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