Birthday
1947/02/24 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
Эдвард Джеймс Олмос
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...Read more
(1982) Blade Runner
as Gaff
(2001) In the Time of the Butterflies
as Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
(2010) I'm Still Here
as Edward James Olmos
(2007) Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
as Self
(2007) Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
as Self
(1997) 12 Angry Men
as Juror 11
(1992) American Me
as Montoya Santana
(1978) Evening in Byzantium
as Angelo
(1994) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)
(2011) The Green Hornet
as Michael Axford
(1991) Talent for the Game
as Virgil Sweet
(1988) Stand and Deliver
as Jaime A. Escalante
(2008) Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Diablo (voice)
(1980) Virus
as Captain Lopez
Blue Collar & Buddha
as ---
(1997) Selena
as Abraham Quintanilla
(2006) Splinter
as Captain garcia
(1995) My Family
as Paco
(1996) Caught
as Joe
(2000) Gossip
as Detective Curtis
(2007) Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as Admiral William Adama
(2013) Filly Brown
as Leandro
(1997) Selena Remembered
as Narrator (voice)
(1981) Zoot Suit
as El Pachuco
(2007) Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
(2006) Recycled Life
as Narrator
(1997) Hollywood Confidential
as Stan Navarro, Sr.
(1977) Alambrista!
as 1st Drunk
(1998) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Vamanos
(2024) Outlaw Posse
as Ossie
(2009) Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
as Commander William Adama
(1986) Blue Collar & Buddha
as Narrator
(1999) Zapatista
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Exile Nation: The Plastic People
as Narrator (voice)
(2013) 2 Guns
as Papi Greco
(2001) The Judge
as Judge Armando Acosta
(2013) Go for Sisters
as Freddy Suárez
(1997) The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
as Roberto Lozano
(1995) Mirage
as Matteo Juarez
(1983) The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Gregorio Cortez
(1995) Slave of Dreams
as ---
(2014) Journey of a Female Comic
as ---
(2016) Americano
as Gayo (voice)
(1979) Dead Angle
as ---
(1999) Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
as Gaspar DiGregario (Young)
(1994) A Million to Juan
as The Angel
(1994) Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jose Menendez
(1993) Roosters
as Gallo Morales
(2005) La Cerca
as Narrator / Old Niño
(1982) Seguin
as Gen. Santa Anna
(1998) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Det. Anthony Piscotti
(1989) Triumph of the Spirit
as Gypsy
(1998) The Wall
as Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")
(1994) Lives in Hazard
as self
(2015) Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2011) America
as Mr. Irving
(1996) The Limbic Region
as Lucca
(2024) One Fast Move
as Abel
(1990) Maria's Story
as José Serrano (voice)
(1975) Aloha, Bobby and Rose
as Chicano #1
(1990) The Earth Day Special
as Hospital Director
(1996) Death in Granada
as ---
(2006) Walkout
as Julian Nava
(2013) A Bridge Apart
as (Voice)
(2000) The Road to El Dorado
as Chief (voice)
(1983) The Nightingale
as Prime Minister
(2000) The Princess and the Barrio Boy
as Nestor Garcia
(2017) Blade Runner 2049
as Gaff
(2017) LA 92
as Himself (archive footage)
(2017) Coco
as Chicharrón (voice)
(1986) Saving Grace
as Ciolino
(2017) L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
as Himself
(2017) Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
as Gaff (voice)
(2019) The Devil Has a Name
as Santiago
(2019) A Dog's Way Home
as Axel
(2009) A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
as Narrator
(2018) The Eyes of Martin Castillo
as Martin Castillo (archive footage)
(2019) Windows on the World
as Balthazar
(1981) 300 Miles for Stephanie
as Art Vela
(1994) The Burning Season
as Wilson Pinheiro
(2018) Every Night's a Saturday Night
as Self
(2021) Chasing Wonders
as ---
(2019) Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
(2019) Imprisoned
as Hospicio
(1981) Wolfen
as Eddie Holt
(2014) Agave is Life
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Space Songs: Through the Distance
as Self
(2020) The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
(2016) Monday Nights at Seven
as Charlie
(2019) Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
as Self
(1999) The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(2021) Walking with Herb
as Joe Amable-Amo
(2021) The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Actor (Gaff)
(1997) Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
as Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist
(1989) Miami Vice: Freefall
as Lieutenant Martin Castillo
(1977) CHiPs
as ---
(1999) The West Wing
as Roberto Mendoza
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Julio Gutierez
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Dancer
(2004) Battlestar Galactica
as William Adama
(2004) The Batman
as Chief Rojas (voice)
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(2002) George Lopez
as Mr. Vega
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as Paco
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Prime Minister
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1995) 500 Nations
as ---
(1997) Gun
as Father Santos
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(2002) American Family
as Jess Gonzalez
(2007) Dave Navarro's Spread
as ---
(1977) The Fitzpatricks
as Don Vasquez
(2006) Dexter
as James Gellar
(1975) The Blue Knight
as Clemente (as Ed Olmos)
(1984) Miami Vice
as Martin Castillo
(1996) Dead Man's Walk
as Captain Salazar
(2013) Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Robert Gonzales
(2006) Eureka
as First sled dog
(2002) Greetings From Tucson
as Priest
(2023) 100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
(1994) The Magic School Bus
as (voice)
(2023) La Californie !
as Self - Actor
(2004) Battlestar Galactica
as Commander William Adama
(2003) Battlestar Galactica
as Commander Adama
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Rey Emiliano (voice)
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as El Murcielago (voice)
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Jimenez (voice)
(2018) Mayans M.C.
as Felipe Reyes
(1996) The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
(2011) Portlandia
as Edward James Olmos
(2023) Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Molecule Man (voice)
(1989) The Simpsons
as Pit Master (voice)
(2014) The Real History of Science Fiction
as Himself
(2006) Dexter
as ---
(2019) Bless This Mess
as Randy
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Col. Victor Walls
(1988) The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Frank Corbo
(2001) The Judge
as Judge Armando Acosti