Kenny Ortega

Kenny Ortega

Birthday: 18 April 1950, Palo Alto, California, USA

Birth Name: Kenneth John Ortega

Height: 178 cm

Kenny Ortega was born on April 18, 1950 in Palo Alto, California, USA as Kenneth John Ortega. He is known for his work on This Is It (2009), High School Musical (2006) and Hocus Pocus (1993).

[on what he learned from his mentor, Gene Kelly] If you didn't understand how to design your choreog...Show more »

[on what he learned from his mentor, Gene Kelly] If you didn't understand how to design your choreography for the camera, then you were shortchanging yourself and would never come to fully realize your worth. It would have meant very little if I hadn't come to understand technically how to put the work up. Show less «

There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moment...Show more »

There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact on me and influence me. I want to bring a little of that to High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)--that the whole world is a stage. Show less «

Kenny Ortega's FILMOGRAPHY
All
as Actor (63)
as Director (9)

Phineas and Ferb - Season 1

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 6

Phineas and Ferb - Season 2

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 7

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 5

Phineas And Ferb - Season 4

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 18

American Masters - Season 37

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 10

Dancing with the Stars - Season 32

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 17

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 9

Dancing with the Stars - Season 31

The Movies That Made Us - Season 3

The Movies That Made Us - Season 2

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 8

Dancing with the Stars - Season 30

Dancing with the Stars - Season 29

The Holiday Movies that Made Us - Season 1

The Movies That Made Us - Season 1

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 16

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special

Dancing with the Stars - Season 28

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 15

The Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

Dancing with the Stars: Juniors - Season 1

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 4

Dancing with the Stars - Season 26

Dancing with the Stars - Season 27

The Last Days of Michael Jackson

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 14

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 3

Dancing with the Stars - Season 24

Dancing with the Stars - Season 25

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 13

Celebrity Family Feud - Season 2

Dancing with the Stars - Season 22

Dancing with the Stars - Season 23

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Kenny Ortega'S roles

Himself - Guest Judge. Actor of

Himself - Guest Judge

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