Edward James Olmos
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1947
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 out…
Known for
American Me
1992
Talent for the Game
1991
Stand and Deliver
1988
Blue Collar & Buddha
My Family
1995
Caught
1996
Recycled Life
2006
Hollywood Confidential
1997
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
Blue Collar & Buddha
1986
Zapatista
1999
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014
Mirage
1995
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
Slave of Dreams
1995
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
Roosters
1993
La Cerca
2005
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
The Wall
1998
The Limbic Region
1996
A Bridge Apart
2013
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
2009
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018
Agave is Life
2014
Walking with Herb
2021
Prophecies of the Millennium
1997
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
1997
Mami Está Aquí
2026
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001
Splinter
2006
Selena Remembered
1997
Zoot Suit
1981
The Judge
2001
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
2017
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981
Chasing Wonders
2021
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007
Go for Sisters
2013
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
Maria's Story
1991
Death in Granada
1996
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017
Wolfen
1981
Monday Nights at Seven
2016
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997
Learning Not To Hurt
1993
Blade Runner
1982
2 Guns
2013
Americano
2016
Dead Angle
1979
America
2011
One Fast Move
2024
The Nightingale
1983
The Devil Has a Name
2019
Windows on the World
2019
Every Night's a Saturday Night
2018
Imprisoned
2019
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Office Romance
2026
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
The Road to El Dorado
2000
LA 92
2017
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019
The Green Hornet
2011
Selena
1997
Gossip
2000
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999
Saving Grace
1986
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
Alambrista!
1977
Seguin
1982
Filly Brown
2013
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
The Burning Season
1994
Space Songs: Through the Distance
2020
12 Angry Men
1997
Aloha Bobby and Rose
1975
Outlaw Posse
2024
Lives in Hazard
1994
Virus
1980
A Million to Juan
1994
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Walkout
2006
Coco
2017
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Evening in Byzantium
1978
Unity
2015
I'm Still Here
2010
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
The Earth Day Special
1990
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
CHiPs
1977
The West Wing
1999
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Batman
2004
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
George Lopez
2002
Hill Street Blues
1981
Kojak
1973
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Cannon
1971
500 Nations
1995
Gun
1997
Police Woman
1974
Police Story
1973
American Family
2002
Dave Navarro's Spread
2007
The Fitzpatricks
1977
Dexter
2006
The Blue Knight
1975
Miami Vice
1984
Dead Man's Walk
1996
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Eureka
2006
Greetings from Tucson
2002
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
The Magic School Bus
1994
La Californie !
2023
Battlestar Galactica
2003
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Mayans M.C.
2018
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Portlandia
2011
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
The Simpsons
1989
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
Bless This Mess
2019
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
The Judge
2001
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Blue Bloods
2010
Evening in Byzantium
1978
M.I.A.
2026
American Playhouse
1982