Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is a Mexican American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward James Olmos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
- Born:
- Feb 24, 1947 In Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 107
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hawaii Five-O 1968-09-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie One Fast Move 2024-08-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | One Fast Move | Abel | 2024-08-07 |
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Ossie | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | Walking with Herb | Joe Amable-Amo | 2021-04-30 |
| Movie | Chasing Wonders | 2021-06-04 | |
| Movie | Space Songs: Through the Distance | Self | 2020-04-30 |
| Movie | The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II | Self | 2020-05-10 |
| Movie | A Dog's Way Home | Axel | 2019-01-10 |
| Movie | Windows on the World | Balthazar | 2019-04-28 |
| Movie | The Devil Has a Name | Santiago | 2019-08-04 |
| Movie | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | 2019-09-13 |
| Movie | Imprisoned | Hospicio | 2019-09-12 |
| Movie | Every Night's a Saturday Night | Self | 2018-04-28 |
| Series | Mayans M.C. | Felipe Reyes | 2018-09-04 |
| Movie | The Predator | 2018-09-05 | |
| Movie | LA 92 | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-04-28 |
| Series | The Nineties | Himself | 2017-07-09 |
| Movie | L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later | Himself | 2017-04-18 |
| Movie | Coco | Chicharrón (voice) | 2017-10-27 |
| Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Gaff | 2017-10-04 |
| Movie | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Gaff (voice) | 2017-09-26 |
| Movie | Americano | Gayo (voice) | 2016-01-29 |
| Movie | Monday Nights at Seven | Charlie | 2016-10-08 |
| Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
| Movie | Journey of a Female Comic | 2014-05-02 | |
| Movie | A Bridge Apart | (Voice) | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Filly Brown | Leandro | 2013-04-19 |
| Movie | 2 Guns | Papi Greco | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Go for Sisters | Freddy Suárez | 2013-11-08 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Robert Gonzales | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet | Michael Axford | 2011-01-12 |
| Movie | America | Mr. Irving | 2011-03-10 |
| Movie | I'm Still Here | Edward James Olmos | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Battlestar Galactica: The Plan | Commander William Adama | 2009-10-27 |
| Movie | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Diablo (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
| Movie | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Admiral William Adama | 2007-11-12 |
| Movie | Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | 2007-12-18 |
| Movie | Walkout | Julian Nava | 2006-03-18 |
| Series | Eureka | First sled dog | 2006-07-18 |
| Movie | Recycled Life | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Splinter | Captain garcia | 2006-08-17 |
| Series | Dexter | Professor James Gellar | 2006-10-01 |
| Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | William Adama | 2004-10-18 |
| Series | American Family | Jess Gonzalez | 2002-01-23 |
| Series | George Lopez | Unknown | 2002-03-27 |
| Movie | The Judge | Judge Armando Acosta | 2001-05-06 |
| Movie | In the Time of the Butterflies | Rafael Leónidas Trujillo | 2001-10-21 |
| Movie | Gossip | Detective Curtis | 2000-04-21 |
| Movie | The Road to El Dorado | Chief (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
| Movie | The Princess and the Barrio Boy | Nestor Garcia | 2000-12-08 |
| Movie | Zapatista | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Bonanno: A Godfather's Story | Gaspar DiGregario (Young) | 1999-07-25 |
| Series | The West Wing | Roberto Mendoza | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Vamanos | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | The Wall | Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder") | 1998-05-24 |
| Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Det. Anthony Piscotti | 1998-02-01 |
| Movie | Selena | Abraham Quintanilla | 1997-03-21 |
| Series | Gun | Father Santos | 1997-04-12 |
| Movie | Selena Remembered | Narrator (voice) | 1997-04-01 |
| Movie | Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika | Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist | 1997-04-14 |
| Movie | Hollywood Confidential | Stan Navarro, Sr. | 1997-04-14 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 11 | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | Caught | Joe | 1996-01-24 |
| Movie | Death in Granada | 1996-11-09 | |
| Series | Dead Man's Walk | Captain Salazar | 1996-05-12 |
| Movie | My Family | Paco | 1995-05-03 |
| Series | 500 Nations | 1995-04-20 | |
| Movie | Mirage | Matteo Juarez | 1995-11-21 |
| Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Musician at Barbecue (uncredited) | 1994-05-13 |
| Series | Babylon 5 | Unknown | 1994-01-26 |
| Movie | A Million to Juan | The Angel | 1994-05-15 |
| Movie | Lives in Hazard | self | 1994-04-08 |
| Movie | The Burning Season | Wilson Pinheiro | 1994-09-17 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | Mr. Ramon | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jose Menendez | 1994-05-22 |
| Movie | Roosters | Gallo Morales | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | American Me | Montoya Santana | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | Talent for the Game | Virgil Sweet | 1991-04-26 |
| Movie | The Earth Day Special | Hospital Director | 1990-04-22 |
| Movie | Maria's Story | José Serrano (voice) | 1990-09-01 |
| Movie | Triumph of the Spirit | Gypsy | 1989-12-08 |
| Movie | Stand and Deliver | Jaime A. Escalante | 1988-03-11 |
| Series | The Fortunate Pilgrim | Frank Corbo | 1988-04-03 |
| Movie | Saving Grace | Ciolino | 1986-05-02 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Martin Castillo | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Mito (English version, voice) | 1984-03-11 |
| Movie | The Nightingale | Prime Minister | 1983-05-10 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Gregorio Cortez | 1983-08-19 |
| Series | American Playhouse | Gen. Santa Anna | 1982-01-12 |
| Movie | Blade Runner | Gaff | 1982-06-25 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1982-09-11 |
| Movie | 300 Miles for Stephanie | Art Vela | 1981-01-12 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Zoot Suit | El Pachuco | 1981-10-02 |
| Movie | Wolfen | Eddie Holt | 1981-07-24 |
| Movie | Virus | Captain Lopez | 1980-06-26 |
| Movie | Dead Angle | 1979-07-04 | |
| Movie | Evening in Byzantium | Angelo | 1978-08-14 |
| Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | Alambrista! | 1st Drunk | 1977-10-16 |
| Movie | Aloha, Bobby and Rose | Chicano #1 | 1975-04-29 |
| Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |