Edward James Olmos
Acting
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.
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Narrator (voice)
One Fast Move
Abel
Outlaw Posse
Ossie
Chasing Wonders
Luis
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Actor (Gaff)
Walking with Herb
Joe Amable-Amo
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
Space Songs: Through the Distance
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
Imprisoned
Hospicio
The Devil Has a Name
Santiago
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
Self
Windows on the World
Balthazar
A Dog's Way Home
Axel
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
Martin Castillo (archive footage)
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Self
Coco
Chicharrón (voice)
Blade Runner 2049
Gaff
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
Gaff (voice)
LA 92
Self (archive footage)
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
Himself
Monday Nights at Seven
Charlie
Americano
Gayo (voice)
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
Narrator (voice)
The Journey of a Female Comic
Agave is Life
Narrator (voice)
Go for Sisters
Freddy Suárez
2 Guns
Papi Greco
Filly Brown
Leandro
A Bridge Apart
(Voice)
America
Mr. Irving
The Green Hornet
Michael Axford
I'm Still Here
Edward James Olmos
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Commander William Adama
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
Narrator
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Diablo (voice)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
Self
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Self
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Admiral William Adama
Splinter
Captain garcia
Walkout
Julian Nava
Recycled Life
Self - Narrator (voice)
La Cerca
Narrator / Old Niño
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
In the Time of the Butterflies
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
The Judge
Judge Armando Acosta
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
Nestor Garcia
Gossip
Detective Curtis
The Road to El Dorado
Chief (voice)
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Salvatore Maranzano
Zapatista
Narrator (voice)
The Wall
Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Det. Anthony Piscotti
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Vamanos
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
Narrator
12 Angry Men
Juror 11
Prophecies of the Millennium
Host
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist
Hollywood Confidential
Stan Navarro, Sr.
Selena Remembered
Narrator (voice)
Selena
Abraham Quintanilla
Death in Granada
Roberto Lozano
The Limbic Region
Lucca
Caught
Joe
Slave of Dreams
Potiphar
Mirage
Matteo Juarez
My Family
Paco
The Burning Season
Wilson Pinheiro
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Jose Menendez
A Million to Juan
The Angel
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)
Lives in Hazard
self
Learning Not To Hurt
Self
Roosters
Gallo Morales
American Me
Montoya Santana
Talent for the Game
Virgil Sweet
Maria's Story
José Serrano (voice)
The Earth Day Special
Hospital Director
Triumph of the Spirit
Gypsy
Stand and Deliver
Jaime A. Escalante
Blue Collar & Buddha
Narrator
Saving Grace
Ciolino
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Gregorio Cortez
The Nightingale
Prime Minister
Blade Runner
Gaff
Seguin
Gen. Santa Anna
Zoot Suit
El Pachuco
Wolfen
Eddie Holt
300 Miles for Stephanie
Art Vela
Virus
Captain Lopez
Dead Angle
Evening in Byzantium
Angelo
Alambrista!
1st Drunk
Aloha Bobby and Rose
Chicano #1