John Ortiz
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.
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Acting History
2026
Whalefall as Hewey
2025Nobody 2 as Wyatt Martin
2025The Diamond King as Narrator
2024The Madness as Franco Quinones
2024Bad Monkey as Rogelio 'Ro' Burton
2024Poolman as Wayne / Dirk Pfumpter
2024The Green Veil as Gilberto Sutton
2023American Fiction as Arthur
2023Will Trent as Antonio Miranda
2022The In Between as Mel
2022Promised Land as Joe Sandoval
2021The Fallout as Carlos Cavell
2020The Line as Oscar
2020Horse Girl as Ron
2020Little America as Coach
2020Messiah as Felix Iguero
2019Ad Astra as Lieutenant General Rivas
2019Ms. White Light as Gary
2018Bumblebee as Dr. Powell
2018Replicas as Jones
2018Peppermint as Detective Moises Beltran
2018Nostalgia as Daniel Kalman
2018The Cloverfield Paradox as Monk Acosta
2017The Guest Book as Paul
2017Going in Style as Jesus
2017A Woman, a Part as Isaac Jones
2017Kong: Skull Island as Victor Nieves
2017A Dog's Purpose as Carlos
2016The Finest Hours as Wallace Quirey
2015Steve Jobs as Joel Pforzheimer
2015Blackhat as Henry Pollack
2015Togetherness as David
2014The Drop as Detective Torres
2014Cesar Chavez as Eli Ordonez
2014Rake as Ben Leon
2013Fast & Furious 6 as Arturo Braga
2012Silver Linings Playbook as Ronnie
2012Luck as Turo Escalante
2010Jack Goes Boating as Clyde
2009Public Enemies as Phil D'Andrea
2009Fast & Furious as Ramon Campos
2009Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" as Self
2008Pride and Glory as Ruben Santiago
2007Aliens vs Predator: Requiem as Sheriff Eddie Morales
2007American Gangster as Javier J. Rivera
2006El Cantante as Willie Colon
2006Miami Vice as José Yero
2006Take the Lead as Mr. Temple
2005Medium as Daniel Muñoz
2004Clubhouse as Carlos Tavares
2003The Handler
2002CSI: Miami as Gabriel Soto
2002Narc as Octavio Ruiz
20013 A.M. as Hector
2001The Job as Ruben Somarriba
2000Before Night Falls as Juan Abreu
2000The Opportunists as Ismail Espinoza
1999The Last Marshal as Enrico
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Officer Zermeño
1998Side Streets as Ramon Yanes
1997Amistad as Montes
1997Riot as Ciaco
1996Ransom as Roberto
1996Promised Land as Nicky Pacheco
1996Lush Life as Nelson 'Margarita' Marquez
1996Sgt. Bilko as SPC Luis Clemente
1994It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice as Bassanio
1994Touched by an Angel as Nicky Pacheco
1994New York Undercover as Pago
1994Italian Movie as Cesar
1993Carlito's Way as Guajiro
1990Law & Order as Victor Vargas
1990Law & Order as Roberto Martinez
1989Angels of the City as Punk Bar
—The Mothership
—Isabel
—Daddy Is A Hunter as Carl