Acting
John Ortiz
Born 1968-05-23
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
John Augustin Ortiz (born May 23, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in Fast & Furious (2009) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Clyde in Jack Goes Boating (2010), which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also an artistic director/co-founder of the LAByrinth Theater Company.
Known For
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Silver Linings Playbook
2012
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Kong: Skull Island
2017
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Fast & Furious 6
2013
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Fast & Furious
2009
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Ad Astra
2019
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Bumblebee
2018
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American Gangster
2007
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Public Enemies
2009
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Steve Jobs
2015
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (80 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Whalefall | Hewey | Movie | 2026 |
 | Daddy Is A Hunter | Carl | Movie | 2026 |
 | Isabel | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Nobody 2 | Wyatt Martin | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Diamond King | Narrator | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Madness | Franco Quinones | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Bad Monkey | Rogelio 'Ro' Burton | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Poolman | Wayne / Dirk Pfumpter | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Green Veil | Gilberto Sutton | TV Series | 2024 |
 | American Fiction | Arthur | Movie | 2023 |
 | Will Trent | Antonio Miranda | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The In Between | Mel | Movie | 2022 |
 | Promised Land | Joe Sandoval | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Fallout | Carlos Cavell | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Line | Oscar | Movie | 2020 |
 | Horse Girl | Ron | Movie | 2020 |
 | Little America | Coach | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Messiah | Felix Iguero | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Ad Astra | Lieutenant General Rivas | Movie | 2019 |
 | Ms. White Light | Gary | Movie | 2019 |
 | Bumblebee | Dr. Powell | Movie | 2018 |
 | Replicas | Jones | Movie | 2018 |
 | Peppermint | Detective Moises Beltran | Movie | 2018 |
 | Nostalgia | Daniel Kalman | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Cloverfield Paradox | Monk Acosta | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Guest Book | Paul | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Going in Style | Jesus | Movie | 2017 |
 | A Woman, a Part | Isaac Jones | Movie | 2017 |
 | Kong: Skull Island | Victor Nieves | Movie | 2017 |
 | A Dog's Purpose | Carlos | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Finest Hours | Wallace Quirey | Movie | 2016 |
 | Steve Jobs | Joel Pforzheimer | Movie | 2015 |
 | Blackhat | Henry Pollack | Movie | 2015 |
 | Togetherness | David | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Drop | Detective Torres | Movie | 2014 |
 | Cesar Chavez | Eli Ordonez | Movie | 2014 |
 | Rake | Ben Leon | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Sparrows Dance | Thanks | Movie | 2013 |
 | Fast & Furious 6 | Arturo Braga | Movie | 2013 |
 | Silver Linings Playbook | Ronnie | Movie | 2012 |
 | Luck | Turo Escalante | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Jack Goes Boating | Clyde | Movie | 2010 |
| Jack Goes Boating | Executive Producer | Movie | 2010 |
 | Public Enemies | Phil D'Andrea | Movie | 2009 |
 | Fast & Furious | Ramon Campos | Movie | 2009 |
 | Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | Pride and Glory | Ruben Santiago | Movie | 2008 |
 | Aliens vs Predator: Requiem | Sheriff Eddie Morales | Movie | 2007 |
 | American Gangster | Javier J. Rivera | Movie | 2007 |
 | El Cantante | Willie Colon | Movie | 2006 |
 | Miami Vice | José Yero | Movie | 2006 |
 | Take the Lead | Mr. Temple | Movie | 2006 |
 | Medium | Daniel Muñoz | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Clubhouse | Carlos Tavares | TV Series | 2004 |
 | The Handler | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 |
 | CSI: Miami | Gabriel Soto | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Narc | Octavio Ruiz | Movie | 2002 |
 | Piñero | Gang Member | Movie | 2001 |
 | 3 A.M. | Hector | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Job | Ruben Somarriba | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Before Night Falls | Juan Abreu | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Opportunists | Ismail Espinoza | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Last Marshal | Enrico | Movie | 1999 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Officer Zermeño | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Side Streets | Ramon Yanes | Movie | 1998 |
 | Amistad | Montes | Movie | 1997 |
 | Riot | Ciaco | Movie | 1997 |
 | Ransom | Roberto | Movie | 1996 |
 | Promised Land | Nicky Pacheco | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Lush Life | Nelson 'Margarita' Marquez | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Sgt. Bilko | Luis Clemente | Movie | 1996 |
 | Lotto Land | Coco | Movie | 1995 |
 | It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice | Bassanio | Movie | 1994 |
 | Touched by an Angel | Nicky Pacheco | TV Series | 1994 |
 | New York Undercover | Pago | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Italian Movie | Cesar | Movie | 1994 |
 | Carlito's Way | Guajiro | Movie | 1993 |
 | Law & Order | Victor Vargas | TV Series | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Roberto Martinez | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Angels of the City | Punk Bar | Movie | 1989 |