2007 was a busy year for Ortis. As an actor he filmed a lead role in an episode of The Bill as well as presenting on Today on 3 (the highest rated live streamed mobile television show in the world) for eTV for the 3 Network, and The Wonderful World of Weird for CBBC. He is currently presenting Best of Friends (Talent Television) and Wild Tales (BBC) both for CBBC.

As an actor, Ortis was seen in a cameo in the feature film Derailed alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. He has also played a featured role in the low-budget British cult movie Kidulthood. Ortis has starred in BBC1's drama serial Doctors, and taken part in a production of Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions at The Leatherhead Theatre. He has also played a lead role in the critically acclaimed fringe theatre production of Talkin' Loud at The Latchmere Theatre.

Ortis has a BSc Hons degree on Pharmacy from Sunderland University.

In 2006 Ortis found time to take part in Celebrity Scissorhands alongside Emma Samms and top hair stylist Lee Stafford for BBC1's Children In Need, learning the tools of the trade of hairdressing. The shows were shown on both BBC 3 and BBC 1 and Ortis helped raise thousands of pounds for great causes.

Ortis presented on Short Change for many years (receiving two BAFTA nominations for Best Presenter) and also worked as one of the key presenters on CBBC's daily magazine show X-Change.

Ortis' first job was for LWT; a pilot Saturday Breakfast show entitled Up Your Street. This was followed by another show for LWT, Passport to Passion.

Ortis found his home as the anchor presenter for the cable & satellite channel TCC. He went on to work as a main host for Trouble and its many innovative shows for 4 years before joining the BBC to present Short Change, Why 5 and then Live & Kicking.

In 2002, Ortis hosted Making It, the BBC's talent search for a new children's presenter.

Next was X-perimental a new science series for CBBC produced by Endemol.

As well as presenting, Ortis is a keen singer, and through his work on Trouble, he achieved one of his personal ambitions when, in 1997, he sang live on the Mizz Roadshow to over 50,000 teenagers. He then toured the country with the Smash Hits Roadshow in '98, interviewing bands for exclusive backstage footage, gossip and news for Trouble. Ortis repeated this success by hosting the Smash Hits Roadshow again in '99, and '00.

For Trouble Ortis co-presented It's In the Jeans, a series taking a light-hearted look at how teenagers relate to the opposite sex, as well as the channel's chart show, Blast, and entertainment show, The T-Spot. His last long-running show was a music magazine programme entitled iPop.

In the summer of 2000 Ortis made broadcasting history by presenting T-Nation which was the first live broadcast television show from the biggest store in Europe - Top Shop, on Oxford Street.

For BBC1 Ortis presented and reported on both light heated and serious issues affecting children and teenagers for Short Change. He was the main anchor presenter for the show's final 6 years. Ortis has appeared on programmes for BBC 3 as one of the main presenters on Hype and Hype on the Road. On BBC1 he has been the main presenter on a youth science programme, Why 5 which ran for two series.

On Radio 5 Live Ortis presented his own sports show featuring in depth interviews with British Athletes preparing for the Sydney Olympics.

Ortis also hosted The People's Choice Black Music Awards for Five as well as appearing as a regular guest / singer / team captain on Night Fever, also for Five.

Ortis is probably best known as one of the main presenters on the last ever two series of the BBC's flagship Saturday morning show, Live and Kicking. During this time, he co-hosted the British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards with Emma Bunton, at The London Hilton. Highlights of the show were broadcast on ITV.

For primetime BBC1 Ortis presented a one-off special for Tomorrow's World entitled Lab Rats and has guest presented on Watchdog.