Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Pallás

Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo (full name Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Pallas, born March 26, 1948 in Mexico City) is a Mexican comedian, actor, film director, screenwriter, television producer and host. He is the son of actors, the Cuban Oscar Ortiz de Pinedo and Mexican Lupita Pallas.

He has appeared on various TV shows including Dos mujeres en mi casa (1984), Dr. Candido Perez (1987), Cero en conducta (1998), Humor es... los comediantes (1999), La escuelita VIP (2004), La casa de la risa and Dos hogares (2011), as well as soap operas and films. His most successful series have been Dr. Candido Perez, Cero en conducta and its sequel La escuelita VIP, and his most recent series is Fabrica de risas, which airs on both Televisa in Mexico and Univision in the United States. As a tribute to his time at Televisa, he was featured in the 2007 book Televisa presenta, and his handprints have been imbedded onto the Paseo de las Luminarias.

Ortiz de Pinedo has received numerous national and international awards, including awards from the Association of Theater Critics and Journalists. He has represented Mexico in the International Theatre Festival in Caracas and was a member of the National Theatre Company of Bellas Artes, having performed in more than 80 theatre productions, 23 feature films, 25 soap operas and 11 comedy series. As a director, he has directed 40 works of theatre, two feature films, two soap operas, 12 comedy series, and over 400 other productions for Televisa.

His mother Lupita and sister Laila were among the passengers executed in the EgyptAir Flight 648 hijacking carried out by the organization led by Abu Nidal on November 23, 1985. In 2013, Ortiz de Pinedo was diagnosed with lung cancer, and he retired in July 2019.