Edward James Olmos
Acting
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…
Filmography
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American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026
Office Romance
2026
Mami Está Aquí
2026
M.I.A.
2026
Say a Little Prayer
2024
One Fast Move
2024
Outlaw Posse
2024
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
Chasing Wonders
2021
Walking with Herb
2021
Chaparreando
2020
Imprisoned
2019
The Devil Has a Name
2019
Windows on the World
2019
Bless This Mess
2019
A Dog's Way Home
2019
Mayans M.C.
2018
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
2018
Coco
2017
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017
Monday Nights at Seven
2016
Americano
2016
Unity
2015
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
2014
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
Agave is Life
2014
Go for Sisters
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
2 Guns
2013
Filly Brown
2013
A Bridge Apart
2013
America
2011
Portlandia
2011
The Green Hornet
2011
Blue Bloods
2010
I'm Still Here
2010
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
2009
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
Dexter
2006
Splinter
2006
Eureka
2006
Walkout
2006
La Cerca
La Cerca
2005
Battlestar Galactica
2004
The Batman
2004
Battlestar Galactica
2003
Greetings from Tucson
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
George Lopez
2002
American Family
2002
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001
The Judge
2001
The Judge
2001
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000
Gossip
2000
The Road to El Dorado
2000
The Unfinished Journey
1999
Zapatista
1999
The West Wing
1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999
The Wall
1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
1997
12 Angry Men
1997
Prophecies of the Millennium
Prophecies of the Millennium
1997
Hollywood Confidential
1997
Gun
1997
Selena Remembered
1997
Selena
1997
Death in Granada
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Limbic Region
1996
Dead Man's Walk
1996
Caught
1996
Slave of Dreams
1995
Mirage
1995