John Ortiz
Also Known As: John Augstin Ortiz, 존 오티즈, 約翰·奧提茲, جان اورتیز
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: May 23, 1968
Age: 56 years old
Gender: Male
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Miami Vice
Overview: A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Overview: After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-25
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American Gangster
Overview: Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-02
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Before Night Falls
Overview: Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-03
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Carlito's Way
Overview: Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld. Reconnecting with his dancer girlfriend, Carlito gets entangled in the shady dealings of his friend Dave Kleinfeld, who also serves as his lawyer. An encounter with shifty gangster Benny Blanco sets the duo on a dangerous path.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-10
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Amistad
Overview: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
Genres: Drama History Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-10
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Overview: A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Sellars in Chicago.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-31
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Take the Lead
Overview: A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-17
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Pride and Glory
Overview: A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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Fast & Furious
Overview: When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-02
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The Fallout
Overview: In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-17
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El Cantante
Overview: The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Genres: History Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-12
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Jack Goes Boating
Overview: A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered around two working-class New York City couples.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Angels of the City
Overview: College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-01
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Silver Linings Playbook
Overview: After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-16
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Fast & Furious 6
Overview: Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-21
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The Drop
Overview: Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-12
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The Opportunists
Overview: Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-17
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Riot
Overview: In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-27
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Blackhat
Overview: Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-13
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The Last Marshal
Overview: Marshall McClary, one of the most violent, racist, foul- mouthed Marshalls in Texas, is in the middle of resolving a hostage situation (by shooting everyone he sees) when the FBI agents show up, interfering with his negotiation, and ending the event with McClary being wounded and two of the criminals escaping. After hearing that the two fugitives has fled to Miami, McClary follows behind them, working with the local police and offending every single person he encounters.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-02
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American Fiction
Overview: A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-10
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Steve Jobs
Overview: Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-09
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Poolman
Overview: Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-09
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Narc
Overview: When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman, an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-14
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A Woman, a Part
Overview: An exhausted, workaholic actress, Anna Baskin, 44, abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to her past life in New York to reinvent herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-22
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Public Enemies
Overview: Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Genres: Crime History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-01
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The Finest Hours
Overview: The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Genres: Action Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-27
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3 A.M.
Overview: The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect on and experience romance, politics, sociology, and spirituality.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-01
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Cesar Chavez
Overview: A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-28
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Kong: Skull Island
Overview: Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-08
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The Cloverfield Paradox
Overview: Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-04
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A Dog's Purpose
Overview: A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-19
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Going in Style
Overview: Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-06
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Replicas
Overview: A scientist becomes obsessed with returning his family to normalcy after a terrible accident.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-25
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Ransom
Overview: When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-08
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Nostalgia
Overview: A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-16
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Side Streets
Overview: The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-05
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Peppermint
Overview: A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-06
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Bumblebee
Overview: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-22
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Italian Movie
Overview: Leonardo, a compulsive gambler, tries to make up for his losses by becoming a male escort.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-01
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Sgt. Bilko
Overview: The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-29
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Ms. White Light
Overview: Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to connect with the dying, Lex is at a total loss when dealing with everyone else.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-11
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Horse Girl
Overview: A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-27
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Ad Astra
Overview: The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-17
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The Line
Overview: A new documentary play crafted from firsthand interviews with New York City medical first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Line cuts through the media and political noise to reveal the lived experiences of frontline medical workers in New York and their battle to save lives in a system built to serve the bottom line.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-08
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Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"
Overview: Documentary about the chaotic film shooting of "Pride and Glory"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-27
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The In Between
Overview: After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-11
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The Mothership
Overview: One year after her husband mysteriously disappears, Sara Morse discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home. Sara and her kids embark on a race to find their husband, father, and most important, the truth.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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Nobody 2
Overview: Suburban dad Hutch Mansell, a former lethal assassin, is pulled back into his violent past after thwarting a home invasion, setting off a chain of events that unravels secrets about his wife Becca's past and his own.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-08-13
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Isabel
Overview: A woman in her early 50s who wants to open her own wine bar after being the head sommellière for a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
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The Diamond King
Overview: Dick Perez, official Baseball Hall of Fame artist for over 20 years, painted the game's history and every inductee - a project he continues in his 80s. This childhood immigrant's portraits changed commemoration of America's iconic pastime.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-04
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