Jimmy Ortega
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).
48 acting credits
Acting · 48
Columbo
1971
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Dallas
1978
Falcon Crest
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Knots Landing
1979
Arrested Development
2003
V.I.P.
1998
The Unit
2006
Renegade
1992
Lethal Weapon
2016
Walker
2021
CHiPs
1977
Martial Law
1998
Brooklyn South
1997
Babylon
2022
L.A. Confidential
1997
Crank: High Voltage
2009
The A-Team
2010
Just Like Heaven
2005
Traffic
2000
Vampires
1998
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
Last Man Standing
1996
The Replacement Killers
1998
Sabotage
2014
Internal Affairs
1990
The Rum Diary
2011
Man of the House
2005
Knox Goes Away
2024
The Double
2011
Delta Farce
2007
Extreme Prejudice
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Moving Violations
1985
Ticker
2002
Forest Warrior
1996
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
Jailbait
1993
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
1993
Ground Zero
2000
Dead Connection
1994
Persons Unknown
1996
Juarez
1988
Lone Rider
2008
Guilty As Charged
1991
Safe Harbor
2009
Out of the Blue
2013