Jimmy Ortega: movies and TV shows
Jimmy Ortega has 117 credits in the archive: 97 films and 20 TV series, from 1971 to 2024. Highest rated: Brooklyn South (9.6/10).
Career timeline
1971 – 2024 · busiest year: 1998 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Knox Goes Away | Guard | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2022 | Babylon | Elephant Wrangler | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2021 | Walker | Lookout | TV | 7.1 | 63 |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2018 | Peppermint | Film | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 2016 | Westworld | TV | 8.0 | 58 | |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Drug Dealer | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 2014 | Sabotage | Sicario #1 | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 2013 | Out of the Blue | Henchman #2 | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2012 | Savages | Film | 6.4 | 54 | |
| 2012 | The Babymakers | Film | 5.0 | 54 | |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | Cop on Fire | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 2011 | The Double | Coyote | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 2010 | The A-Team | Mexican Captor #2 | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 2009 | Crank: High Voltage | Groundskeeper (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious | Film | 6.7 | 51 | |
| 2009 | Safe Harbor | Sheriff | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 2008 | Lakeview Terrace | Film | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 2008 | Lone Rider | Rough Rider #4 | Film | 4.0 | 50 |
| 2007 | Delta Farce | Bandito #2 | Film | 4.6 | 49 |
| 2007 | Dead Write | Film | 1.7 | 49 | |
| 2006 | The Unit | Cop #1 | TV | 7.3 | 48 |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Film | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 2006 | Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | Cop | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Security Guard | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | Man of the House | Border Bus Driver | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2005 | Man of the House | Film | 5.8 | 47 | |
| 2004 | Spanglish | Film | 6.0 | 46 | |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Film | 6.9 | 46 | |
| 2003 | Arrested Development | Mexican Border Official | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2003 | The Italian Job | Film | 6.8 | 45 | |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 2003 | A Man Apart | Film | 6.2 | 45 | |
| 2002 | Serving Sara | Film | 5.4 | 44 | |
| 2002 | Ticker | Body Guard 2 | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 2002 | Ticker | Film | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 2001 | Ghosts of Mars | Film | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 2001 | Double Take | Film | 5.5 | 43 | |
| 2000 | Traffic | Arrested Man in Apartment | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 2000 | Traffic | Film | 7.1 | 42 | |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | Film | 5.7 | 42 | |
| 2000 | Ground Zero | Johanson | Film | 4.1 | 42 |
| 2000 | Submerged | Film | 3.7 | 42 | |
| 2000 | Across the Line | Film | 4.5 | 42 | |
| 1999 | Running Red | Film | 5.5 | 41 | |
| 1999 | The Base | Film | 4.7 | 41 | |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Driver | TV | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1998 | Martial Law | Tino | TV | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1998 | American History X | Film | 8.3 | 40 | |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Film | 6.6 | 40 | |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Film | 7.2 | 40 | |
| 1998 | Vampires | Male Vampire #1 | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | Gangster | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1998 | David and Lisa | Film | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1998 | Ringmaster | Film | 4.2 | 40 | |
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | First Killer | TV | 9.6 | 39 |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Second Mexican (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 39 |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Film | 7.8 | 39 | |
| 1997 | Spawn | Film | 5.5 | 39 | |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely | Film | 5.9 | 39 | |
| 1997 | Out to Sea | Film | 5.8 | 39 | |
| 1997 | Amistad | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Film | 6.4 | 38 | |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Film | 5.9 | 38 | |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | Ramirez Bodyguard | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1996 | Foxfire | Film | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 1996 | Forest Warrior | Surveyor #2 | Film | 4.7 | 38 |
| 1996 | Persons Unknown | Comet (as Jim Ortega) | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Film | 4.9 | 38 | |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1995 | The Brady Bunch Movie | Film | 6.1 | 37 | |
| 1995 | 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up | Film | 5.1 | 37 | |
| 1995 | Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike | Film | 5.1 | 37 | |
| 1995 | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Film | 6.2 | 37 | |
| 1995 | Midnight Man | Film | 5.2 | 37 | |
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Rondell | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1994 | A Low Down Dirty Shame | Film | 5.7 | 36 | |
| 1994 | Dragstrip Girl | Film | 4.2 | 36 | |
| 1994 | Dead Connection | Vince | Film | 4.6 | 36 |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Film | 7.6 | 35 | |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Film | 6.6 | 35 | |
| 1993 | Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert | Fugitive Look-Alike | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1993 | Jailbait | Johnny | Film | 3.3 | 35 |
| 1993 | Blind Side | Film | 5.5 | 35 | |
| 1992 | Renegade | Acosta | TV | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1992 | Renegade | Border Guard | TV | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Film | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 1992 | Nemesis | Film | 5.4 | 34 | |
| 1992 | American Me | Film | 7.4 | 34 | |
| 1991 | Night Eyes II | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1991 | Guilty As Charged | Electrician | Film | 4.1 | 33 |
| 1990 | Predator 2 | Film | 6.3 | 32 | |
| 1990 | Marked for Death | Film | 6.1 | 32 | |
| 1990 | The Rookie | Film | 5.9 | 32 | |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Oscar | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1990 | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Film | 5.6 | 32 | |
| 1989 | K-9 | Film | 6.2 | 31 | |
| 1988 | The Seventh Sign | Film | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 1988 | Juarez | Luis | Film | — | 30 |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Torres | TV | 8.4 | 29 |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Young Mexican Man | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Film | 6.3 | 29 | |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Dice | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1986 | Running Scared | Film | 6.1 | 28 | |
| 1985 | North and South | TV | 7.5 | 27 | |
| 1985 | Moving Violations | Spanish Immigration Officer | Film | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Ramon | TV | 5.6 | 23 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Suertudo | TV | 7.3 | 22 |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb | Film | 5.3 | 22 | |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Sheriff | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1978 | Dallas | Sheriff | TV | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1978 | Taxi | Cab Driver (uncredited) | TV | 7.3 | 20 |
| 1978 | Hooper | Film | 6.3 | 20 | |
| 1977 | CHiPs | TV | 6.8 | 19 | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Reporter | TV | 8.1 | 13 |