Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is a Mexican American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward James Olmos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Series | Visions | First Drunk | 2025 |
Movie | The Blade Runner Phenomenon | Self - Actor (Gaff) | 2021-05-27 |
Movie | The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | A Dog's Way Home | Axel | 2019-01-10 |
Movie | Windows on the World | Balthazar | 2019-04-28 |
Movie | Imprisoned | Hospicio | 2019-09-12 |
Movie | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | 2019-09-13 |
Movie | The Devil Has a Name | Santiago | 2019-08-04 |
Movie | The Predator | 2018-09-05 | |
Series | Mayans M.C. | Felipe Reyes | 2018-09-04 |
Movie | LA 92 | Himself (archive footage) | 2017-04-28 |
Series | The Nineties | Himself | 2017-07-09 |
Movie | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Gaff (voice) | 2017-09-26 |
Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Gaff | 2017-10-04 |
Movie | Coco | Chicharrón (voice) | 2017-10-27 |
Movie | Monday Nights at Seven | Charlie | 2016-10-08 |
Movie | Americano | Gayo (voice) | 2016-01-29 |
Movie | Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Movie | Journey of a Female Comic | 2014-05-02 | |
Movie | Filly Brown | Leandro | 2013-04-19 |
Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Robert Gonzales | 2013-09-24 |
Movie | Go for Sisters | Freddy Suárez | 2013-11-08 |
Movie | 2 Guns | Papi Greco | 2013-08-02 |
Movie | America | Mr. Irving | 2011-03-10 |
Movie | The Green Hornet | Michael Axford | 2011-01-12 |
Movie | I'm Still Here | Edward James Olmos | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | Battlestar Galactica: The Plan | Commander William Adama | 2009-10-27 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Diablo (voice) | 2008-10-03 |
Series | Dave Navarro's Spread | Unknown | 2007-05-17 |
Movie | Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner' | Self | 2007-12-18 |
Movie | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Admiral William Adama | 2007-11-12 |
Movie | Recycled Life | Narrator | 2006-01-01 |
Series | Dexter | Professor James Gellar | 2006-10-01 |
Movie | Walkout | Julian Nava | 2006-03-18 |
Series | Eureka | Jim Taggart | 2006-07-18 |
Movie | Splinter | Captain garcia | 2006-08-17 |
Movie | La Cerca | Narrator / Old Niño | 2005-05-04 |
Series | Battlestar Galactica | William Adama | 2004-10-18 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Series | Battlestar Galactica | Commander Adama | 2003-12-08 |
Series | American Family | Jess Gonzalez | 2002-01-23 |
Series | George Lopez | 2002-03-27 | |
Series | Greetings From Tucson | Priest | 2002-09-20 |
Movie | In the Time of the Butterflies | Rafael Leónidas Trujillo | 2001-10-21 |
Movie | The Judge | Judge Armando Acosta | 2001-05-06 |
Movie | The Road to El Dorado | Chief (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
Movie | Gossip | Detective Curtis | 2000-04-21 |
Movie | The Princess and the Barrio Boy | Nestor Garcia | 2000-12-08 |
Movie | Zapatista | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | Bonanno: A Godfather's Story | Gaspar DiGregario (Young) | 1999-07-25 |
Movie | The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Vamanos | 1998-01-23 |
Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Det. Anthony Piscotti | 1998-02-01 |
Movie | The Wall | Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder") | 1998-05-24 |
Movie | Selena | Abraham Quintanilla | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Selena Remembered | Narrator (voice) | 1997-04-01 |
Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 11 | 1997-08-17 |
Movie | Hollywood Confidential | Stan Navarro, Sr. | 1997-04-14 |
Series | Gun | Father Santos | 1997-04-12 |
Movie | Caught | Joe | 1996-01-24 |
Series | Dead Man's Walk | Captain Salazar | 1996-05-12 |
Movie | The Limbic Region | Lucca | 1996-06-30 |
Movie | Death in Granada | 1996-11-09 | |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Slave of Dreams | 1995-01-01 | |
Movie | Mirage | Matteo Juarez | 1995-11-21 |
Series | 500 Nations | 1995-04-20 | |
Movie | My Family | Paco | 1995-05-03 |
Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Musician at Barbecue (uncredited) | 1994-05-13 |
Series | Babylon 5 | Unknown | 1994-01-26 |
Movie | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jose Menendez | 1994-05-22 |
Movie | The Burning Season | Wilson Pinheiro | 1994-09-17 |
Series | The Magic School Bus | Mr. Ramon | 1994-09-10 |
Movie | A Million to Juan | The Angel | 1994-05-15 |
Movie | Roosters | Gallo Morales | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | American Me | Montoya Santana | 1992-03-13 |
Movie | Talent for the Game | Vergil Sweet | 1991-04-26 |
Movie | Maria's Story | José Serrano (voice) | 1990-09-01 |
Movie | The Earth Day Special | Hospital Director | 1990-04-22 |
Movie | Triumph of the Spirit | Gypsy | 1989-12-08 |
Movie | Stand and Deliver | Jaime A. Escalante | 1988-03-11 |
Series | The Fortunate Pilgrim | Frank Corbo | 1988-04-03 |
Movie | Saving Grace | Ciolino | 1986-05-02 |
Series | Miami Vice | Martin Castillo | 1984-09-16 |
Movie | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Mito (English version, voice) | 1984-03-11 |
Movie | The Nightingale | Prime Minister | 1983-05-10 |
Series | American Playhouse | Gen. Santa Anna | 1982-01-12 |
Movie | Blade Runner | Gaff | 1982-06-25 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Gregorio Cortez | 1982-06-29 |
Movie | 300 Miles for Stephanie | Art Vela | 1981-01-12 |
Movie | Zoot Suit | El Pachuco | 1981-10-02 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | Wolfen | Eddie Holt | 1981-07-24 |
Movie | Virus | Captain Lopez | 1980-06-26 |
Movie | Dead Angle | 1979-07-04 | |
Movie | Evening in Byzantium | Angelo | 1978-08-14 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Movie | Alambrista! | 1st Drunk | 1977-10-16 |
Series | The Fitzpatricks | Unknown | 1977-09-05 |
Movie | Aloha, Bobby and Rose | Chicano #1 | 1975-04-29 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
Series | The Blue Knight | Clemente (as Ed Olmos) | 1975-05-09 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |