John Ortiz

John Ortiz was born on May 23, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is married to Jennifer Ortiz and the couple has a son named Clemente. The family currently resides in California. Ortiz is active on Twitter and loves to connect with his fans through this medium.

John Ortiz first appeared on television in 1992, in the drama series ‘Law & Order’. He then appeared in the movies ‘Carlito's Way’ and ‘Lotto Land’. In 1996, he was cast as Nelson 'Margarita' Marquez in the TV series ‘Lush Life’. A year later, he appeared in the series ‘Touched by an Angel’ as well as in the TV movie ‘Riot’. After this, the actor got featured in the movies ‘The Opportunists’ and ‘Before Night Falls’.

He started playing the role of Ruben Somarriba in the series ‘The Job’ in 2001. After this, he appeared in an episode of ‘The Handler’ and ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ respectively. In 2004, Ortiz joined the cast of the drama ‘Clubhouse’ as Carlos Tavares. Two years later, he did the films ‘El Cantante’, ‘Take the Lead’ and ‘Miami Vice’. Soon after this, he appeared in the biographical crime film ‘American Gangster’. He then did the TV movie ‘Anatomy of Hope’.

The American artiste then acted in the flick ‘Jack Goes Boating’ in 2010. He also served as the executive producer for this film. A year later, he was cast for the series ‘Luck’. From 2013 to 2015, he worked in both small screen and big screen projects, such as ‘Fast & Furious 6’, ‘César Chávez’, ‘The Drop’, ‘Blackhat’, ‘Togetherness’ and ‘Steve Jobs’. In 2016 and 2017, he appeared in the films ‘The Finest Hours’, ‘A Woman, a Part’, ‘Kong: Skull Island’, ‘A Dog's Purpose’ and ‘Going in Style’.