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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 24, 1947
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- ادوراد جیمز اولموس
Edward James Olmos
2.4 Popularity
Biography
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. He is also known for his roles as patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit, and the voice of Chicharrón in Coco. Over the course of his career, Olmos has been a pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Hispanics in the U.S. media. His notable direction, production, and starring roles for films, made-for-TV movies, and TV shows include Wolfen, Triumph of the Spirit, Talent for the Game, American Me, The Burning Season, My Family/Mi Familia, Caught, 12 Angry Men, The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, Walkout, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, American Family, and Dexter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward James Olmos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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0.0
Narrator
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026
6.6
Abel
One Fast Move
2024
4.5
Ossie
Outlaw Posse
2024
8.0
Self - Actor
La Californie !
2023
7.7
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
7.7
Molecule Man (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
4.7
Luis
Chasing Wonders
2021
6.9
Self - Actor (Gaff)
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
6.0
Joe Amable-Amo
Walking with Herb
2021
6.9
Self
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
Credits
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American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
as Narrator
2026
0.0
One Fast Move
as Abel
2024
6.6
Outlaw Posse
as Ossie
2024
4.5
La Californie !
as Self - Actor
2023
8.0
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
7.7
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Molecule Man (voice)
2023
7.7
Chasing Wonders
as Luis
2021
4.7
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Actor (Gaff)
2021
6.9
Walking with Herb
as Joe Amable-Amo
2021
6.0
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
2020
6.9
Space Songs: Through the Distance
as Self
2020
0.0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
0.0
Imprisoned
as Hospicio
2019
4.6
The Devil Has a Name
as Santiago
2019
5.3
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
as Self
2019
4.5
Windows on the World
as Balthazar
2019
3.3
Bless This Mess
as Randy
2019
6.0
A Dog's Way Home
as Axel
2019
7.4
Mayans M.C.
as Felipe Reyes
2018
8.0
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
as Martin Castillo (archive footage)
2018
0.0
Every Night's a Saturday Night
as Self
2018
8.0
Coco
as Chicharrón (voice)
2017
8.2
Blade Runner 2049
as Gaff
2017
7.6
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
as Gaff (voice)
2017
7.1
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.7
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
as Himself
2017
7.5
Monday Nights at Seven
as Charlie
2016
0.0
Americano
as Gayo (voice)
2016
5.3
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
7.5
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
as Narrator (voice)
2014
7.0
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
6.2
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Himself
2014
7.0
Agave is Life
as Narrator (voice)
2014
5.5
Go for Sisters
as Freddy Suárez
2013
6.0
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Robert Gonzales
2013
7.5
2 Guns
as Papi Greco
2013
6.5
Filly Brown
as Leandro
2013
6.3
A Bridge Apart
as (Voice)
2013
0.0
America
as Mr. Irving
2011
4.8
Portlandia
as Edward James Olmos
2011
7.0
The Green Hornet
as Michael Axford
2011
5.6
Blue Bloods
as Lorenzo Batista
2010
7.8
I'm Still Here
as Edward James Olmos
2010
6.0
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
as Commander William Adama
2009
6.8
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
as Narrator
2009
0.0
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Diablo (voice)
2008
5.4
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
2007
7.9
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Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
as Self
2007
0.0
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
as Self
2007
0.0
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as Admiral William Adama
2007
7.2
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Dave Navarro's Spread
2007
5.0
Dexter
as James Gellar
2006
8.2
Dexter
as Prof. James Gellar
2006
8.2
Splinter
as Captain garcia
2006
4.3
Eureka
as First sled dog
2006
7.8
Walkout
as Julian Nava
2006
5.2
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Recycled Life
as Narrator
2006
6.8
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La Cerca
as Narrator / Old Niño
2005
0.0
Battlestar Galactica
as Admiral William Adama
2004
8.2
Battlestar Galactica
as Commander William Adama
2004
8.2
The Batman
as Chief Rojas (voice)
2004
8.0
Battlestar Galactica
as Commander Adama
2003
8.2
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Greetings from Tucson
as Priest
2002
0.0
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
6.2
George Lopez
as Mr. Vega
2002
7.6
American Family
as Jess Gonzalez
2002
0.0
In the Time of the Butterflies
as Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
2001
6.3
The Judge
as Judge Armando Acosti
2001
4.5
The Judge
as Judge Armando Acosta
2001
4.5
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
as Nestor Garcia
2000
5.0
Gossip
as Detective Curtis
2000
5.8
The Road to El Dorado
as Chief (voice)
2000
7.3
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999
6.0
The West Wing
as Roberto Mendoza
1999
8.2
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
as Gaspar DiGregario (Young)
1999
4.3
Zapatista
as Narrator (voice)
1999
5.2
The Wall
as Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")
1998
5.7
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Det. Anthony Piscotti
1998
5.1
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Vamanos
1998
6.7
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
as Narrator
1997
0.0
12 Angry Men
as Juror 11
1997
7.7
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Prophecies of the Millennium
as Host
1997
0.0
Hollywood Confidential
as Stan Navarro, Sr.
1997
4.1
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Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
as Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist
1997
0.0
Gun
as Father Santos
1997
4.0
Selena Remembered
as Narrator (voice)
1997
10.0
Selena
as Abraham Quintanilla
1997
7.7
Death in Granada
as Roberto Lozano
1996
5.3
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Limbic Region
as Lucca
1996
5.7
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
Dead Man's Walk
as Captain Salazar
1996
5.9
Caught
as Joe
1996
5.7
Mirage
as Matteo Juarez
1995
3.0
My Family
as Paco
1995
7.4
500 Nations
1995
7.6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Rey Emiliano (voice)
1995
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as El Murcielago (voice)
1995
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Jimenez (voice)
1995
6.0
Slave of Dreams
1995
2.3
Touched by an Angel
as Col. Victor Walls
1994
7.2
The Burning Season
as Wilson Pinheiro
1994
6.1
The Magic School Bus
as Mr. Ramon (voice)
1994
7.6
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jose Menendez
1994
6.1
A Million to Juan
as The Angel
1994
5.4
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)
1994
4.4
Lives in Hazard
as self
1994
8.0
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Learning Not To Hurt
as Self
1993
0.0
Roosters
as Gallo Morales
1993
2.8
American Me
as Montoya Santana
1992
7.4
Talent for the Game
as Virgil Sweet
1991
6.3
Maria's Story
as José Serrano (voice)
1991
0.0
The Earth Day Special
as Hospital Director
1990
6.3
The Simpsons
as Pit Master (voice)
1989
8.0
Triumph of the Spirit
as Gypsy
1989
6.6
The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Frank Corbo
1988
5.0
Stand and Deliver
as Jaime A. Escalante
1988
7.6
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Blue Collar & Buddha
as Narrator
1986
0.0
Saving Grace
as Ciolino
1986
6.1
Miami Vice
as Martin Castillo
1984
7.5
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Gregorio Cortez
1983
6.9
The Nightingale
as Prime Minister
1983
3.7
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Prime Minister
1982
8.1
Blade Runner
as Gaff
1982
7.9
Seguin
as Gen. Santa Anna
1982
0.0
Zoot Suit
as El Pachuco
1981
6.3
Wolfen
as Eddie Holt
1981
5.9
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
300 Miles for Stephanie
as Art Vela
1981
0.0
Virus
as Captain Lopez
1980
6.3
Dead Angle
1979
7.0
Evening in Byzantium
as Angelo
1978
0.0
Alambrista!
as 1st Drunk
1977
5.7
CHiPs
1977
6.8
The Fitzpatricks
as Don Vasquez
1977
5.0
Starsky & Hutch
as Julio Gutierez
1975
7.3
The Blue Knight
as Clemente (as Ed Olmos)
1975
2.0
Aloha Bobby and Rose
as Chicano #1
1975
5.8
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Kojak
as Paco
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Cannon
1971
6.6
Hawaii Five-O
as Dancer
1968
7.1
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Office Romance
as Captain Jack Cruz
N/A
0.0
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Blue Collar & Buddha
N/A
0.0