Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), actor in and director of American Me (1992), William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), and Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982), and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017). In 2018, he played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series Mayans MC. For his work in Miami Vice, Olmos won the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. For his performance in Stand and Deliver, Olmos was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles as patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit, and the voice of Chicharrón in Coco. Over the course of his career, Olmos has been a pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Hispanics in the U.S. media. His notable direction, production, and starring roles for films, made-for-TV movies, and TV shows include Wolfen, Triumph of the Spirit, Talent for the Game, American Me, The Burning Season, My Family/Mi Familia, Caught, 12 Angry Men, The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, Walkout, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, American Family, and Dexter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward James Olmos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
99 movies · 45 shows
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026·0.0
Office Romance
2026·6.4
Mami Está Aquí
2026·10.0
One Fast Move
2024·6.7
Outlaw Posse
2024·4.7
Chasing Wonders
2021·4.7
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021·6.9
Walking with Herb
2021·6.0
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020·6.9
Space Songs: Through the Distance
2020·0.0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019·0.0
Imprisoned
2019·4.6
The Devil Has a Name
2019·5.3
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019·4.5
Windows on the World
2019·3.3
A Dog's Way Home
2019·7.4
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018·0.0
Every Night's a Saturday Night
2018·8.0
Coco
2017·8.2
Blade Runner 2049
2017·7.6
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017·7.1
LA 92
2017·7.7
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
2017·7.5
Monday Nights at Seven
2016·0.0
Americano
2016·5.3
Unity
2015·7.5
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014·7.0
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014·6.2
Agave is Life
2014·5.5
Go for Sisters
2013·6.0
2 Guns
2013·6.5
Filly Brown
2013·6.2
A Bridge Apart
2013·0.0
America
2011·4.8
The Green Hornet
2011·5.6
I'm Still Here
2010·6.0
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009·6.7
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
2009·0.0
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008·5.4
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007·7.8
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007·0.0
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007·0.0
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007·7.2
Splinter
2006·4.5
Walkout
2006·5.3
Recycled Life
2006·7.1
La Cerca
2005·10.0
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002·6.5
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001·6.3
The Judge
2001·5.3
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000·6.0
Gossip
2000·5.8
The Road to El Dorado
2000·7.3
The Unfinished Journey
1999·6.5
Zapatista
1999·5.6
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999·5.2
The Wall
1998·6.8
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998·5.4
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998·7.0
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
1997·0.0
12 Angry Men
1997·7.7
Prophecies of the Millennium
1997·0.0
Hollywood Confidential
1997·4.4
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997·0.0
Selena Remembered
1997·10.0
Selena
1997·7.7
Death in Granada
1996·5.5
The Limbic Region
1996·5.8
Caught
1996·5.7
Slave of Dreams
1995·4.3
Mirage
1995·3.6
My Family
1995·7.4
The Burning Season
1994·6.3
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994·6.3
A Million to Juan
1994·5.4
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994·4.4
Lives in Hazard
1994·8.5
Learning Not to Hurt
1993·0.0
Roosters
1993·3.8
American Me
1992·7.4
Talent for the Game
1991·7.0
Maria's Story
1991·9.0
The Earth Day Special
1990·6.1
Triumph of the Spirit
1989·6.5
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989·0.0
Stand and Deliver
1988·7.7
Blue Collar & Buddha
1986·0.0
Saving Grace
1986·6.4
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983·7.0
The Nightingale
1983·5.3
Blade Runner
1982·7.9
Seguin
1982·0.0
Zoot Suit
1981·6.4
Wolfen
1981·6.0
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981·7.5
Virus
1980·6.3
Dead Angle
1979·8.0
Alambrista!
1977·5.9
Aloha Bobby and Rose
1975·6.0