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John Ortiz

John Ortiz


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  • Miami Vice
  • Miami Vice review by from England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Which Way Is up? 28 February 2011
    ...modern day Crocket and Tubs. The supporting cast rolls deep, with Ciaran Hinds, John Ortiz and Gong Li, all delivering fine, gritty performances. the dialogue is cracking...   Read customer review

John Ortiz - filmography


  • Luck - Season 1 - Blu-ray (3 discs) (2012)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Dennis Farina,  John Ortiz
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Released from prison after three years, "Ace" Bernstein plots revenge against the colleagues who betrayed him. With his trusted aide/chauffeur Gus Demitriou acting as a front for his race horse investment, Ace seeks to reverse the sagging fortunes of a famous racetrack. Meanwhile, four dissolute ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 106 members
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  • Luck - Season 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Dennis Farina,  John Ortiz
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Released from prison after three years, "Ace" Bernstein plots revenge against the colleagues who betrayed him. With his trusted aide/chauffeur Gus Demitriou acting as a front for his race horse investment, Ace seeks to reverse the sagging fortunes of a famous racetrack. Meanwhile, four dissolute ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 129 members
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  • Play (2011)
    Starring: Kevin Vaz,  John Ortiz,  Nana Manu
    Director: Ruben ÖStlund
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Three white schoolchildren find themselves the victims of a group of young black con-artists, in this Swedish racial drama from director Ruben Östlund. After approaching three local Gothenburg boys - two white, and one of Asian descent - in a Gothenburg shopping mall, a group of black teenagers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Fast and Furious on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Vin Diesel,  Paul Walker,  Michelle Rodriguez
    Director: Justin Lin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed! From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, Fast & Furious takes you back into the high-octane world to race through crowded city streets and across ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 17,181 members
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  • Two Lovers - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Isabella Rossellini,  Nick Gillie
    Director: James Gray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow star in this New York-set romantic drama. Aspiring photographer and lonely introvert Leonard (Phoenix) has moved back into his parents' home following a recent heartbreak. His concerned parents try to set him up with Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the sweet and caring ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,301 member
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  • Fast And Furious - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Liza Lapira,  John Ortiz,  Jordana Brewster
    Director: Justin Lin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The fourth instalment of the car chase laden action franchise starring Vin Diesel. When a crime brings them both back to LA , fugitive ex-con Dominic Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker). But as the two men find themselves facing a common enemy in the form of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,554 members
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  • Public Enemies on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christian Bale,  Marion Cotillard
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael Mann directs this action thriller set in 1930s gangland America. Johnny Depp stars as the charismatic bank robber John Dillinger, whose audacious raids and subsequent jailbreaks thrilled the American public as their sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into Depression reached ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,636 members
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  • Public Enemies - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christian Bale,  Marion Cotillard
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael Mann directs this action thriller set in 1930s gangland America. Johnny Depp stars as the charismatic bank robber John Dillinger, whose audacious raids and subsequent jailbreaks thrilled the American public as their sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into Depression reached ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 863 members
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  • American Gangster - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Josh Brolin,  John Ortiz
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ridley Scott directs this biopic of 1970s Harlem drug baron Frank Lucas. When his boss dies, underworld driver Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) seizes his chance and begins to build his own criminal empire. Utilising the bodies of dead US soldiers, Lucas begins importing heroin direct from South-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 6,583 members
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  • El Cantante on DVD (2007)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Marc Anthony,  Federico Castelluccio
    Director: Leon Ichaso
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Biopic of legendary Puerto Rican salsa singer Hector Lavoe. From his arrival in New York in the early 1960s until his death in 1993, Hector Lavoe (Marc Anthony) lived a life which took him to the peak of musical success and then, fuelled by drugs and alcohol, to the depths of depression and despair...read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 521 members
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  • Miami Vice - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Jamie Foxx,  Justin Theroux
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brooding big-screen adaptation of the classic 1980s television crime drama from director Michael Mann. Undercover Miami-Dade police detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are summoned to help out on an FBI undercover operation that has gone disastrously wrong. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,011 members
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  • Miami Vice on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Jamie Foxx,  Justin Theroux
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brooding big-screen adaptation of the classic 1980s television crime drama from director Michael Mann. Undercover Miami-Dade police detectives Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are summoned to help out on an FBI undercover operation that has gone disastrously wrong. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 44,629 members
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  • Take The Lead on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Yaya Da Costa,  Alfre Woodard,  Antonio Banderas
    Director: Liz Friedlander
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Antonia Banderas stars as a committed dance teacher in this musical drama, based on a true story. Volunteering to teach dance in New York public schools, Pierre (Banderas) finds his background clashing with the underprivileged kids in his class, but out of the conflicts between them he manages to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 17,175 members
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  • Narc (2002)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Richard Chevolleau,  Chi McBride
    Director: Joe Carnahan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nick Tellis is a recovering drug addict. But staying clean is not so easy for this Detroit narcotics officer when the police department reinstates him in order to investigate an elusive 'narc' squad homicide. After a rookie cop is mysteriously killed in the line of duty, the police department teams ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,854 members
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  • The Last Marshall on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Ortiz,  Randall Batinkoff,  Scott Glenn
    Director: Mike Kirton
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Texas Marshall, Cole McClary doesn't believe criminals should have any rights and that the law should shoot first and ask questions later. When a drug gang arrive on his turf to do a spot of kidnapping he takes exception and a bullet which was meant for a judge. Taking the law into his own hands he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 76 members
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John Ortiz facts

5 most recent films

Luck - Season 1 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Luck - Season 1 - 3.0 stars
Play - 3 stars
Jack Goes Boating - 3.0 stars
Fast and Furious - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

American Gangster - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
American Gangster - 4.0 stars
Fast and Furious - 3.5 stars
Fast And Furious - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Take The Lead - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Play - 3 stars
El Cantante - 2.5 stars
Miami Vice - 2.5 stars
The Last Marshall - 2.5 stars
Aliens Vs Predator 2 - Requiem - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Dustin Hoffman - 2 times - show films
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 2 times - show films
Shea Whigham - 2 times - show films
Stephen Lang - 2 times - show films
Reiko Aylesworth - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Mann - 10 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 3 times - show films
Philip Seymour Hoffman - 2 times - show films
Colin Strause - 2 times - show films
Greg Strause - 2 times - show films