Jimmy Ortega
Profession: Acting
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).
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).
Born on: Mon Nov 18 1957 at El Paso, Texas, USA
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Westworld
20168/10
North and South
19857.5/10
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
20056.7/10
American History X
19988.3/10
Bram Stoker's Dracula
19927.5/10
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
20186.9/10
Predator 2
19906.3/10
The Longest Yard
20056.7/10
The Italian Job
20036.8/10
Tombstone
19937.6/10
The Mask of Zorro
19986.6/10
L.A. Confidential
19977.8/10
Mars Attacks!
19966.4/10
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
20036.3/10
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
19987.2/10
Spawn
19975.5/10
Smokin' Aces
20066.5/10
Traffic
20007.1/10
Hot Shots! Part Deux
19936.5/10
Escape from L.A.
19965.9/10
Peppermint
20186.7/10
Ghosts of Mars
20015.2/10
A Man Apart
20036.1/10
Strange Days
19957/10
Hidalgo
20046.9/10
Savages
20126.4/10
Running Scared
19866.1/10
American Me
19927.4/10
Man of the House
20055.8/10
Spanglish
20046/10
The Brady Bunch Movie
19956.1/10
Lakeview Terrace
20086/10
K-9
19896.2/10
Marked for Death
19906.1/10
Nemesis
19925.4/10
The Rookie
19905.9/10
The Base
19994.7/10
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
19905.6/10
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
19955.1/10
The Seventh Sign
19886/10
All the Pretty Horses
20005.7/10
Serving Sara
20025.4/10
Foxfire
19966/10
Hooper
19786.3/10
She's So Lovely
19975.9/10
The Nude Bomb
19805.3/10
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
19956.2/10
Extreme Prejudice
19876.2/10
Ticker
20026.7/10
Out to Sea
19975.8/10
Double Take
20015.6/10
Fast & Furious
20096.7/10
Soul of the Game
19964.9/10
A Low Down Dirty Shame
19945.7/10
The Babymakers
20125/10
Amistad
19977/10
Night Eyes II
19915.9/10
Blind Side
19935.5/10
Running Red
19995.5/10
Ringmaster
19984.2/10
David and Lisa
19986/10
Submerged
20003.7/10
Across the Line
20004.5/10
Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike
19955.1/10
Dragstrip Girl
19944.2/10
Midnight Man
19955.5/10Dead Write
20071.7/10