The Biography

Jimmy Ortega (born November 18, 1957, in El Paso, Texas) is an American stuntman and actor. He performed in summer stock theater in El Paso before moving to Los Angeles in 1978, where he began doing stunts on Hooper. He received a Stuntman Award for his work on the miniseries North and South and shared in the Screen Actors Guild Award for the cast of Traffic. His acting roles include Last Man Standing, L.A. Confidential, Vampires, The Rum Diary, The A-Team, Sabotage and Babylon.