Edward James Olmos
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.…
Filmography
Greetings from Tucson
2002 · 10.0
Selena Remembered
1997 · 10.0
La Cerca
2005 · 10.0
Mami Está Aquí
2026 · 10.0
American Family
2002 · 9.0
Maria's Story
1991 · 9.0
M.I.A.
2026 · 8.4
The West Wing
1999 · 8.3
Dexter
2006 · 8.2
Battlestar Galactica
2003 · 8.2
Coco
2017 · 8.2
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · 8.2
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.1
The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0
The Batman
2004 · 8.0
Mayans M.C.
2018 · 8.0
Blue Collar & Buddha
— · 8.0
Blade Runner
1982 · 7.9
Stand and Deliver
1988 · 7.8
Blue Bloods
2010 · 7.8
Selena
1997 · 7.7
Eureka
2006 · 7.7
The Magic School Bus
1994 · 7.7
12 Angry Men
1997 · 7.7
Hill Street Blues
1981 · 7.6
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · 7.6
500 Nations
1995 · 7.6
The Fitzpatricks
1977 · 7.5
American Me
1992 · 7.5
Unity
2015 · 7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · 7.5
George Lopez
2002 · 7.5
Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · 7.4
A Dog's Way Home
2019 · 7.4
My Family
1995 · 7.4
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · 7.4
The Road to El Dorado
2000 · 7.3
Kojak
1973 · 7.3
Dead Angle
1979 · 7.3
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 7.2
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007 · 7.2
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017 · 7.1
Police Story
1973 · 7.0
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983 · 7.0
Talent for the Game
1991 · 7.0
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
1997 · 7.0
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998 · 7.0
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014 · 7.0
Portlandia
2011 · 6.9
CHiPs
1977 · 6.8
The Wall
1998 · 6.8
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009 · 6.7
Cannon
1971 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
One Fast Move
2024 · 6.6
2 Guns
2013 · 6.5
Police Woman
1974 · 6.5
Triumph of the Spirit
1989 · 6.5
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · 6.5
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002 · 6.5
Office Romance
2026 · 6.4
Saving Grace
1986 · 6.4
Zoot Suit
1981 · 6.4
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Virus
1980 · 6.3
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001 · 6.3
The Burning Season
1994 · 6.3
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988 · 6.2
Filly Brown
2013 · 6.2
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014 · 6.2
Bless This Mess
2019 · 6.1
The Earth Day Special
1990 · 6.1
Dead Man's Walk
1996 · 6.0
Aloha Bobby and Rose
1975 · 6.0
Go for Sisters
2013 · 6.0
Walking with Herb
2021 · 6.0
I'm Still Here
2010 · 5.9
Gossip
2000 · 5.9
Wolfen
1981 · 5.9
Alambrista!
1977 · 5.9
The Limbic Region
1996 · 5.8
Caught
1996 · 5.7
The Green Hornet
2011 · 5.6
Death in Granada
1996 · 5.6
Zapatista
1999 · 5.6
Agave is Life
2014 · 5.5
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008 · 5.4
A Million to Juan
1994 · 5.4
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998 · 5.4
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · 5.3
Americano
2016 · 5.3
The Judge
2001 · 5.3
Walkout
2006 · 5.3
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999 · 5.2
The Nightingale
1983 · 5.2
The Blue Knight
1975 · 5.0
Dave Navarro's Spread
2007 · 5.0
America
2011 · 4.8
Windows on the World
2019 · 4.8
Outlaw Posse
2024 · 4.7
Chasing Wonders
2021 · 4.7
Gun
1997 · 4.6
Splinter
2006 · 4.6
The Judge
2001 · 4.5
Imprisoned
2019 · 4.5
Hollywood Confidential
1997 · 4.4
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · 4.4
Roosters
1993 · 3.8
Mirage
1995 · 3.6
Evening in Byzantium
1978 · 0.0
Seguin
1982 · 0.0
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026 · 0.0
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989 · 0.0
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
2009 · 0.0
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018 · 0.0
Blue Collar & Buddha
1986 · 0.0
Monday Nights at Seven
2016 · 0.0
A Bridge Apart
2013 · 0.0