Edward James Olmos
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday24 February 1947 (79 years old)
Place of birthLos Angeles, California, USA
Known credits147
Biography
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 Prim…
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026 · Narrator – El Pachuco (voice)
Office Romance
2026 · Captain Jack Cruz
Mami Está Aquí
2026 · Mr. Jimenez
M.I.A.
2026 · Isaac Rojas
Say a Little Prayer
2024 · Executive Producer
One Fast Move
2024 · Abel
Outlaw Posse
2024 · Ossie
La Californie !
2023 · Self - Actor
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · Molecule Man (voice)
Chasing Wonders
2021 · Luis
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021 · Self - Actor (Gaff)
Walking with Herb
2021 · Joe Amable-Amo
Chaparreando
2020 · Creator
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020 · Self
Space Songs: Through the Distance
2020 · Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019 · Self
Imprisoned
2019 · Hospicio
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Santiago
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Director
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Producer
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019 · Self
Windows on the World
2019 · Balthazar
Bless This Mess
2019 · Randy
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Axel
Mayans M.C.
2018 · Felipe Reyes
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018 · Martin Castillo (archive footage)
Every Night's a Saturday Night
2018 · Self
Coco
2017 · Chicharrón (voice)
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Gaff
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017 · Gaff (voice)
LA 92
2017 · Self (archive footage)
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
2017 · Self
Monday Nights at Seven
2016 · Charlie
Americano
2016 · Gayo (voice)
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014 · Narrator (voice)
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Self
Agave is Life
2014 · Narrator (voice)
Go for Sisters
2013 · Freddy Suárez
Go for Sisters
2013 · Producer
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Robert Gonzales
2 Guns
2013 · Papi Greco
Filly Brown
2013 · Leandro
Filly Brown
2013 · Executive Producer
A Bridge Apart
2013 · (Voice)
America
2011 · Mr. Irving
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