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.
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- Born:
- Feb 24, 1947 In Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 121
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hawaii Five-O 1968-09-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie One Fast Move 2024-08-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Ossie | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | One Fast Move | Abel | 2024-08-07 |
| Series | La Californie ! | Self - Actor | 2023-08-01 |
| Movie | Walking with Herb | Joe Amable-Amo | 2021-04-30 |
| Movie | The Blade Runner Phenomenon | Self - Actor (Gaff) | 2021-05-27 |
| 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 | Windows on the World | Balthazar | 2019-04-28 |
| Movie | A Dog's Way Home | Axel | 2019-01-10 |
| Movie | Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire | Self | 2019-05-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Predator | Unknown | 2018-09-05 |
| Series | Mayans M.C. | Felipe Reyes | 2018-09-04 |
| 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 | Filly Brown | Leandro | 2013-04-19 |
| Movie | A Bridge Apart | (Voice) | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | 2 Guns | Papi Greco | 2013-08-02 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Robert Gonzales | 2013-09-24 |
| 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 |
| Series | Dave Navarro's Spread | Unknown | 2007-05-17 |
| Movie | Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | 2007-12-18 |
| Movie | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Admiral William Adama | 2007-11-12 |
| Movie | Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard | Self | 2007-12-03 |
| Movie | Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling | Self | 2007-12-03 |
| 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 |
| 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 | George Lopez | Unknown | 2002-03-27 |
| Series | Greetings From Tucson | Priest | 2002-09-20 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| Movie | Hollywood Confidential | Stan Navarro, Sr. | 1997-04-14 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 11 | 1997-08-17 |
| Series | Gun | Father Santos | 1997-04-12 |
| Series | Dead Man's Walk | Captain Salazar | 1996-05-12 |
| Movie | The Limbic Region | Lucca | 1996-06-30 |
| Movie | Caught | Joe | 1996-01-24 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Death in Granada | 1996-11-09 | |
| Movie | Slave of Dreams | 1995-01-01 | |
| 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 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Musician at Barbecue (uncredited) | 1994-05-13 |
| Series | The Magic School Bus | Mr. Ramon | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | A Million to Juan | The Angel | 1994-05-15 |
| Movie | The Burning Season | Wilson Pinheiro | 1994-09-17 |
| 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 | 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 | Seguin | Gen. Santa Anna | 1982-01-26 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Fitzpatricks | Unknown | 1977-09-05 |
| Movie | Alambrista! | 1st Drunk | 1977-10-16 |
| 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 | 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 |