Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 24, 1947
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
147 titles
Edward James Olmos
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
Filmography
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
Executive Producer
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
Creator
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