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.

Фільмографія

• 2026American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez — Narrator – El Pachuco (voice)
• M.I.A. — Isaac Rojas
• 2026Mami Está Aquí — Mr. Jimenez
• 2026Офісний роман — Captain Jack Cruz
• 2024Outlaw Posse — Ossie
• 2024Say a Little Prayer — Executive Producer
• 2024Один швидкий рух — Abel
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Molecule Man (voice)
• 2021Chasing Wonders — Luis
• 2021Walking with Herb — Joe Amable-Amo
• Chaparreando — Creator
• 2019Imprisoned — Hospicio
• 2019The Devil Has a Name — Santiago, Director, Producer
• 2019Windows on the World — Balthazar
• Благослови цей безлад — Randy
• 2019Шлях додому — Axel
• 2018The Eyes of Martin Castillo — Martin Castillo (archive footage)
• Маянці — Felipe Reyes
• 2017Коко — Chicharrón (voice)
• 2017Той, хто біжить по лезу 2049 — Gaff
• 2017Той, хто біжить по лезу: Затемнення 2022 — Gaff (voice)
• 2016Americano — Gayo (voice)
• 2016Monday Nights at Seven — Charlie
• 2015Unity — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Agave is Life — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Exile Nation: The Plastic People — Narrator (voice)
• 2014The Journey of a Female Comic
• 20132 cтволи — Papi Greco
• 2013A Bridge Apart — (Voice)
• 2013Filly Brown — Leandro, Executive Producer
• 2013Go for Sisters — Freddy Suárez, Producer
• Агенти Щ.И.Т. — Robert Gonzales
• 2011America — Mr. Irving
• Portlandia — Edward James Olmos
• 2011Зелений Шершень — Michael Axford
• Блакитна кров — Lorenzo Batista
• 2010Я все ще тут — Edward James Olmos
• 2009A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story — Narrator
• 2009Battlestar Galactica: The Plan — Commander William Adama, Director
• 2008Крихітка з Беверлі-Хіллз — Diablo (voice)
• 2007Battlestar Galactica: Razor — Admiral William Adama
• Dave Navarro's Spread
• 2006Splinter — Captain garcia
• 2006Walkout — Julian Nava, Director
• Декстер — James Gellar, Prof. James Gellar
• Еврика — First sled dog
• 2005La Cerca — Narrator / Old Niño
• Бетмен — Chief Rojas (voice)
• Зоряний крейсер "Галактика" — Admiral William Adama, Commander William Adama, Director
• Battlestar Galactica — Commander Adama
• American Family — Jess Gonzalez
• George Lopez — Mr. Vega
• Greetings from Tucson — Priest
• 2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
• 2001In the Time of the Butterflies — Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
• 2001The Judge — Judge Armando Acosta
• The Judge — Judge Armando Acosti
• 2000Gossip — Detective Curtis
• 2000The Princess and the Barrio Boy — Nestor Garcia
• 2000Дорога на Ельдорадо — Chief (voice)
• 1999Bonanno: A Godfather's Story — Salvatore Maranzano
• 1999The Unfinished Journey — Narrator (voice)
• 1999Zapatista — Narrator (voice)
• Західне крило — Roberto Mendoza
• 1998The Taking of Pelham One Two Three — Det. Anthony Piscotti
• 1998The Wall — Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")
• 1998The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit — Vamanos
• 199712 розгніваних чоловіків — Juror 11
• Gun — Father Santos
• 1997Hollywood Confidential — Stan Navarro, Sr.
• 1997Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest — Narrator
• 1997Prophecies of the Millennium — Host
• 1997Selena — Abraham Quintanilla
• 1997Selena Remembered — Narrator (voice), Producer
• 1997Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika — Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist
• 1996Caught — Joe
• Dead Man's Walk — Captain Salazar
• 1996Death in Granada — Roberto Lozano
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996The Limbic Region — Lucca
• 500 Nations
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Rey Emiliano (voice), El Murcielago (voice), Jimenez (voice)
• 1995Mirage — Matteo Juarez
• 1995My Family — Paco
• 1995Slave of Dreams — Potiphar
• 1994A Million to Juan — The Angel
• 1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues — Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)
• 1994Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills — Jose Menendez
• 1994The Burning Season — Wilson Pinheiro
• The Magic School Bus — Mr. Ramon (voice)
• Touched by an Angel — Col. Victor Walls
• 1993Roosters — Gallo Morales
• 1992American Me — Montoya Santana, Director, Producer
• 1991Maria's Story — José Serrano (voice)
• 1991Talent for the Game — Virgil Sweet
• 1990The Earth Day Special — Hospital Director
• 1989Miami Vice: Freefall — Lt. Martin Castillo
• 1989Triumph of the Spirit — Gypsy
• Сімпсони — Pit Master (voice)
• 1988Stand and Deliver — Jaime A. Escalante
• The Fortunate Pilgrim — Frank Corbo
• 1986Blue Collar & Buddha — Narrator
• 1986Saving Grace — Ciolino
• Поліція Маямі — Martin Castillo, Director
• 1983The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez — Gregorio Cortez, Original Music Composer, Associate Producer
• 1983The Nightingale — Prime Minister
• American Playhouse — General Santa Anna, Gregorio Cortez, Jaime Escalante, Associate Producer, Original Music Composer
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Prime Minister
• 1982Seguin — Gen. Santa Anna
• 1982Той, хто біжить по лезу — Gaff
• 1981300 Miles for Stephanie — Art Vela
• Hill Street Blues — Judge Cruz
• 1981Zoot Suit — El Pachuco
• 1981Вовчі — Eddie Holt
• 1980Virus — Captain Lopez
• 1979Dead Angle
• Evening in Byzantium — Angelo
• 1977Alambrista! — 1st Drunk
• CHiPs
• The Fitzpatricks — Don Vasquez
• 1975Aloha Bobby and Rose — Chicano #1
• The Blue Knight — Clemente (as Ed Olmos)
• Старскі та Гатч — Julio Gutierez
• Police Woman
• Police Story
• Коджак — Paco
• Cannon
• Hawaii Five-O — Dancer
• Blue Collar & Buddha

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (19)

• 2026Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood — self
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• La Californie ! — Self - Actor
• 2021The Blade Runner Phenomenon — Self - Actor (Gaff)
• 2020Space Songs: Through the Distance — Self
• 2020The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II — Self
• 2019Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire — Self
• 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage — Self
• 2018Every Night's a Saturday Night — Self
• 2017L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later — Self
• 2017LA 92 — Self (archive footage)
• The Real History of Science Fiction — Self
• 2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner — Self
• 2007Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard — Self
• 2007Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling — Self
• 2006Recycled Life — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• 1994Lives in Hazard — self
• 1993Learning Not to Hurt — Self