector
• 2001Piñero — Gang Member
• The Job — Ruben Somarriba
• 2000Before Night Falls — Juan Abreu
• 2000The Opportunists — Ismail Espinoza
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Officer Zermeño
• 1999The Last Marshal — Enrico
• 1998Side Streets — Ramon Yanes
• 1997Amistad — Montes
• 1997Riot — Ciaco
• Lush Life — Nelson 'Margarita' Marquez
• Promised Land — Nicky Pacheco
• 1996Ransom — Roberto
• 1996Sgt. Bilko — Luis Clemente
• 1995Lotto Land — Coco
• 1994It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice — Bassanio
• 1994Italian Movie — Cesar
• New York Undercover — Pago
• Touched by an Angel — Nicky Pacheco
• 1993Carlito's Way — Guajiro
• Law & Order — Victor Vargas, Roberto Martinez
• 1989Angels of the City — Punk Bar

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2009Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" — Self