Trivia

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, from a Mexican father and a Cuban mother. His family left Mexico for Texas when he was 10 years old. Finally, they settled in Los Angeles, where he met his associate, Alex Kurtzman.

Attended Spring Woods High School in Houston, Texas with professor and economist Glen Whitman. He would subsequently name a character for him in Transformers (2007), and hire him as a writer and executive story editor for Fringe (2008).

(July 26, 2007) Was named #35 in The Hollywood Reporter's "Latino Power 50".

Married Adele Heather Taylor on June 6th 2020 in a private ceremony.

He met his longtime friend and collaborator Alex Kurtzman when both were 17-year-old students at Crossroads, a private school in Santa Monica, California. The first time they came across each other was in a film class, where they discovered each other's love for films and in particular the Steven Soderbergh film Sex, Lies, and Videotape.

The Hollywood Reporter listed Orci as one of the 50 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood of 2007.

He began his longtime collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California. Together they were employed on television series such as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.

In August 2024, Taylor filed a lawsuit accusing Orci of physical and sexual abuse. Orci, however, stated that Taylor was physically and financially abusive to him, having tased him, attacked him with a baseball bat, and attempted to strangle him, all in incidents reported to the police.

Roberto Orci was a Mexican-American film and television screenwriter and producer.

Brother of J.R. Orci.

In March 2020, it was reported that Roberto Orci was hired by Sony to write a script for an untitled Marvel film that would be set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

Orci created Matador with the idea that the main character would be a "soccer player by day who is a spy by night", and called him a "Latin James Bond". The series was broadcast on the El Rey Network created by Robert Rodriguez. It was renewed for a second season shortly before the pilot was broadcast, which had been directed by Rodriguez. But following the production of the first season, the series was cancelled despite the earlier renewal. This decision was blamed on poor international sales.

Orci was also awarded the Raul Julia Award for Excellence by the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.

In 2017, Orci was the recipient of the "Visionary Impact Award" by the National Hispanic Media Coalition. This award is given out by the organization for "Latinos making outstanding contributions to the positive portrayals of Latinos in film and TV".

Orci attended the University of Texas at Austin.