Acting
Edward James Olmos
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.
Filmography
Office Romance
Film · 2026
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Film · 2026
Mami Está Aquí
Film · 2026
Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood
Film · 2026
M.I.A.
Series · 2026
Outlaw Posse
Film · 2024
One Fast Move
Film · 2024
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Series · 2023
La Californie !
Series · 2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Series · 2023
Chasing Wonders
Film · 2021
Walking with Herb
Film · 2021
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Film · 2021
Space Songs: Through the Distance
Film · 2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Film · 2020
The Devil Has a Name
Film · 2019
A Dog's Way Home
Film · 2019
Windows on the World
Film · 2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Film · 2019
Imprisoned
Film · 2019
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
Film · 2019
Bless This Mess
Series · 2019
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
Film · 2018
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Film · 2018
Mayans M.C.
Series · 2018
Blade Runner 2049
Film · 2017
LA 92
Film · 2017
Coco
Film · 2017
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
Film · 2017
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
Film · 2017
Americano
Film · 2016
Monday Nights at Seven
Film · 2016
Unity
Film · 2015
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
Film · 2014
The Journey of a Female Comic
Film · 2014
Agave is Life
Film · 2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
Series · 2014
Filly Brown
Film · 2013
2 Guns
Film · 2013
Go for Sisters
Film · 2013
A Bridge Apart
Film · 2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Series · 2013
The Green Hornet
Film · 2011
America
Film · 2011
Portlandia
Series · 2011
I'm Still Here
Film · 2010
Blue Bloods
Series · 2010
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Film · 2009
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
Film · 2009
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Film · 2008
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Film · 2007
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
Film · 2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Film · 2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Film · 2007
Dave Navarro's Spread
Series · 2007
Splinter
Film · 2006
Recycled Life
Film · 2006
Walkout
Film · 2006
Dexter
Series · 2006
Eureka
Series · 2006
Dexter
Series · 2006
La Cerca
Film · 2005
The Batman
Series · 2004
Battlestar Galactica
Series · 2004
Battlestar Galactica
Series · 2004
Battlestar Galactica
Series · 2003
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Film · 2002
George Lopez
Series · 2002
American Family
Series · 2002
Greetings from Tucson
Series · 2002
In the Time of the Butterflies
Film · 2001
The Judge
Film · 2001
The Judge
Series · 2001
Gossip
Film · 2000
The Road to El Dorado
Film · 2000
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
Film · 2000
Zapatista
Film · 1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Film · 1999
The Unfinished Journey
Film · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Film · 1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Film · 1998
The Wall
Film · 1998
12 Angry Men
Film · 1997
Selena
Film · 1997
Selena Remembered
Film · 1997
Hollywood Confidential
Film · 1997
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Film · 1997
Prophecies of the Millennium
Film · 1997
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
Film · 1997
Gun
Series · 1997
Caught
Film · 1996
The Limbic Region
Film · 1996
Death in Granada
Film · 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
Dead Man's Walk
Series · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
My Family
Film · 1995
Mirage
Film · 1995
Slave of Dreams
Film · 1995
500 Nations
Series · 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Series · 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Series · 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Series · 1995
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Film · 1994
A Million to Juan
Film · 1994
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Film · 1994
Lives in Hazard
Film · 1994
The Burning Season
Film · 1994
The Magic School Bus
Series · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
Roosters
Film · 1993
Learning Not to Hurt
Film · 1993
American Me
Film · 1992
Talent for the Game
Film · 1991
Maria's Story
Film · 1991
The Earth Day Special
Film · 1990
Triumph of the Spirit
Film · 1989
Miami Vice: Freefall
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Stand and Deliver
Film · 1988
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Series · 1988
Blue Collar & Buddha
Film · 1986
Saving Grace
Film · 1986
Miami Vice
Series · 1984
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Film · 1983
The Nightingale
Film · 1983
Blade Runner
Film · 1982
Seguin
Film · 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Zoot Suit
Film · 1981
300 Miles for Stephanie
Film · 1981
Wolfen
Film · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Virus
Film · 1980
Dead Angle
Film · 1979
Evening in Byzantium
Series · 1978
Alambrista!
Film · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
The Fitzpatricks
Series · 1977
Aloha Bobby and Rose
Film · 1975
Starsky & Hutch
Series · 1975
The Blue Knight
Series · 1975
Police Woman
Series · 1974
Kojak
Series · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
Cannon
Series · 1971
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Blue Collar & Buddha
Film