Edward James Olmos
Biography
Movies 101
Coco
as Chicharrón (voice)
2017
Blade Runner 2049
as Gaff
2017
Blade Runner
as Gaff
1982
Stand and Deliver
as Jaime A. Escalante
1988
The Road to El Dorado
as Chief (voice)
2000
Office Romance
as Captain Jack Cruz
2026
2 Guns
as Papi Greco
2013
A Dog's Way Home
as Axel
2019
The Green Hornet
as Michael Axford
2011
12 Angry Men
as Juror 11
1997
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Diablo (voice)
2008
Selena
as Abraham Quintanilla
1997
I'm Still Here
as Edward James Olmos
2010
Virus
as Captain Lopez
1980
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
as Commander William Adama
2009
American Me
as Montoya Santana
1992
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
as Gaff (voice)
2017
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as Admiral William Adama
2007
Gossip
as Detective Curtis
2000
One Fast Move
as Abel
2024
Wolfen
as Eddie Holt
1981
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)
1994
Americano
as Gayo (voice)
2016
In the Time of the Butterflies
as Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
2001
The Devil Has a Name
as Santiago
2019
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Triumph of the Spirit
as Gypsy
1989
Zoot Suit
as El Pachuco
1981
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Gregorio Cortez
1983
The Earth Day Special
as Hospital Director
1990
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
2007
Talent for the Game
as Virgil Sweet
1991
My Family
as Paco
1995
Caught
as Joe
1996
Outlaw Posse
as Ossie
2024
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Det. Anthony Piscotti
1998
Aloha Bobby and Rose
as Chicano #1
1975
Splinter
as Captain garcia
2006
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
as Salvatore Maranzano
1999
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
2020
Walking with Herb
as Joe Amable-Amo
2021
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Actor (Gaff)
2021
Saving Grace
as Ciolino
1986
A Million to Juan
as The Angel
1994
Walkout
as Julian Nava
2006
300 Miles for Stephanie
as Art Vela
1981
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jose Menendez
1994
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
as Nestor Garcia
2000
Chasing Wonders
as Luis
2021
Filly Brown
as Leandro
2013
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
as Self
2007
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
The Judge
as Judge Armando Acosta
2001
Death in Granada
as Roberto Lozano
1996
America
as Mr. Irving
2011
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Vamanos
1998
The Burning Season
as Wilson Pinheiro
1994
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
Dead Angle
1979
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Go for Sisters
as Freddy Suárez
2013
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
as Narrator – El Pachuco (voice)
2026
Imprisoned
as Hospicio
2019
Mirage
as Matteo Juarez
1995
Windows on the World
as Balthazar
2019
L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
as Self
2017
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Miami Vice: Freefall
as Lt. Martin Castillo
1989
Seguin
as Gen. Santa Anna
1982
Every Night's a Saturday Night
as Self
2018
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
as Self
2019
The Nightingale
as Prime Minister
1983
Hollywood Confidential
as Stan Navarro, Sr.
1997
Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest
as Narrator
1997
Selena Remembered
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Agave is Life
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Alambrista!
as 1st Drunk
1977
Space Songs: Through the Distance
as Self
2020
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
as Self
2007
Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood
as self
2026
The Wall
as Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")
1998
A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
as Narrator
2009
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
as Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist
1997
Learning Not to Hurt
as Self
1993
La Cerca
as Narrator / Old Niño
2005
Roosters
as Gallo Morales
1993
Prophecies of the Millennium
as Host
1997
Zapatista
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Maria's Story
as José Serrano (voice)
1991
Exile Nation: The Plastic People
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Slave of Dreams
as Potiphar
1995
Recycled Life
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Monday Nights at Seven
as Charlie
2016
The Eyes of Martin Castillo
as Martin Castillo (archive footage)
2018
The Limbic Region
as Lucca
1996
Lives in Hazard
as self
1994
Mami Está Aquí
as Mr. Jimenez
2026
A Bridge Apart
as (Voice)
2013
Blue Collar & Buddha
as Narrator
1986
Blue Collar & Buddha
TV Shows 52
The Simpsons
as Pit Master (voice)
1989
Eureka
as First sled dog
2006
Dexter
as James Gellar
2006
Dexter
as Prof. James Gellar
2006
Blue Bloods
as Lorenzo Batista
2010
Hawaii Five-O
as Dancer
1969
The West Wing
as Roberto Mendoza
1999
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Robert Gonzales
2013
Miami Vice
as Martin Castillo
1984
Battlestar Galactica
as Admiral William Adama
2004
Battlestar Galactica
as Commander William Adama
2004
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Judge Cruz
1981
Touched by an Angel
as Col. Victor Walls
1994
American Playhouse
as General Santa Anna
1982
American Playhouse
as Gregorio Cortez
1982
American Playhouse
as Jaime Escalante
1982
Cannon
1971
Police Woman
1974
The Batman
as Chief Rojas (voice)
2004
Starsky & Hutch
as Julio Gutierez
1975
Mayans M.C.
as Felipe Reyes
2018
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Molecule Man (voice)
2023
Portlandia
as Edward James Olmos
2011
Kojak
as Paco
1973
The Magic School Bus
as Mr. Ramon (voice)
1994
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Prime Minister
1982
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Rey Emiliano (voice)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as El Murcielago (voice)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Jimenez (voice)
1995
Police Story
1973
CHiPs
1977
M.I.A.
as Isaac Rojas
2026
Battlestar Galactica
as Commander Adama
2003
George Lopez
as Mr. Vega
2002
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
Bless This Mess
as Randy
2019
American Family
as Jess Gonzalez
2002
Dave Navarro's Spread
2007
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Self
2014
Gun
as Father Santos
1997
The Fitzpatricks
as Don Vasquez
1977
500 Nations
1995
Greetings from Tucson
as Priest
2002
Dead Man's Walk
as Captain Salazar
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Blue Knight
as Clemente (as Ed Olmos)
1975
The Judge
as Judge Armando Acosti
2001
The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Frank Corbo
1988
Evening in Byzantium
as Angelo
1978
La Californie !
as Self - Actor
2023