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:
- 111
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hawaii Five-O 1968-09-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Outlaw Posse 2024-03-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Outlaw Posse | Ossie | 2024-03-01 |
| Movie | Walking with Herb | Joe Amable-Amo | 2021-04-30 |
| Movie | Chasing Wonders | 2021-06-04 | |
| 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 | L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later | Himself | 2017-04-18 |
| Movie | LA 92 | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | Coco | Chicharrón (voice) | 2017-10-27 |
| Movie | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Gaff (voice) | 2017-09-26 |
| Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Gaff | 2017-10-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 | A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story | Narrator | 2009-02-23 |
| 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 |
| Series | Dave Navarro's Spread | Unknown | 2007-05-17 |
| 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 | Eureka | First sled dog | 2006-07-18 |
| Series | Dexter | Professor James Gellar | 2006-10-01 |
| 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 | George Lopez | Unknown | 2002-03-27 |
| Series | American Family | Jess Gonzalez | 2002-01-23 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Gregorio Cortez | 1983-08-19 |
| Movie | The Nightingale | Prime Minister | 1983-05-10 |
| Series | American Playhouse | Gen. Santa Anna | 1982-01-12 |
| Movie | Blade Runner | Gaff | 1982-06-25 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Prime Minister | 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 | Evening in Byzantium | Angelo | 1978-08-14 |
| Series | The Fitzpatricks | Unknown | 1977-09-05 |
| Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
| Movie | Alambrista! | 1st Drunk | 1977-10-16 |
| 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 |