Julian Ortega actor in Netflix's Elite dies at 41 after collapsing on beach Factor was on the shore of plad a hor beach in cadis Spain when he went collapsed and went into cardiac arrest the actor collapsed and went into cardiac arrest at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday while on the shore of plad aora beach in cadis Spain the Spain Outlet the H of press reports Emergency Services attempted to resuscitate Ortega for 30 minutes before pronouncing him dead at the scene representatives for Ortega and Netflix did not immediately respond to entertainment Weekly's request for comment the 41-year-old was a graduate of Madrid's real esqua Superior diard dramatico according to an obituary published by the Spanish Union of actors and actresses on Monday his film and television credits include his six episode standon Elite as well as Spotlight appearances on the shows like koni velvet and Netflix's cable girls from 2021 until 2023 Ortega portrayed Peru and lafuente on the comedy series the countryside he also had a seven episode turn as angel on the Spanish soap opera for Estrellas in 2023 in addition to his television career the Union's obituary noted that Ortega was also a prolific theater actor who starred in multiple stage Productions including bicycles are for the summer and M ibraim and the flowers of the Quran our deepest condolence es to his family and friends from the union of actors and actresses the obituary concluded rest in peace