
Jimmy Ortega
Born: 1957-11-18
Place of birth: 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

Brooklyn South
1997

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

American History X
1998

Columbo
1971

Westworld
2016

Arrested Development
2003

L.A. Confidential
1997

Tombstone
1993

North and South
1985

Beauty and the Beast
1987

Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992

American Me
1992

Babylon
2022

Magnum, P.I.
1980

Lethal Weapon
2016

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998

Walker
2021

Martial Law
1998