John Augustin Ortiz (born May 23, 1968) is an American actor best known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), and American Gangster (2007).
He is married to Jennifer Ortiz and they have one child.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1989: Angels Of The City as Punk Bar
- 1993: Carlito's Way as Guajiro
- 1995: Lotto Land as Coco
- 1995: Italian Movie as Cesar
- 1995: Shadow Ops as Cruz
- 1996: Sgt Bilko as Spc. Luis Clemente
- 1996: Riot as Ciaco
- 1996: Ransom as Roberto
- 1997: Amistad as Montes
- 1998: Side Streets as Ramon Yanes
- 1999: The Last Marshal as Enrico
- 1999: The Opportunists as Ismail Espinoza
- 1999: Play It To The Bone as Gym Owner
- 2000: Before Night Falls as Juann Abreu
- 2001: Three AM as Hector
- 2001: Pinero as Gang Member
- 2002: Narc (2002) as Octavio Ruiz
- 2006: Take the Lead as Mr. Temple
- 2006: The Deep And Dreamless Sleep as Mervin
- 2006: Miami Vice as Jose Yero
- 2006: El Cantante as Willie Colon
- 2007: American Gangster as Javier J. Rivera
- 2007: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem as Morales
- 2008: Pride And Glory as Ruben Santiago
- 2008: Blue Blood as Hector
- 2009: Fast & Furious as Campos
- 2009: Public Enemies as Phil D'Andrea
- 2009: Anatomy Of Hope as Tom Hernandez
- 2010: Jack Goes Boating as Clyde (also producer)
- 2012: Silver Lingings Playbook as Ronnie
- 2013: Fast & Furious 6 as Braga
- 2014: Cesar Chavez as Eli Ordonez
- 2014: The Drop as Det. Torres
- 2015: Blackhat as Henry Pollack
- 2015: Steve Jobs as Joel Pforzheimer
- 2016: The Finest Hours as Wallace Quirey
- 2016: A Woman A Part as Isaac
- 2017: Kong: Skull Island as Victor Nieves
- 2017: A Dog's Purpose as Carlos
- 2017: Going in Style as Jesus/Bank Robber #1
- 2018: Nostalgia as Daniel
- 2018: The Cloverfield Paradox as Monk
- 2018: Peppermint as Det. Moises Beltran
- 2018: Replicas as Jones
- 2018: Bumblebee as Dr. Powell
- 2019: Ms White Light as Gary
- 2019: Ad Astra as Lt. Gen. Rivas
- 2020: Horse Girl as Ron
- 2021: The Fallout as Carlos Cavell
- 2022: The In Between as Mel
- 2023: American Fiction as Arthur
Television Roles
- 1992-2008: Law & Order as Victor Vargas/Roberto Martinez (2 episodes)
- 1995: New York Undercover as Pago
- 1996: Lush Life as Nelson 'Margarita' Marquez
- 1997: Touched by an Angel as Nicky Pacheco
- 1997: Promised Land as Nicky Pacheco
- 2001-2002: The Job as Ruben Somarriba
- 2003: The Handler as DEA Agent
- 2004: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Officer Zermeno
- 2004-2005: Clubhouse as Carlos Tavares
- 2007: CSI: Miami as Gabriel Soto
- 2009: Medium as Agent Daniel Munoz
- 2011-2012: Luck as Turo Escalante
- 2014: Rake as Ben Leon
- 2015-2016: Togetherness as David (7 episodes)
- 2017: The Guest Book as Paul
- 2019: The Handmaid's Tale as Jim Thorne
- 2020: Messiah as Felix Iguero
- 2020: Little America as Coach
- 2022: Promised Land as Joe Sandoval
- 2022: Better Things as Ranger
Shorts
- 1994: The Dark Knight as Paul/Dark Knight
Theatre Roles
- 1997 Cloud Tectonics as Anibal de la Luna
- 1998 The Skin of Our Teeth as Henry Antrobus
- 2000 Jesus Hopped The A Train as Angel Cruz
- 2001 References To Salvador Dali Makes Me Hot as Benito
- 2004 Guinea Pig Solo as Jose Solo
- 2005 The Last Days of Judas Iscariot as Jesus of Nazareth
- 2006 School Of The Americas as Che Guevara
- 2007 Jack Goes Boating as Clyde
- 2009 Othello as Othello
