Acting
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.
Movies with Edward James Olmos
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Office Romance
2026
Coco
2017
Blade Runner
1982
The Road to El Dorado
2000
2 Guns
2013
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
The Green Hornet
2011
12 Angry Men
1997
A Dog's Way Home
2019
American Me
1992
Selena
1997
My Family
1995
I'm Still Here
2010
Stand and Deliver
1988
Caught
1996
Wolfen
1981
One Fast Move
2024
Gossip
2000
Virus
1980
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
Splinter
2006
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017
Filly Brown
2013
Selena Remembered
1997
La Cerca
2005
Unity
2015
The Earth Day Special
1990
Seguin
1982
Mirage
1995
The Devil Has a Name
2019
Outlaw Posse
2024
Zoot Suit
1981
LA 92
2017
Recycled Life
2006
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999
America
2011
Maria's Story
1991
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
Go for Sisters
2013
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
Mami Está Aquí
2026
Americano
2016
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
The Limbic Region
1996
Dead Angle
1979
Death in Granada
1996
The Wall
1998
The Judge
2001
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
Saving Grace
1986
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997
A Bridge Apart
2013
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Walkout
2006
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001
Walking with Herb
2021
Chasing Wonders
2021
The Nightingale
1983
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
A Million to Juan
1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
The Burning Season
1994
Evening in Byzantium
1978
Talent for the Game
1991
Slave of Dreams
1995
Aloha Bobby and Rose
1975
Imprisoned
2019
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026
Roosters
1993
Hollywood Confidential
1997
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Alambrista!
1977
Windows on the World
2019
Space Songs: Through the Distance
2020
Lives in Hazard
1994
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
2017
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
1997
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981
Blue Collar & Buddha
Zapatista
1999
Agave is Life
2014
Blue Collar & Buddha
1986
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000
Prophecies of the Millennium
1997
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007
Every Night's a Saturday Night
2018
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019
Monday Nights at Seven
2016
Learning Not To Hurt
1993
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
2009
TV Shows with Edward James Olmos
The Simpsons
1989
Dexter
2006
Blue Bloods
2010
The West Wing
1999
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Miami Vice
1984
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Cannon
1971
Hill Street Blues
1981
Eureka
2006
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Batman
2004
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Police Woman
1974
Mayans M.C.
2018
Kojak
1973
Portlandia
2011
M.I.A.
2026
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
American Playhouse
1982
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Magic School Bus
1994
George Lopez
2002
CHiPs
1977
Police Story
1973
Battlestar Galactica
2003
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
The Fitzpatricks
1977
American Family
2002
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
500 Nations
1995
Bless This Mess
2019
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
Gun
1997
Dead Man's Walk
1996
Dave Navarro's Spread
2007
Greetings from Tucson
2002
The Blue Knight
1975
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Evening in Byzantium
1978
The Judge
2001
La Californie !
2023