Edward James Olmos
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.
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.
Known for
One Fast Move
Outlaw Posse
La Californie !
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Chasing Wonders
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Walking with Herb
Chaparreando
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Space Songs: Through the Distance
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Imprisoned
The Devil Has a Name
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
Windows on the World
Bless This Mess
A Dog's Way Home
Mayans M.C.
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Coco
Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
LA 92
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
Monday Nights at Seven
Americano
Unity
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
The Real History of Science Fiction
Agave is Life
Go for Sisters
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2 Guns
Filly Brown
A Bridge Apart
America
Portlandia
The Green Hornet
I'm Still Here
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Dexter
Splinter
Eureka
Walkout
Battlestar Galactica
The Batman
Battlestar Galactica
George Lopez
American Family
In the Time of the Butterflies
The Judge
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
Gossip
The Road to El Dorado
The West Wing
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Zapatista
The Wall
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
12 Angry Men
Hollywood Confidential
Gun
Selena
Death in Granada
E! True Hollywood Story
The Limbic Region
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Dead Man's Walk
Caught
Mirage
My Family
500 Nations
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Slave of Dreams
The Burning Season
The Magic School Bus
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
A Million to Juan
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Roosters
American Me
Talent for the Game
The Earth Day Special
The Simpsons
Triumph of the Spirit
Miami Vice: Freefall
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Stand and Deliver
Saving Grace
Miami Vice
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
The Nightingale
Faerie Tale Theatre
Blade Runner
Seguin
Zoot Suit
Wolfen
Hill Street Blues
300 Miles for Stephanie
Virus
Dead Angle
Evening in Byzantium
Alambrista!
CHiPs
The Fitzpatricks
Starsky & Hutch
The Blue Knight
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
Police Woman
Kojak
Police Story
Cannon
Hawaii Five-O