Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

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: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1947-02-24

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Alambrista!	1st Drunk	59
2	1978	Evening in Byzantium	Angelo	0
3	1979	Dead Angle		70
4	1980	Virus	Captain Lopez	63
5	1981	Zoot Suit	El Pachuco	61
6	1982	Seguin	Gen. Santa Anna	0
7	1982	Blade Runner	Gaff	79
8	1983	The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez	Gregorio Cortez	69
9	1986	Blue Collar & Buddha	Narrator	0
10	1988	Stand and Deliver	Jaime A. Escalante	76
11	1991	Talent for the Game	Virgil Sweet	60
12	1992	American Me	Montoya Santana	74
13	1993	Roosters	Gallo Morales	30
14	1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)	44
15	1994	A Million to Juan	The Angel	54
16	1994	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	Jose Menendez	61
17	1995	Slave of Dreams		30
18	1995	My Family	Paco	75
19	1995	Mirage	Matteo Juarez	32
20	1996	Caught	Joe	59
21	1997	Selena	Abraham Quintanilla	77
22	1997	Selena Remembered	Narrator (voice)	100
23	1997	Hollywood Confidential	Stan Navarro, Sr.	41
24	1997	12 Angry Men	Juror 11	77
25	1998	The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit	Vamanos	67
26	1998	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Det. Anthony Piscotti	51
27	1999	Zapatista	Narrator (voice)	52
28	1999	Bonanno: A Godfather's Story	Gaspar DiGregario (Young)	43
29	2000	Gossip	Detective Curtis	58
30	2001	The Judge	Judge Armando Acosta	45
31	2001	In the Time of the Butterflies	Rafael Leónidas Trujillo	63
32	2005	La Cerca	Narrator / Old Niño	0
33	2006	Recycled Life	Narrator	68
34	2006	Splinter	Captain garcia	43
35	2007	Battlestar Galactica: Razor	Admiral William Adama	71
36	2007	Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard	Self	0
37	2007	Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling	Self	0
38	2007	Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner	Self	79
39	2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Diablo (voice)	54
40	2010	I'm Still Here	Edward James Olmos	60
41	2011	The Green Hornet	Michael Axford	56
42		Blue Collar & Buddha		0
43	1975	Aloha, Bobby and Rose	Chicano #1	59
44	1981	300 Miles for Stephanie	Art Vela	0
45	1981	Wolfen	Eddie Holt	59
46	1983	The Nightingale	Prime Minister	37
47	1985	Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son	Lieutenant Martin Castillo	100
48	1986	Saving Grace	Ciolino	61
49	1989	Miami Vice: Freefall	Lieutenant Martin Castillo	90
50	1989	Triumph of the Spirit	Gypsy	66
51	1990	The Earth Day Special	Hospital Director	69
52	1990	Maria's Story	José Serrano (voice)	0
53	1993	Learning Not To Hurt	Self	0
54	1994	Lives in Hazard	self	80
55	1994	The Burning Season	Wilson Pinheiro	62
56	1996	The Limbic Region	Lucca	57
57	1996	Death in Granada		54
58	1997	Gun	Father Santos	70
59	1997	Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika	Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist	0
60	1997	Prophecies of the Millennium	Host	0
61	1998	The Wall	Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")	57
62	1999	The Unfinished Journey	Narrator (voice)	60
63	2000	The Road to El Dorado	Chief (voice)	72
64	2000	The Princess and the Barrio Boy	Nestor Garcia	50
65	2002	The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema		62
66	2006	Walkout	Julian Nava	55
67	2009	A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story	Narrator	0
68	2009	Battlestar Galactica: The Plan	Commander William Adama	68
69	2011	America	Mr. Irving	48
70	2013	A Bridge Apart	(Voice)	0
71	2013	Filly Brown	Leandro	62
72	2013	2 Guns	Papi Greco	65
73	2013	Go for Sisters	Freddy Suárez	60
74	2014	Agave is Life	Narrator (voice)	55
75	2014	The Journey of a Female Comic		62
76	2014	Exile Nation: The Plastic People	Narrator (voice)	70
77	2015	Unity	Narrator (voice)	75
78	2016	Americano	Gayo (voice)	48
79	2016	Monday Nights at Seven	Charlie	0
80	2017	L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later	Himself	75
81	2017	LA 92	Self (archive footage)	77
82	2017	Blade Runner: Black Out 2022	Gaff (voice)	71
83	2017	Blade Runner 2049	Gaff	76
84	2017	Coco	Chicharrón (voice)	82
85	2018	Every Night's a Saturday Night	Self	80
86	2018	The Eyes of Martin Castillo	Martin Castillo (archive footage)	0
87	2019	A Dog's Way Home	Axel	74
88	2019	Windows on the World	Balthazar	40
89	2019	Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire	Self	45
90	2019	The Devil Has a Name	Santiago	53
91	2019	Imprisoned	Hospicio	46
92	2019	Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage	Self	0
93	2020	Space Songs: Through the Distance	Self	0
94	2020	The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II	Self	69
95	2021	Walking with Herb	Joe Amable-Amo	67
96	2021	The Blade Runner Phenomenon	Self - Actor (Gaff)	69
97	2021	Chasing Wonders	Luis	47
98	2024	Outlaw Posse	Ossie	53
99	2024	One Fast Move	Abel	67
100		Office Romance	Captain Jack Cruz	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Dancer	71
2	1971	Cannon		65
3	1973	Police Story		69
4	1973	Kojak	Paco	70
5	1974	Police Woman		63
6	1975	The Blue Knight	Clemente (as Ed Olmos)	20
7	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Julio Gutierez	73
8	1977	The Fitzpatricks	Don Vasquez	50
9	1977	CHiPs		68
10	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
11	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Prime Minister	81
12	1984	Miami Vice	Martin Castillo	75
13	1988	The Fortunate Pilgrim	Frank Corbo	50
14	1989	The Simpsons	Pit Master (voice)	80
15	1994	The Magic School Bus	(voice)	76
16	1994	Touched by an Angel	Col. Victor Walls	72
17	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Rey Emiliano (voice)	60
18	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Jimenez (voice)	60
19	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	El Murcielago (voice)	60
20	1995	500 Nations		76
21	1996	Dead Man's Walk	Captain Salazar	61
22	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
23	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
24	1997	Gun	Father Santos	40
25	1999	The West Wing	Roberto Mendoza	83
26	2001	The Judge	Judge Armando Acosti	45
27	2002	American Family	Jess Gonzalez	0
28	2002	George Lopez	Mr. Vega	76
29	2002	Greetings From Tucson	Priest	0
30	2003	Battlestar Galactica	Commander Adama	82
31	2004	The Batman	Chief Rojas (voice)	80
32	2004	Battlestar Galactica	William Adama	82
33	2006	Eureka	First sled dog	78
34	2006	Dexter	James Gellar	82
35	2006	Dexter	Prof. James Gellar	82
36	2007	Dave Navarro's Spread		50
37	2011	Portlandia	Edward James Olmos	69
38	2013	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Robert Gonzales	75
39	2014	The Real History of Science Fiction	Himself	69
40	2018	Mayans M.C.	Felipe Reyes	80
41	2019	Bless This Mess	Randy	62
42	2023	Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Molecule Man (voice)	78
43	2023	100 Years of Warner Bros.	Self	78
44	2023	La Californie !	Self - Actor	80