Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/24/1947
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Эдвард Джеймс Олмосادوراد جیمز اولموس
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 Prim...
Known For
Coco
as Chicharrón (voice)
Blade Runner 2049
as Gaff
Blade Runner
as Gaff
American Me
as Montoya Santana
Zoot Suit
as El Pachuco
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
Chasing Wonders
as Luis
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Actor (Gaff)
12 Angry Men
as Juror 11
The Road to El Dorado
as Chief (voice)
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
as Self
One Fast Move
as Abel
Stand and Deliver
as Jaime A. Escalante
Filly Brown
as Leandro
Wolfen
as Eddie Holt
Outlaw Posse
as Ossie
2 Guns
as Papi Greco
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
The Green Hornet
as Michael Axford
Saving Grace
as Ciolino
Career Timeline
2023
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2014
2013
2011
2009
2007
2006
2004
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
as Narrator
12 Angry Men
as Juror 11
Prophecies of the Millennium
as Host
Hollywood Confidential
as Stan Navarro, Sr.
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
as Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist
Gun
as Father Santos
Selena Remembered
as Narrator (voice)
Selena
as Abraham Quintanilla
1996
1995
Mirage
as Matteo Juarez
My Family
as Paco
500 Nations
Role unknown
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Rey Emiliano (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as El Murcielago (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Jimenez (voice)
Slave of Dreams
Role unknown
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Col. Victor Walls
The Burning Season
as Wilson Pinheiro
The Magic School Bus
as Mr. Ramon (voice)
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jose Menendez
A Million to Juan
as The Angel
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)
Lives in Hazard
as self