Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos is a Mexican-American actor and director. He is best known for his roles as Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), Montoya Santana in American Me (1992), and William Adama in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009).
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🎬 Movies
Office Romance
actor
2026
One Fast Move
actor
2024
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
actor
2019
Imprisoned
actor
2019
The Devil Has a Name
actor
2019
The Devil Has a Name
director
2019
A Dog's Way Home
actor
2019
Coco
actor
2017
Blade Runner 2049
actor
2017
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
actor
2017
LA 92
actor
2017
Go for Sisters
actor
2013
2 Guns
actor
2013
Filly Brown
actor
2013
The Green Hornet
actor
2011
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
director
2009
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
actor
2009
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
actor
2008
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
actor
2007
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
actor
2007
Splinter
actor
2006
Walkout
director
2006
Walkout
actor
2006
La Cerca
actor
2005
In the Time of the Butterflies
actor
2001
The Judge
actor
2001
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
actor
2000
Gossip
actor
2000
The Road to El Dorado
actor
2000
The Unfinished Journey
actor
1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
actor
1999
The Wall
actor
1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
actor
1998
12 Angry Men
actor
1997
Selena
actor
1997
Death in Granada
actor
1996
Caught
actor
1996
My Family
actor
1995
The Burning Season
actor
1994
A Million to Juan
actor
1994
Roosters
actor
1993
American Me
director
1992
American Me
actor
1992
The Earth Day Special
actor
1990
Triumph of the Spirit
actor
1989
Miami Vice: Freefall
actor
1989
Stand and Deliver
actor
1988
Saving Grace
actor
1986
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
actor
1983
Blade Runner
actor
1982
Zoot Suit
actor
1981
Wolfen
actor
1981
Virus
actor
1980
Dead Angle
actor
1979
Aloha Bobby and Rose
actor
1975