Edward James Olmos

Known for ActingBorn 1947-02-24 (age 79)Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

La Cerca

Greetings from Tucson

Selena Remembered

American Family

Maria's Story

Lives in Hazard

Coco

Dexter

The West Wing

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

La Californie !

Every Night's a Saturday Night

Mayans M.C.

E! True Hollywood Story

The Batman

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Faerie Tale Theatre

The Simpsons

Blue Bloods

LA 92

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Dead Angle

Eureka

Evening in Byzantium

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Selena

L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later

12 Angry Men

Unity

The Magic School Bus

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

A Dog's Way Home

Stand and Deliver

George Lopez

500 Nations

Hill Street Blues

My Family

American Me

300 Miles for Stephanie

Miami Vice

The Road to El Dorado

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

The Fitzpatricks

Recycled Life