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:
- 89
- 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 | Windows on the World | Balthazar | 2019-04-28 |
| Movie | A Dog's Way Home | Axel | 2019-01-10 |
| Movie | Imprisoned | Hospicio | 2019-09-12 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Movie | La Cerca | Narrator / Old Niño | 2005-05-04 |
| Series | Battlestar Galactica | William Adama | 2004-10-18 |
| Movie | Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown | Himself | 2003-12-08 |
| Movie | Battlestar Galactica | Commander Adama | 2003-12-08 |
| 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 | Gossip | Detective Curtis | 2000-04-21 |
| Movie | The Princess and the Barrio Boy | Nestor Garcia | 2000-12-08 |
| Movie | Zapatista | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Vamanos | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Det. Anthony Piscotti | 1998-02-01 |
| Series | Gun | Father Santos | 1997-04-12 |
| Movie | Selena | Abraham Quintanilla | 1997-03-21 |
| Movie | Hollywood Confidential | Stan Navarro, Sr. | 1997-04-14 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 11 | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | Caught | Joe | 1996-01-24 |
| Series | Dead Man's Walk | Captain Salazar | 1996-05-12 |
| Movie | The Limbic Region | Lucca | 1996-06-30 |
| Movie | Death in Granada | 1996-11-09 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jose Menendez | 1994-05-22 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Saving Grace | Ciolino | 1986-05-02 |
| Movie | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Mito (English version, voice) | 1984-03-11 |
| Movie | The Nightingale | Prime Minister | 1983-05-10 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Gregorio Cortez | 1983-08-19 |
| Movie | Blade Runner | Gaff | 1982-06-25 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1982-09-11 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Zoot Suit | El Pachuco | 1981-10-02 |
| Movie | Wolfen | Eddie Holt | 1981-07-24 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |