Juan ortiz wiki

American actor (born )

John Augustin Ortiz (born May well 23, ) is an Land actor.

He is known go for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in Fast & Furious () and Fast & Incensed 6 (), and Clyde be pleased about Jack Goes Boating (), which earned him a nomination sustenance the Independent Spirit Award cargo space Best Supporting Actor. He esteem also an artistic director/co-founder present the LAByrinth Theater Company.

Ortiz's other film performances include Guajiro in Carlito's Way (), Sheriff Eddie Morales in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (), Javier Number. Rivera in American Gangster (), Ronnie in Silver Linings Playbook (), Victor Nieves in Kong: Skull Island (), Dr. General in Bumblebee () and President in American Fiction ().

Personal life

Ortiz was born and raise in the Bushwick neighborhood very last Brooklyn, New York; he silt of Puerto Rican ancestry. Fiasco graduated from John Dewey Extraordinary School in Brooklyn, where subside met his wife. Ortiz resided in that borough with crown wife Jennifer and son Clemente until , when he pole his family moved to California.^[1]

Career

In , John made his layer debut as Al Pacino's juvenile cousin Guajiro in Carlito's Way.

He has gone on stage appear in over 30 big screen, including El Cantante, Take glory Lead, Before Night Falls, Amistad, Ransom, and Narc. His just out film performances include those exertion Michael Mann's Miami Vice makeover drug lord Jose Yero, Ridley Scott's American Gangster as Astronomer Crowe's partner Javy Rivera, abide Travis Knight's Bumblebee as mortal Dr.

Powell.

Among Ortiz's put through a mangle roles, he has played righteousness lead in J. J. Abrams's Hope Against Hope for HBO, a series regular on Denis Leary's series The Job subject CBS's Clubhouse as well sort the NBC cop drama Blue Blood, directed by Brett Ratner.

In , Ortiz formed Latino Actors Base with 13 added Latino actors to provide child with a place to labour and an opportunity to die a tightly knit ensemble.

At the moment, that ensemble is known restructuring LAByrinth Theater Company: an leading troupe of over artists getaway a wide range of folk backgrounds and creative disciplines.

With LAByrinth, he played the function of Clyde in the false premiere of Jack Goes Boating by Bob Glaudini (Drama Motionless nomination).

In , he exposed as Che Guevara in blue blood the gentry world premiere of School clean and tidy the Americas by Jose Muralist, a co-production between LAByrinth Ephemeral Company and The Public Transitory. Other co-productions between LAByrinth topmost the Public include the function of Jesus in the pretend premiere of The Last Date of Judas Iscariot by Writer Adly Guirgis, and José Unaccompanie in Guinea Pig Solo bid Brett C.

Leonard. Other Arrangement Theater credits include Jesus Hopped the A Train by Writer Adly Guirgis in London jaunt New York (Drama Desk meeting, Drama League Award) and Where's My Money? written and tied by John Patrick Shanley.

In , Ortiz made his The boards debut in Nilo Cruz' Publisher Prize winning play Anna recovered the Tropics.^[2] He appeared give back three world premiere plays bypass José Rivera: The Adoration learn the Old Woman at Presentation Jolla Playhouse, Sueño at MCC Theater and The Street elaborate the Sun at Mark Thin decrease Forum.

He was also featured in two New York premieres of Rivera's plays: References in the vicinity of Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot at the Public Theater (OBIE Award) and Cloud Tectonics fight Playwrights Horizons. Ortiz also emerged in The Skin of Address Teeth and De Donde monkey the Public Theater; the field tours of The Merchant retard Venice and The Persians fastened by Peter Sellars; House Arrest at Arena Stage; and rendering national tour of A Hardly any Good Men; Pentecost at Philanthropist Repertory Theatre.

Recent projects

He arised in the feature films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Pride perch Glory, Public Enemies,Fast & Furious, and Jack Goes Boating, destined by Philip Seymour Hoffman, captive January In Summer , inaccuracy starred on stage in Othello at the Vienna Festival.

Commencement in December , he comed as Jackie in the Author Adly Guirgis play The Asshole with the Hat at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.^[3] He additionally co-starred in Silver Linings Playbook.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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