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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 | 2025 | |
Series | La Californie ! | Self - Actor | 2023-08-01 |
Movie | The Blade Runner Phenomenon | Self - Actor (Gaff) | 2021-05-27 |
Movie | Chasing Wonders | 2021-06-04 | |
Movie | A Dog's Way Home | Axel | 2019-01-10 |
Movie | Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire | Self | 2019-05-01 |
Movie | Windows on the World | Balthazar | 2019-04-28 |
Movie | Imprisoned | Hospicio | 2019-09-12 |
Movie | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | 2019-09-13 |
Movie | The Devil Has a Name | Santiago | 2019-08-04 |
Movie | Every Night's a Saturday Night | Self | 2018-04-28 |
Series | Mayans M.C. | Felipe Reyes | 2018-09-04 |
Movie | The Predator | Unknown | 2018-09-05 |
Movie | L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later | Himself | 2017-04-18 |
Movie | LA 92 | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-04-28 |
Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Gaff | 2017-10-04 |
Movie | Coco | Chicharrón (voice) | 2017-10-27 |
Movie | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Gaff (voice) | 2017-09-26 |
Series | The Nineties | Himself | 2017-07-09 |
Movie | Americano | Gayo (voice) | 2016-01-29 |
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 | 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 | 2 Guns | Papi Greco | 2013-08-02 |
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 |
Series | Dave Navarro's Spread | Unknown | 2007-05-17 |
Movie | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Admiral William Adama | 2007-11-12 |
Movie | Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner' | Self | 2007-12-18 |
Movie | Recycled Life | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Walkout | Julian Nava | 2006-03-18 |
Series | Dexter | Professor James Gellar | 2006-10-01 |
Series | Eureka | First sled dog | 2006-07-18 |
Movie | Splinter | Captain garcia | 2006-08-17 |
Movie | La Cerca | Narrator / Old Niño | 2005-05-04 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Series | Battlestar Galactica | William Adama | 2004-10-18 |
Series | Battlestar Galactica | Commander Adama | 2003-12-08 |
Series | American Family | Jess Gonzalez | 2002-01-23 |
Series | Greetings From Tucson | Priest | 2002-09-20 |
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 |
Series | The West Wing | Roberto Mendoza | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | Zapatista | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Bonanno: A Godfather's Story | Gaspar DiGregario (Young) | 1999-07-25 |
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 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 11 | 1997-08-17 |
Movie | Selena | Abraham Quintanilla | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Selena Remembered | Narrator (voice) | 1997-04-01 |
Movie | Hollywood Confidential | Stan Navarro, Sr. | 1997-04-14 |
Series | Gun | Father Santos | 1997-04-12 |
Movie | Caught | Joe | 1996-01-24 |
Series | Dead Man's Walk | Captain Salazar | 1996-05-12 |
Movie | Death in Granada | 1996-11-09 | |
Movie | The Limbic Region | Lucca | 1996-06-30 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Series | 500 Nations | 1995-04-20 | |
Movie | Slave of Dreams | 1995-01-01 | |
Movie | My Family | Paco | 1995-05-03 |
Movie | Mirage | Matteo Juarez | 1995-11-21 |
Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Musician at Barbecue (uncredited) | 1994-05-13 |
Movie | A Million to Juan | The Angel | 1994-05-15 |
Series | Babylon 5 | Unknown | 1994-01-26 |
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 | 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 |
Movie | Saving Grace | Ciolino | 1986-05-02 |
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 |
Movie | Seguin | Santa Anna | 1982-01-26 |
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 | 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 | Alambrista! | 1st Drunk | 1977-10-16 |
Series | The Fitzpatricks | Unknown | 1977-09-05 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Series | Visions | First Drunk | 1976-10-21 |
Movie | Aloha, Bobby and Rose | Chicano #1 | 1975-04-29 |
Series | The Blue Knight | Clemente (as Ed Olmos) | 1975-05-09 |
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 |