- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Jorge Jimenez's breakout performance was in De La Noche nominated him for El Universal's Best Upcoming New Actor and a nomination from National Theatre Critics Association.
Jimenez gained instant fame and national recognition as the face of "El Pasante de Ingeniero" in Mexico's "Solidaridad" television campaign, which ran for four years and earned Jimenez an 'Actor Revelation' nomination in Mexican television's Teleguia Awards.
Jimenez's film and television career spans Mexican, Canadian and American notable projects. Jimenez was cast as Ernesto, Demian Bichir's antagonist in Hasta Morir, the film that won the Ariel (Mexico's equivalent to the Oscar) and the Audience Award at the Cannes Film Festival, which garnered Jimenez a six-year term contract with Televisa Network.
Shortly afterward, Jimenez landed the lead role in Exile from the Sun, which won Best Short Film at the Canadian Film Festival. He also played the lead in The Gun Man, an innovative Short that was filmed in one-long-shot by DP Eric Edwards (Knocked Up).
Director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) cast Jimenez as Antonio Banderas' brother in the film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, an HBO feature that was released internationally. Jimenez also played Cortez alongside Danny Trejo in the sequel The Crow: Wicked Prayer. Director Ted Demme cast Jimenez in a feature role in the film Blow, alongside Johnny Depp. Jimenez was also Zenaido, the lead role for the Pilot of NBC/Telemundo Network's Placas, a miniseries shown in the United States and Mexico.
For the stage, some of Jimenez's most outstanding projects include the title role in Pedro Paramo at the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts and the leading role as Iron in the West Coast premiere of Class Enemy at the Court Theater, produce by Mark Taper Forum (LA Times' Critic's Choice). And Noche de Actores with Adriana Barraza.
Most recently, Jorge gained critics' acclaim as the writer, producer and costar Abel Solares in the new television series José José: El Principe de la Canción (aired on NBC/Telemundo Network) and currently on Netflix Latin America.- IMDb Mini Biography By: By Alejandro Mendez Aquino. And James R. Cichoracki
- His dimples
- He auditioned for the film "Blow" to play "Cesar" Penelope Cruz's boyfriend, but Dir. Ted Demme thought he looked too much like Johnny Depp. However, Jorge's strong audition inspired Demme to feature him as "Alessandro's guy".
- He starred in the West Coast premier of the play "Class Enemy" (by Nigel Williams). At the end of the season, he received a gift from a fellow cast member, a t-shirt from the movie "Desperado". He wished Jorge well and hoped to see him work some day with the actor on the t-shirt (Antonio Banderas). Years later, Dir. Bruce Beresford was in Mexico and he cast Jorge as the brother of Antonio Banderas in the HBO film "And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself".
- He was in Los Angeles working in the play "Class Enemy" when he was invited to an open call for non-union actors. They were casting an Apple Computer commercial and within the union actors, they couldn't find anyone to play Leonardo Da Vinci. After auditioning for the producers and Dir. Kirk Wong, he was cast in the coveted role, and Jorge became a SAG member.
- In Mexico, for good luck, when an actor begins his career, he asks an established actor for a kick in the pants. Since "Blow" was Jorge's crossover debut, he asked Johnny Depp to kick him in the pants.
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