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).
Babylon
as Elephant WranglerA tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple...
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A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite...
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Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods...
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Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it...
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When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a...
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Traffic
as Arrested Man in ApartmentAn exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For...
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Just Like Heaven
as Security GuardShortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on...
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Vampires
as Male Vampire #1The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires...
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Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era...
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The Replacement Killers
as GangsterHired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of...
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Sabotage
as SicarioJohn "Breacher" Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug...
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Extreme Prejudice
as Young Mexican ManA Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are...
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Man of the House
as Border Bus DriverTexas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key...
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Last Man Standing
as Ramirez BodyguardJohn Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era...
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Internal Affairs
as OscarKeen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and...
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The Double
as CoyoteThe mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet...
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Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as CopA hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that...
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Delta Farce
as Bandito #2Three bumbling Army reservists are hustled onto a plane headed for combat in Iraq -- but the...
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Moving Violations
as Spanish Immigration OfficerA group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their...
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Jailbait
as Johnny17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run...
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Persons Unknown
as Comet (as Jim Ortega)When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after...
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Ticker
as Body Guard 2The Driver drives a wounded diplomat, who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter...
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Safe Harbor
as SheriffDoug and Robbie are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves...
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Ground Zero
as JohansonWhen a series of strange earthquakes hit California, a seismologist named Kimberly Stevenson is...
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Guilty As Charged
as ElectricianA female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run...
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Dead Connection
as VinceAfter a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, police detective Matt Dickson heads out...
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Out of the Blue
as Henchman #2“Out of the Blue” is about a determined woman fighting her way through a series of unique...
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Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
as Fugitive Look-AlikeA lady private eye on her first job working a routine divorce case teams up with a cynical,...
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Columbo
as ReporterColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as TorresFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
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Dallas
as SheriffThe world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....
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Falcon Crest
as RamonFalcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...
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Knots Landing
as SheriffThe domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...
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Lethal Weapon
as Drug DealerA slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's...
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Renegade
as AcostaFramed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while...
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Renegade
as Border GuardFramed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while...
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Arrested Development
as Mexican Border OfficialThe story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to...
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Walker
as LookoutCordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin...
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V.I.P.
as DriverWhile attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her...
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CHiPs
as uncreditedLighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...
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