JW Cortés

Actor | Speaker | Marine Corps OIF & LEO Veteran | Inspiring stories. Proven leadership. President of the @MTAPD_HS. Let’s collaborate—click below to connect!

[JW Cortés @jwcortes]

Honored to have worked on amazing projects with incredible actors, directors, and crews. If you have a passion for acting, keep chasing it with everything you've got—you never know how far it’ll take you. Dream big, stay focused!

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[Jonah Cortes @JonahCortes33]

Swings off Hack Attack trying to turn to the ball to stop myself from lunging to the ball.

[Jonah Cortes @JonahCortes33]

Session high 103.8 working on turning my hands above the ball to prevent a steep path to the ball

[MLB @MLB]

Graduating seniors on this high school baseball team take their last at-bat from their parents 🥹

As they round the bases, an announcer reads letters from their families, and then they meet at home plate to finish their high school baseball career ❤️⚾

[Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24]

With father's day coming up, here was Jalen talking about his dad:

"Our family relationship is awesome. I know when to decipher when he's being a coach and when he's being a dad. When we're on the court, that's coach. I still call him dad, but he's a coach then. As soon as we get off the court, that's obviously my father. Our relationship is very unique. It's interesting how people perceive that, perceive us. I wouldn't change anything for the world. My dad being a journeyman in the NBA, us living in South Jersey most of my childhood while he played. So being able to see my dad for the last 4 years consecutively is probably the longest it's ever been. I don't take this for granted at all. I love this relationship and this opportunity. I don't take it for granted"

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.

More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸

[👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 @TheEXECUTlONER_]

This father had never missed any of his son’s baseball games in his life.

He had to miss this tournament because his best friend was getting married and he was a groomsman.

He woke up at 3:30AM and drove
100 MPH that Sunday morning to try to and at least make the Sunday games after missing the
Saturdays games. And, of course this was the only tournament all year that his son’s team lost their first game on Sunday, so he didn't make it in time because the first game was at 8 and there was no second game.

When he pulled up his son saw him and he ran full speed and jumped into his arms and wouldn’t let go. Dad said his son told him, “daddy, you can’t ever miss again. I love you so much. Not having you with me this weekend made me feel so empty, please never miss again, I'm so thankful your my daddy!” 🥹

His wife filmed that video. ❤️

I remember those days well. Speeding like a bat out of hell to make it on time. I have always made my kid’s games and activities. It’s what I live for. And the few times I had to miss, I felt like I let them down.

What a great father he is. That boy is fortunate. 💯

Do you remember this feeling? Trying your hardest to make it to one of their activities and just feeling sad that you couldn’t be there?

[JW Cortés @jwcortes]

My son @JonahCortes33 is having a BREAKOUT season and we're just getting started!

.404 AVG | .617 SLG% | 90 mph Exit Velo — the numbers speak for themselves.

Eyes locked in on @WOWFactorEast before we come back HUNGRY for Senior season.

If you haven't seen him yet, now's the time.

#Uncommitted | #ClassOf2027 | #HudsonCatholic | #Baseball | #Recruiting

[Empire State Building Observation Deck @EmpireStateBldg]

Standing tall for those who served. 🇺🇸

📷: @DanTVusa

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

101-year-old World War II veteran Don Graves — the last surviving flamethrower operator from his battalion, which fought on Iwo Jima — sings “God Bless America” at the National Memorial Day Parade.

[JW Cortés @jwcortes]

I’m split in two every Memorial Day.

One part of me is deeply grateful for the men and women who gave everything so the rest of us could live freely. The other part grieves the lives they never got to finish. The families they never got to raise. The years they never got to see.

I think about my friend Lt. Shane Childers, the first casualty of the Iraq War. I still remember his leadership, humor, and presence as a Marine. Like so many others, he left behind far more than a uniform and a headstone. He left behind people who loved him deeply and a future that never got the chance to unfold.

For those who’ve carried grief, real grief, the kind that never fully leaves, surviving comes with a responsibility. To live well. To keep pushing. To not waste the time we still have.

That’s what days like today remind me of.

#MemorialDay

[JW Cortés @jwcortes]

I’ve been riding with the @nyknicks since the days of Ewing, John Starks, Sprewell, Mason and Harper bringing war to the Garden every single night.

Through the heartbreak, the bad seasons, and everybody counting New York out, some of us never switched up. We stayed loyal because this city, this team, and this fanbase are built different. Now the lights are back on, the Garden is shaking again, and the whole world suddenly remembers what New York basketball feels like. #NYKnicks

Y’ALL MUST’VE FORGOT. 🟧🟦

[JW Cortés @jwcortes]

We, the lucky few, owe them that much and more.

[JW Cortés @jwcortes]

He met me at the airport in Nairobi, Kenya.
As a young Marine Embassy Guard he trained me. Invested in me. Led from the front.

In 2003, we both deployed to Iraq.
He didn’t come home.

1stLt T. Shane Childers.
First American killed in OIF.
March 21, 2003.

Say his name.
Semper Fidelis.
#MemorialDay #NeverForget #NeverForgotten #USMC

[JW Cortés @jwcortes]

Memorial Day is a day of mourning. Not a sale. Not a cookout. Imagine telling someone to celebrate on the day they lost their loved one, that’s what Gold Star families watch us do every year. https://t.co/hwGp2DgZ0r

[Jonah Cortes @JonahCortes33]

2-2 with 2 1B and 1 RBI against Governor Livingston @ Sommerset Patriots Stadium

[Jonah Cortes @JonahCortes33]

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