Acting
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.
The Simpsons
1989 · TV
Dexter
2006 · TV
Blue Bloods
2010 · TV
The West Wing
1999 · TV
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · TV
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · TV
Miami Vice
1984 · TV
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV
Coco
2017 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · TV
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Movie
Eureka
2006 · TV
Mayans M.C.
2018 · TV
Cannon
1971 · TV
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · TV
Blade Runner
1982 · Movie
Kojak
1973 · TV
Portlandia
2011 · TV
Police Woman
1974 · TV
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV
The Batman
2004 · TV
M.I.A.
2026 · TV
George Lopez
2002 · TV
Office Romance
2026 · Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV
Police Story
1973 · TV
The Magic School Bus
1994 · TV
Battlestar Galactica
2003 · TV
CHiPs
1977 · TV
The Road to El Dorado
2000 · Movie
Stand and Deliver
1988 · Movie
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · TV
2 Guns
2013 · Movie
Bless This Mess
2019 · TV
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV
The Green Hornet
2011 · Movie
American Family
2002 · TV
The Fitzpatricks
1977 · TV
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Movie
12 Angry Men
1997 · Movie
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · TV
The Blue Knight
1975 · TV
500 Nations
1995 · TV
Selena
1997 · Movie
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008 · Movie
One Fast Move
2024 · Movie
I'm Still Here
2010 · Movie
Gun
1997 · TV
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007 · Movie
American Me
1992 · Movie
Dead Man's Walk
1996 · TV
Greetings from Tucson
2002 · TV
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988 · TV
Caught
1996 · Movie
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009 · Movie
Wolfen
1981 · Movie
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · Movie
The Judge
2001 · TV
Gossip
2000 · Movie
Unity
2015 · Movie
My Family
1995 · Movie
Triumph of the Spirit
1989 · Movie
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
Virus
1980 · Movie
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Movie
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001 · Movie
Americano
2016 · Movie
Death in Granada
1996 · Movie
La Californie !
2023 · TV
Evening in Byzantium
1978 · TV
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Movie
Windows on the World
2019 · Movie
Alambrista!
1977 · Movie
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021 · Movie
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020 · Movie
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999 · Movie
A Million to Juan
1994 · Movie
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983 · Movie
Mirage
1995 · Movie
Hollywood Confidential
1997 · Movie
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026 · Movie
America
2011 · Movie
The Burning Season
1994 · Movie
Aloha Bobby and Rose
1975 · Movie
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Movie
Splinter
2006 · Movie
Mami Está Aquí
2026 · Movie
Outlaw Posse
2024 · Movie
Selena Remembered
1997 · Movie
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998 · Movie
Zoot Suit
1981 · Movie
Seguin
1982 · Movie
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998 · Movie
LA 92
2017 · Movie
Talent for the Game
1991 · Movie
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989 · Movie
Dead Angle
1979 · Movie
Go for Sisters
2013 · Movie
The Judge
2001 · Movie
Maria's Story
1991 · Movie
The Limbic Region
1996 · Movie
Walkout
2006 · Movie
Imprisoned
2019 · Movie
Walking with Herb
2021 · Movie
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019 · Movie
The Nightingale
1983 · Movie
300 Miles for Stephanie
1981 · Movie
Slave of Dreams
1995 · Movie
Chasing Wonders
2021 · Movie
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994 · Movie
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002 · Movie
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014 · Movie
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018 · Movie
Filly Brown
2013 · Movie
Saving Grace
1986 · Movie
Roosters
1993 · Movie
Space Songs: Through the Distance
2020 · Movie
Every Night's a Saturday Night
2018 · Movie
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
2017 · Movie
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000 · Movie
Lives in Hazard
1994 · Movie
The Wall
1998 · Movie
Monday Nights at Seven
2016 · Movie
A Bridge Apart
2013 · Movie
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019 · Movie
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007 · Movie
Zapatista
1999 · Movie
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014 · Movie
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
1997 · Movie
Agave is Life
2014 · Movie
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
2009 · Movie
