Edward James Olmos

Acting · 2.9 popularity

Age

Movies

100

Born: February 24, 1947
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Website: Visit site

Biography

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.

Works

100 films

Coco

20178.2

Blade Runner 2049

20177.6

Blade Runner

19827.9

Stand and Deliver

19887.8

Office Romance

20266.4

The Road to El Dorado

20007.3

2 Guns

20136.5

The Green Hornet

20115.6

Selena

19977.7

A Dog's Way Home

20197.4

12 Angry Men

19987.7

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

20085.4

One Fast Move

20246.7

I'm Still Here

20106.0

American Me

19927.4

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

20096.7

Wolfen

19815.9

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

20077.2

Gossip

20005.8

My Family

19957.4

Caught

19965.7

Virus

19806.3

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

19944.4

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

19837.0

Triumph of the Spirit

19896.5

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

20177.1

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

20077.8

The Devil Has a Name

20195.3

In the Time of the Butterflies

20016.3

America

20114.8

Americano

20165.3

Splinter

20064.7

Unity

20157.5

Selena Remembered

199710.0

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

19985.4

The Earth Day Special

19906.1

Zoot Suit

19816.4

Mirage

19953.6

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

19987.0

Walkout

20065.3

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

19995.2

LA 92

20177.7

The Unfinished Journey

19996.5

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

1997

Mami Está Aquí

202610.0

Outlaw Posse

20244.7

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

20206.9

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Space Songs: Through the Distance

2020

The Judge

20015.3

Maria's Story

19919.0

La Cerca

200510.0

Death in Granada

19965.5

Seguin

1982

The Princess and the Barrio Boy

20006.0

Every Night's a Saturday Night

20188.0

L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later

20177.5

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

20194.5

Miami Vice: Freefall

1989

Windows on the World

20193.3

Aloha Bobby and Rose

19756.0

The Wall

19986.8

Alambrista!

19775.9

The Limbic Region

19965.8

Recycled Life

20067.1

Saving Grace

19866.4

Talent for the Game

19917.0

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

19946.3

Hollywood Confidential

19974.4

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

20026.5

Filly Brown

20136.2

The Nightingale

19835.3

Walking with Herb

20216.0

Imprisoned

20194.6

A Million to Juan

19945.4

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

2026

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

20216.9

The Burning Season

19946.3

Roosters

19933.8

Dead Angle

19798.0

Go for Sisters

20136.0

The Journey of a Female Comic

20146.2

300 Miles for Stephanie

19817.5

Zapatista

19995.6

The Eyes of Martin Castillo

2018

Monday Nights at Seven

2016

Exile Nation: The Plastic People

20147.0

Chasing Wonders

20214.7

Prophecies of the Millennium

1997

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

2007

Slave of Dreams

19954.3

Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard

2007

Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest

1997

A Bridge Apart

2013

Agave is Life

20145.5

Lives in Hazard

19948.5

Learning Not to Hurt

1993

Blue Collar & Buddha

1986

A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story

2009

Blue Collar & Buddha

20268.0