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:
- 120
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Office Romance
- Latest Project:
- Movie One Fast Move 2024-08-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Office Romance | Captain Jack Cruz | 2026 |
| 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 | Luis | 2021-06-04 |
| Movie | The Blade Runner Phenomenon | Self - Actor (Gaff) | 2021-05-27 |
| 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 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | 2019-09-13 |
| Movie | Windows on the World | Balthazar | 2019-04-28 |
| Movie | The Devil Has a Name | Santiago | 2019-08-04 |
| Movie | Imprisoned | Hospicio | 2019-09-12 |
| Movie | Every Night's a Saturday Night | Self | 2018-04-28 |
| Movie | The Predator | 2018-09-05 | |
| Series | Mayans M.C. | Felipe Reyes | 2018-09-04 |
| Movie | Coco | Chicharrón (voice) | 2017-10-27 |
| Movie | L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later | Himself | 2017-04-18 |
| Movie | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Gaff (voice) | 2017-09-26 |
| Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Gaff | 2017-10-04 |
| Movie | LA 92 | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | Monday Nights at Seven | Charlie | 2016-10-08 |
| Movie | Americano | Gayo (voice) | 2016-01-29 |
| Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
| Movie | The Journey of a Female Comic | 2014-05-16 | |
| 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 | America | Mr. Irving | 2011-03-10 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet | Michael Axford | 2011-01-12 |
| 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 |
| Series | Dave Navarro's Spread | Unknown | 2007-05-17 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Battlestar Galactica | Commander William Adama | 2004-10-18 |
| Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | Commander Adama | 2003-12-08 |
| Series | American Family | Jess Gonzalez | 2002-01-23 |
| Movie | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | 2002-06-06 | |
| 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 |
| 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 Remembered | Narrator (voice) | 1997-04-01 |
| Movie | Selena | Abraham Quintanilla | 1997-03-21 |
| Movie | Gun | Father Santos | 1997-04-12 |
| Movie | Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika | Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist | 1997-04-14 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 11 | 1997-08-17 |
| 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 | Roberto Lozano | 1996-11-09 |
| Movie | The Limbic Region | Lucca | 1996-06-30 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jose Menendez | 1994-05-22 |
| Movie | The Burning Season | Wilson Pinheiro | 1994-09-17 |
| Movie | Learning Not To Hurt | Self | 1993-03-18 |
| Movie | Roosters | Gallo Morales | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | American Me | Montoya Santana | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | Maria's Story | José Serrano (voice) | 1991-01-18 |
| Movie | Talent for the Game | Virgil Sweet | 1991-04-26 |
| Movie | The Earth Day Special | Hospital Director | 1990-04-22 |
| 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 |
| Series | American Playhouse | Gen. Santa Anna | 1982-01-12 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Prime Minister | 1982-09-11 |
| Movie | Blade Runner | Gaff | 1982-06-25 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |