
Biography
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).
Filmography50+ titles

Star Trek: The Next Generation

American History X

Columbo

Westworld

Arrested Development

L.A. Confidential

Tombstone

Dracula

North and South

Babylon

American Me

Beauty and the Beast

Lethal Weapon

The Unit

Magnum, P.I.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Walker

Traffic

Knox Goes Away

Just Like Heaven

Amistad

Strange Days

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Hidalgo

Knots Landing

CHiPs

The Italian Job

Dallas

Peppermint

Fast & Furious

The Longest Yard

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Renegade

The Mask of Zorro

Smokin' Aces

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Savages

The A-Team

Mars Attacks!

Last Man Standing

Internal Affairs

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

The Replacement Killers

Vampires

Tall Tale

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

Predator 2

Hooper

K-9

Extreme Prejudice