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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.
Movie | One Fast Move | Abel | 2024-08-08 |
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 |
Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Robert Gonzales | 2013-09-24 |
Movie | 2 Guns | Papi Greco | 2013-08-02 |
Movie | Go for Sisters | Freddy Suárez | 2013-11-08 |
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 |
Movie | Recycled Life | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
Series | Eureka | First sled dog | 2006-07-18 |
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 | The Road to El Dorado | Chief (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
Movie | The Princess and the Barrio Boy | Nestor Garcia | 2000-12-08 |
Movie | Gossip | Detective Curtis | 2000-04-21 |
Movie | Bonanno: A Godfather's Story | Gaspar DiGregario (Young) | 1999-07-25 |
Movie | Zapatista | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
Series | The West Wing | Roberto Mendoza | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Vamanos | 1998-01-23 |
Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Det. Anthony Piscotti | 1998-02-01 |
Movie | The Wall | Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder") | 1998-05-24 |
Movie | Selena | Abraham Quintanilla | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Selena Remembered | Narrator (voice) | 1997-04-01 |
Series | Gun | Father Santos | 1997-04-12 |
Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 11 | 1997-08-17 |
Movie | Hollywood Confidential | Stan Navarro, Sr. | 1997-04-14 |
Movie | Caught | Joe | 1996-01-24 |
Movie | Death in Granada | 1996-11-09 | |
Series | Dead Man's Walk | Captain Salazar | 1996-05-12 |
Series | 500 Nations | 1995-04-20 | |
Movie | Mirage | Matteo Juarez | 1995-11-21 |
Movie | My Family | Paco | 1995-05-03 |
Movie | Lives in Hazard | self | 1994-04-08 |
Series | Babylon 5 | Unknown | 1994-01-26 |
Movie | A Million to Juan | The Angel | 1994-05-15 |
Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Musician at Barbecue (uncredited) | 1994-05-13 |
Movie | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jose Menendez | 1994-05-22 |
Movie | The Burning Season | Wilson Pinheiro | 1994-09-17 |
Series | The Magic School Bus | Mr. Ramon | 1994-09-10 |
Movie | Roosters | Gallo Morales | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | American Me | Montoya Santana | 1992-03-13 |
Movie | Talent for the Game | Vergil 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 |
Movie | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Mito (English version, voice) | 1984-03-11 |
Series | Miami Vice | Martin Castillo | 1984-09-16 |
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 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | Blade Runner | Gaff | 1982-06-25 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | 300 Miles for Stephanie | Art Vela | 1981-01-12 |
Movie | Wolfen | Eddie Holt | 1981-07-24 |
Movie | Zoot Suit | El Pachuco | 1981-10-02 |
Movie | Virus | Captain Lopez | 1980-06-26 |
Movie | Dead Angle | 1979-07-04 | |
Movie | Evening in Byzantium | Angelo | 1978-08-14 |
Movie | Alambrista! | 1st Drunk | 1977-10-16 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
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 | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |