Edward James Olmos
Actor
Born February 24, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), actor in and director of American Me (1992), William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), and Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982), and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017). In 2018, he played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series Mayans MC. For his work in Miami Vice, Olmos won the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. For his performance in Stand and Deliver, Olmos was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Filmography
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American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Narrator – El Pachuco (voice)
Office Romance
Captain Jack Cruz
Mami Está Aquí
Mr. Jimenez
M.I.A.
Isaac Rojas
Say a Little Prayer
One Fast Move
Abel
Outlaw Posse
Ossie
La Californie !
Self - Actor
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Molecule Man (voice)
Chasing Wonders
Luis
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Actor (Gaff)
Walking with Herb
Joe Amable-Amo
Chaparreando
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
Space Songs: Through the Distance
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
Imprisoned
Hospicio
The Devil Has a Name
Santiago
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
Self
Windows on the World
Balthazar
Bless This Mess
Randy
A Dog's Way Home
Axel
Mayans M.C.
Felipe Reyes
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
Martin Castillo (archive footage)
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Self
Coco
Chicharrón (voice)
Blade Runner 2049
Gaff
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
Gaff (voice)
LA 92
Self (archive footage)
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
Self
Monday Nights at Seven
Charlie
Americano
Gayo (voice)
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
Narrator (voice)
The Journey of a Female Comic
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
Agave is Life
Narrator (voice)
Go for Sisters
Freddy Suárez
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Robert Gonzales
2 Guns
Papi Greco
Filly Brown
Leandro
A Bridge Apart
(Voice)
America
Mr. Irving
Portlandia
Edward James Olmos
The Green Hornet
Michael Axford
Blue Bloods
Lorenzo Batista
I'm Still Here
Edward James Olmos
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Commander William Adama
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
Narrator
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Diablo (voice)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Self
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Admiral William Adama
Dexter
James Gellar
Splinter
Captain garcia
Eureka
First sled dog
Walkout
Julian Nava
Battlestar Galactica
Admiral William Adama
The Batman
Chief Rojas (voice)
Battlestar Galactica
Commander Adama
Greetings from Tucson
Priest
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
George Lopez
Mr. Vega
American Family
Jess Gonzalez
In the Time of the Butterflies
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
The Judge
Judge Armando Acosta
The Judge
Judge Armando Acosti
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
Nestor Garcia
Gossip
Detective Curtis
The Road to El Dorado
Chief (voice)
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
Zapatista
Narrator (voice)
The West Wing
Roberto Mendoza
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Salvatore Maranzano
The Wall
Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Det. Anthony Piscotti
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Vamanos
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
Narrator
12 Angry Men
Juror 11
Hollywood Confidential
Stan Navarro, Sr.
Gun
Father Santos
Selena Remembered
Narrator (voice)
Selena
Abraham Quintanilla
Death in Granada
Roberto Lozano
E! True Hollywood Story
The Limbic Region
Lucca
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
Dead Man's Walk
Captain Salazar
Caught
Joe
Slave of Dreams
Potiphar
Mirage
Matteo Juarez
My Family
Paco
500 Nations
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Rey Emiliano (voice)
Touched by an Angel
Col. Victor Walls
The Burning Season
Wilson Pinheiro
The Magic School Bus
Mr. Ramon (voice)
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Jose Menendez
A Million to Juan
The Angel
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)
Lives in Hazard
self
Roosters
Gallo Morales
American Me
Montoya Santana
Talent for the Game
Virgil Sweet
Maria's Story
José Serrano (voice)
The Earth Day Special
Hospital Director
The Simpsons
Pit Master (voice)
Triumph of the Spirit
Gypsy
Miami Vice: Freefall
Lt. Martin Castillo
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Frank Corbo
Stand and Deliver
Jaime A. Escalante
Saving Grace
Ciolino
Miami Vice
Martin Castillo
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Gregorio Cortez
The Nightingale
Prime Minister
Faerie Tale Theatre
Prime Minister
Blade Runner
Gaff
Seguin
Gen. Santa Anna
American Playhouse
General Santa Anna
Zoot Suit
El Pachuco
Wolfen
Eddie Holt
Hill Street Blues
300 Miles for Stephanie
Art Vela
Virus
Captain Lopez
Dead Angle
Evening in Byzantium
Angelo
Evening in Byzantium
Angelo
Alambrista!
1st Drunk
CHiPs
The Fitzpatricks
Don Vasquez
Starsky & Hutch
Julio Gutierez
The Blue Knight
Clemente (as Ed Olmos)
Aloha Bobby and Rose
Chicano #1
Police Woman
Kojak
Paco
Police Story
Cannon
Hawaii Five-O
Dancer