Edward James Olmos

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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Edward James Olmos

Filmografia

Blade Runner

In the Time of the Butterflies

Joaquin Phoenix - Io sono qui!

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

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

La parola ai giurati

American Me - Rabbia di vivere

Cowgirl - Il nuovo sesso

The Green Hornet

Terza Base

La forza della volontà

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Ultimo rifugio: Antartide

Blue Collar & Buddha

Selena

Splinter

Mi familia - Tre generazioni di sogni

Caught

Gossip

Battlestar Galactica - Razor

Filly Brown

Selena Remembered

Zoot Suit

Dangerous Days: La realizzazione di Blade Runner

Recycled Life

Hollywood Confidential

Alambrista!

Il meraviglioso abito color gelato alla panna

Outlaw Posse

Battlestar Galactica - The Plan

Blue Collar & Buddha

Zapatista

Exile Nation: The Plastic People

Cani sciolti

Il giudice

Go for Sisters

Mirage

La Ballata Di Gregorio Cortez

Slave of Dreams

The Journey of a Female Comic

El Americano: The Movie

白昼の死角

Bonanno - La storia di un Padrino

A Million to Juan

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

Roosters

La Cerca

Seguin

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Oltre la vittoria

The Wall

Lives in Hazard

Unity

América

The Limbic Region

One Fast Move

Maria's Story

Aloha Bobby and Rose

The Earth Day Special

Death in Granada

Walkout

A Bridge Apart

La strada per El Dorado

The Nightingale

The Princess and the Barrio Boy

Blade Runner 2049

LA 92

Coco

Saving Grace

L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later

Blade Runner Black Out 2022

The Devil Has a Name

Un viaggio a quattro zampe

A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story

The Eyes of Martin Castillo