Jimmy Ortega
Crew · Acting
Born November 18, 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).
Filmography
- 2024Knox Goes Away — Guard
- 2022Babylon — Elephant Wrangler
- Walker — Lookout
- 2018Peppermint — Stunts
- 2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado — Stunts
- Lethal Weapon — Drug Dealer
- Westworld — Stunts
- 2014Sabotage — Sicario #1
- 2013Out of the Blue — Henchman #2
- 2012Savages — Stunt Double
- 2012The Babymakers — Stunt Double
- 2011The Double — Coyote
- 2011The Rum Diary — Cop on Fire
- 2010The A-Team — Mexican Captor #2
- 2009Crank: High Voltage — Groundskeeper (uncredited)
- 2009Fast & Furious — Stunts
- 2009Safe Harbor — Sheriff
- 2008Lakeview Terrace — Stunts
- 2008Lone Rider — Rough Rider #4
- 2007Dead Write — Stunt Coordinator
- 2007Delta Farce — Bandito #2
- 2006Smokin' Aces — Stunts
- 2006Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror — Cop
- The Unit — Cop #1
- 2005Just Like Heaven — Security Guard
- 2005Man of the House — Border Bus Driver, Stunts
- 2005Mr. & Mrs. Smith — Utility Stunts
- 2005The Longest Yard — Stunts
- 2004Hidalgo — Utility Stunts
- 2004Spanglish — Stunts
- 2003A Man Apart — Stunts
- Arrested Development — Mexican Border Official
- 2003Once Upon a Time in Mexico — Stunts
- 2003The Italian Job — Stunts
- 2002Serving Sara — Stunts
- 2002Ticker — Body Guard 2, Stunts
- 2001Double Take — Stunts
- 2001Ghosts of Mars — Stunts
- 2000Across the Line — Stunts
- 2000All the Pretty Horses — Stunts
- 2000Ground Zero — Johanson
- 2000Submerged — Stunts
- 2000Traffic — Arrested Man in Apartment, Stunt Double
- 1999Running Red — Stunts
- 1999The Base — Stunts
- 1998American History X — Stunts
- 1998David and Lisa — Stunt Coordinator
- 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Stunt Double
- Martial Law — Tino
- 1998Ringmaster — Stunts
- 1998The Mask of Zorro — Stunts
- 1998The Replacement Killers — Gangster
- V.I.P. — Driver
- 1998Vampires — Male Vampire #1
- 1997Amistad — Stunts
- Brooklyn South — First Killer
- 1997L.A. Confidential — Second Mexican (uncredited), Stunts
- 1997Out to Sea — Stunts
- 1997She's So Lovely — Stunts
- 1997Spawn — Stunts
- 1996Escape from L.A. — Stunts
- 1996Forest Warrior — Surveyor #2
- 1996Foxfire — Stunts
- 1996Last Man Standing — Ramirez Bodyguard
- 1996Mars Attacks! — Stunts
- 1996Persons Unknown — Comet (as Jim Ortega)
- 1996Soul of the Game — Stunts
- 19953 Ninjas Knuckle Up — Stunts
- 1995Midnight Man — Stunts
- 1995Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike — Stunts
- 1995Strange Days — Utility Stunts
- 1995Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure — Stunts
- 1995The Brady Bunch Movie — Stunts
- 1994A Low Down Dirty Shame — Stunts
- 1994Beverly Hills Cop III — Rondell
- 1994Dead Connection — Vince
- 1994Dragstrip Girl — Stunts
- 1993Blind Side — Stunts
- 1993Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert — Fugitive Look-Alike
- 1993Hot Shots! Part Deux — Stunts
- 1993Jailbait — Johnny
- 1993Tombstone — Stunts
- 1992American Me — Stunts
- 1992Bram Stoker's Dracula — Stunts
- 1992Nemesis — Stunts
- Renegade — Acosta, Border Guard
- 1991Guilty as Charged — Electrician
- 1991Night Eyes II — Stunts
- 1990Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection — Stunts
- 1990Internal Affairs — Oscar
- 1990Marked for Death — Stunts
- 1990Predator 2 — Stunts
- 1990The Rookie — Stunts
- 1989K-9 — Stunts
- 1988Juarez — Luis
- 1988The Seventh Sign — Stunts
- Beauty and the Beast — Dice
- 1987Extreme Prejudice — Young Mexican Man, Stunts
- Star Trek: The Next Generation — Torres
- 1986Running Scared — Stunts
- 1985Moving Violations — Spanish Immigration Officer
- North and South — Stunts
- Falcon Crest — Ramon
- Magnum, P.I. — Suertudo
- 1980The Nude Bomb — Stunts
- Knots Landing — Sheriff
- Dallas — Sheriff
- 1978Hooper — Stunts
- Taxi — Cab Driver (uncredited)
- CHiPs — Michael
- Columbo — Reporter