Edward James Olmos
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-02-24
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Images
Cast
Blade Runner
1982
7.94
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001
6.31
I'm Still Here
2010
5.99
12 Angry Men
1997
7.70
American Me
1992
7.40
Evening in Byzantium
1978
0.00
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
4.36
The Green Hornet
2011
5.59
Talent for the Game
1991
6.00
Stand and Deliver
1988
7.61
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
5.40
Virus
1980
6.34
Selena
1997
7.73
Splinter
2006
4.31
My Family
1995
7.50
Caught
1996
5.88
Gossip
2000
5.80
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
7.14
Filly Brown
2013
6.20
Selena Remembered
1997
10.00
Zoot Suit
1981
6.10
Recycled Life
2006
6.80
Hollywood Confidential
1997
4.13
Alambrista!
1977
5.90
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
6.70
Outlaw Posse
2024
5.30
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
6.75
Blue Collar & Buddha
1986
0.00
Zapatista
1999
5.20
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014
7.00
2 Guns
2013
6.54
The Judge
2001
4.50
Go for Sisters
2013
6.00
Mirage
1995
3.20
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
6.88
Slave of Dreams
1995
3.00
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
6.20
Americano
2016
4.80
Dead Angle
1979
7.00
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999
4.30
A Million to Juan
1994
5.40
Roosters
1993
3.00
La Cerca
2005
0.00
Seguin
1982
0.00
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
6.62
The Wall
1998
5.70
Lives in Hazard
1994
8.00
Unity
2015
7.50
America
2011
4.80
The Limbic Region
1996
5.70
One Fast Move
2024
6.65
Maria's Story
1990
0.00
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
1975
5.90
The Earth Day Special
1990
7.57
Death in Granada
1996
5.41
Walkout
2006
5.46
A Bridge Apart
2013
0.00
The Road to El Dorado
2000
7.25
The Nightingale
1983
3.70
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000
5.00
Blade Runner 2049
2017
7.58
LA 92
2017
7.74
Coco
2017
8.21
Saving Grace
1986
6.10
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017
7.13
The Devil Has a Name
2019
5.34
A Dog's Way Home
2019
7.37
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018
0.00
Windows on the World
2019
4.00
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981
0.00
The Burning Season
1994
6.20
Every Night's a Saturday Night
2018
8.00
Chasing Wonders
2021
4.70
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
0.00
Imprisoned
2019
5.04
Wolfen
1981
5.90
Agave is Life
2014
5.50
Monday Nights at Seven
2016
0.00
The Unfinished Journey
1999
6.00
Walking with Herb
2021
6.70
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
6.80
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
9.00
Gun
1997
7.00
Office Romance
0.00
Prophecies of the Millennium
1997
0.00
Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
1985
10.00
Learning Not To Hurt
1993
0.00