Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

Birthday: 1947-02-24

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as: Эдвард Джеймс Олмос, ادوراد جیمز اولموس

imdb_id: nm0001579

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 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.

Played in movies:

Miami Vice: Freefall

Score: 10.0

Selena Remembered

Score: 10.0

Coco

Score: 8.2

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

Score: 8.2

Every Night's a Saturday Night

Score: 8.0

Lives in Hazard

Score: 8.0

Blade Runner

Score: 7.9

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Score: 7.9

LA 92

Score: 7.7

Selena

Score: 7.7

12 Angry Men

Score: 7.7

Stand and Deliver

Score: 7.6

My Family

Score: 7.6

Blade Runner 2049

Score: 7.6

The Earth Day Special

Score: 7.6

L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later

Score: 7.5

Unity

Score: 7.5

A Dog's Way Home

Score: 7.4

American Me

Score: 7.4

The Road to El Dorado

Score: 7.3

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Score: 7.2

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

Score: 7.1

Gun

Score: 7.0

Dead Angle

Score: 7.0

Exile Nation: The Plastic People

Score: 7.0

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Score: 6.9

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

Score: 6.8

Recycled Life

Score: 6.8

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

Score: 6.8

Walking with Herb

Score: 6.7

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

Score: 6.7

One Fast Move

Score: 6.6

Triumph of the Spirit

Score: 6.6

2 Guns

Score: 6.5

In the Time of the Butterflies

Score: 6.5

Virus

Score: 6.4

The Burning Season

Score: 6.2

The Journey of a Female Comic

Score: 6.2

Filly Brown

Score: 6.2

Saving Grace

Score: 6.1

Zoot Suit

Score: 6.1

I'm Still Here

Score: 6.0

The Unfinished Journey

Score: 6.0

Go for Sisters

Score: 6.0

Talent for the Game

Score: 6.0

Wolfen

Score: 5.9

Walkout

Score: 5.9

Aloha, Bobby and Rose

Score: 5.9

Alambrista!

Score: 5.9

Caught

Score: 5.9

Gossip

Score: 5.8

Death in Granada

Score: 5.7

The Limbic Region

Score: 5.7

The Wall

Score: 5.7

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

Score: 5.7

The Green Hornet

Score: 5.6

Agave is Life

Score: 5.5

Imprisoned

Score: 5.4

A Million to Juan

Score: 5.4

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Score: 5.4

The Devil Has a Name

Score: 5.3

Outlaw Posse

Score: 5.3

Zapatista

Score: 5.2

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Score: 5.0

The Princess and the Barrio Boy

Score: 5.0

America

Score: 4.8

Americano

Score: 4.8

Chasing Wonders

Score: 4.7

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire

Score: 4.5

The Judge

Score: 4.5

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Score: 4.4

Splinter

Score: 4.3

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Score: 4.3

Windows on the World

Score: 4.0

Roosters

Score: 4.0

Hollywood Confidential

Score: 3.9

The Nightingale

Score: 3.7

Mirage

Score: 3.2

Slave of Dreams

Score: 1.0

Prophecies of the Millennium

Score: 0.0

Office Romance

Score: 0.0

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

Score: 0.0

Monday Nights at Seven

Score: 0.0

Space Songs: Through the Distance

Score: 0.0

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Score: 0.0

300 Miles for Stephanie

Score: 0.0

The Eyes of Martin Castillo

Score: 0.0

A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story

Score: 0.0

A Bridge Apart

Score: 0.0

Maria's Story

Score: 0.0

Seguin

Score: 0.0

La Cerca

Score: 0.0

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

Score: 0.0

Blue Collar & Buddha

Score: 0.0

Blue Collar & Buddha

Score: 0.0

Evening in Byzantium

Score: 0.0

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

Score: 0.0

Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Dexter

Score: 8.2

Dexter

Score: 8.2

Battlestar Galactica

Score: 8.2

Battlestar Galactica

Score: 8.2

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

Score: 8.1

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

Mayans M.C.

Score: 8.0

La Californie !

Score: 8.0

The Batman

Score: 8.0

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Score: 7.9

Eureka

Score: 7.8

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Score: 7.7

The Magic School Bus

Score: 7.6

500 Nations

Score: 7.6

Hill Street Blues

Score: 7.6

George Lopez

Score: 7.6

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

Starsky & Hutch

Score: 7.3

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Kojak

Score: 7.0

The Real History of Science Fiction

Score: 6.9

Portlandia

Score: 6.9

Police Story

Score: 6.9

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

Cannon

Score: 6.5

Bless This Mess

Score: 6.2

Police Woman

Score: 6.2

Dead Man's Walk

Score: 6.1

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Score: 6.0

The Fortunate Pilgrim

Score: 5.0

The Fitzpatricks

Score: 5.0

Dave Navarro's Spread

Score: 5.0

The Judge

Score: 4.5

Gun

Score: 4.0

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Score: 3.5

The Blue Knight

Score: 2.0

Greetings From Tucson

Score: 0.0

American Family

Score: 0.0