John Ortiz
Highest Rated: 93% American Fiction (2023)
Lowest Rated: 9% Replicas (2018)
Birthday: May 23, 1968
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
A New York-based stage actor, John Ortiz carved a niche in urban crime dramas, effectively portraying both sides of the law, while making himself into a catalyst of independent theater. A native of Brooklyn, Ortiz at a young age helped to found the Latino Actors Base theatrical co-op, which would in the 1990s morph into the dynamic LAByrinth Theater Company, wherein he began a long association with friend and fellow actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Ortiz broke into movies in the 1993 Al Pacino vehicle "Carlito's Way," and would go on to a succession of TV and film jobs largely in supporting ethnic roles, most prominently as a cop in Denis Leary's short-lived New York-set police comedy "The Job" (2001-02) and Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" (2007), as well as feral gangster-types in Michael Mann's film revise of "Miami Vice" (2006) and "Fast & Furious" (2009). His stage work became increasingly prominent in New York through the 2000s, highlighted by multiple outings in plays by Jose Rivera and Stephen Adly Guirgis, a 2004 Broadway debut in Nilo Cruz' Pulitzer-winning play "Anna in the Tropics," and a succession of LAByrinth co-productions with the Public Theater. His on-screen presence grew in the late 2000s as he scored one of the leads in the 2007 sci-fi outing "Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem" (2007) and featured supporting roles in the Jennifer Lopez vehicle "El Cantante" (2006) and the critically acclaimed, Hoffman-directed screen adaptation of the LAByrinth/Public-staged play "Jack Goes Boating" (2010). From blue-collar roots to a rising light of the theater, Ortiz struck a deft balance between Hollywood's multicultural penchant for Latino supporting characters and his building recognition as a signature talent of the Gotham stage.
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Filmography
Movies
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93% | 96% | American Fiction | Arthur (Character) | $21.0M | 2023 |
64% | 77% | The In Between | Mel (Character) | - | 2022 |
93% | 84% | The Fallout | Carlos Cavell (Character) | - | 2021 |
71% | 48% | Horse Girl | Ron (Character) | - | 2020 |
57% | 91% | Ms. White Light | Gary (Character) | - | 2019 |
83% | 40% | Ad Astra | Lieutenant General Rivas (Character) | $50.2M | 2019 |
9% | 32% | Replicas | Jones (Character) | $4.0M | 2018 |
90% | 75% | Bumblebee | Dr. Powell (Character) | $127.2M | 2018 |
13% | 70% | Peppermint | Detective Moises Beltran (Character) | $35.4M | 2018 |
39% | 45% | Nostalgia | Daniel (Character) | $84.9K | 2018 |
22% | 41% | The Cloverfield Paradox | Monk (Character) | - | 2018 |
47% | 57% | Going in Style | Jesus (Character) | $45.0M | 2017 |
75% | 70% | Kong: Skull Island | Victor Nieves (Character) | $168.0M | 2017 |
34% | 73% | A Dog's Purpose | Carlos (Character) | $64.3M | 2017 |
86% | 56% | A Woman, a Part | Isaac (Character) | $23.6K | 2016 |
64% | 66% | The Finest Hours | Seaman Wallace Quirey (Character) | $27.6M | 2016 |
85% | 73% | Steve Jobs | Joel Pforzheimer (Character) | $17.8M | 2015 |
33% | 24% | Blackhat | Henry Pollack (Character) | $7.8M | 2015 |
89% | 76% | The Drop | Det. Ortiz (Character) | $10.7M | 2014 |
71% | 84% | Fast & Furious 6 | Braga (Character) | $238.7M | 2013 |
92% | 86% | Silver Linings Playbook | Ronnie (Character) | $132.1M | 2012 |
81% | 75% | Play | John (Character) | - | 2011 |
68% | 48% | Jack Goes Boating |
Clyde (Character), Executive Producer |
$538.8K | 2010 |
28% | 67% | Fast & Furious | Campos (Character) | $155.0M | 2009 |
35% | 49% | Pride and Glory | Ruben Santiago (Character) | $15.7M | 2008 |
12% | 30% | Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | Morales (Character) | $41.8M | 2007 |
81% | 90% | American Gangster | Javier J. Rivera (Character) | $130.1M | 2007 |
25% | 63% | The Singer | Willie Colón (Character) | $7.6M | 2006 |
47% | 43% | Miami Vice | Jose Yero (Character) | $63.4M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deep and Dreamless Sleep | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
83% | 79% | Narc | Octavio Ruiz (Character) | $10.5M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 41% | 3 a.m. | Hector (Character) | - | 2001 |
54% | 44% | The Opportunists | Ismail Espinoza (Character) | $581.1K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Side Streets | Ramon Yanes (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Riot | Ciaco (Character) | - | 1997 |
30% | 47% | Sgt. Bilko | Spc. Luis Clemente (Character) | $30.1M | 1996 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Green Veil | Gilberto Sutton (Character) | 2024 |
100% | 80% | Promised Land | Joe Sandoval (Character) | 2022 |
97% | 84% | Little America | Squash Coach (Character) | 2020 |
45% | 88% | Messiah | Felix (Character) | 2020 |
64% | 89% | The Guest Book | Paul (Guest Star) | 2017 |
68% | 71% | Rake | Ben Leon (Character) | 2014 |
82% | 81% | Luck | Turo Escalante (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clubhouse | Carlos Tavares (Character) | 2004-2005 |
78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Officer Zermeño (Guest Star) | 2004 |
73% | No Score Yet | The Handler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Job | Det. Ruben Sommariba (Character) | 2001-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
29% | No Score Yet | Lush Life | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |