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Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

Total Box Office:
 $294.9M
Highest Rated:
92% 12 Angry Men (1997)
Lowest Rated:
28% Gossip (2000)
Birthday:
Feb 24
Birthplace:
East Los Angeles, California, USA
Bio:
Though most easily recognized as a respected actor of stage, screen, and television, Edward James Olmos is also a distinguished humanitarian who spends considerable time and money supporting various causes and charitable organizations in his native Los Angeles. Born the son of an immigrant and a…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Fatherhood 101
  • Actor
-- 2013
45% Filly Brown
  • Leandro
$2.8M 2013
63% 2 Guns
  • Papi Greco
$75.0M 2013
Go For Sisters
  • Actor
-- 2013
Mitchell 20: Teacher Quality Is The Answer
  • Actor
-- 2011
43% The Green Hornet
  • Axford
$98.8M 2011
Alambrista!
  • Actor
-- 2011
53% I'm Still Here
  • Actor
$0.4M 2010
Chicano Rock!: The Sounds of East Los Angeles
  • Actor
-- 2009
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
  • Actor
  • Director
-- 2009
41% Beverly Hills Chihuahua
  • El Diablo
$94.5M 2008
Chicano Rock!: The Sounds of East Los Angeles
  • Host/Narrator
-- 2008
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
  • Actor
-- 2007
Hispanic Hollywood - Then and Now
  • Actor
-- 2007
43% Splinter
  • Garcia
-- 2006
Walkout
  • Director
  • Julian Nava
-- 2006
Steve Martini's The Judge
  • Actor
-- 2005
La cerca
  • Narrator/Old Niño
-- 2005
Play Ball!: Basic Fielding
  • Actor
-- 2003
Battlestar Galactica
  • Commander William Adama
-- 2003
Selena: Ones
  • Actor
-- 2003
Play Ball!: Official Rules & Regulations
  • Actor
-- 2003
Play Ball!: Basic Pitching
  • Actor
-- 2003
The Judge
  • Judge Armando Acosta
-- 2001
In the Time of the Butterflies
  • Rafael LeónidasTrujillo
-- 2000
Champions Forever: The Latin Legends
  • Actor
-- 2000
The Princess & the Barrio Boy (She's In Love)
  • Actor
-- 2000
63% Saving Grace
  • Ciolino
$11.5M 2000
28% Gossip
  • Detective Curtis
-- 2000
49% The Road to El Dorado
  • Chief
-- 2000
Hispanic Hollywood
  • Actor
-- 1999
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War
  • Narrator
-- 1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (The Youngest Godfather)
  • Actor
-- 1999
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (TV)
  • Det. Anthony Piscotti
-- 1998
80% The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
  • Vamenos
-- 1998
The Wall
  • Actor
-- 1998
Hollywood Confidential
  • Stan Navarro
-- 1997
64% Selena
  • Abraham Quintanilla
-- 1997
92% 12 Angry Men
  • Juror 11
-- 1997
29% The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
  • Lozano
-- 1997
Dead Man's Walk
  • Capt. Salazar
-- 1996
Limbic Region
  • Actor
-- 1996
Mystic Lands
  • Actor
-- 1996
75% Caught
  • Joe
-- 1996
85% My Family
  • Paco the Narrator
-- 1995
Mirage
  • Matteo Juarez
-- 1995
Million to Juan
  • The Angel
-- 1994
Slave of Dreams
  • Potiphar
-- 1994
The Burning Season
  • Wilson Pinheiro
-- 1994
Story Porch With Edward James Olmos
  • Actor
-- 1993
Roosters
  • Gallo
-- 1993
75% American Me
  • Santana Montoya
  • Director
-- 1992
Maria's Story
  • Narration
-- 1992
Talent For The Game
  • Virgil Sweet
-- 1991
50% Triumph of the Spirit
  • Gypsy
  • Director
-- 1989
73% Stand and Deliver
  • Jaime Escalante
-- 1988
Saving Grace
  • Ciolino
$10.7M 1986
Miami Vice 2 - The Prodigal Son
  • Actor
-- 1985
83% Kaze no tani no Naushika (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) (Warriors of the Wind)
  • Mito (English)
-- 1984
Faerie Tale Theatre - The Nightingale
  • Actor
-- 1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
  • Gregorio Cortez
-- 1983
Blade Runner (The Final Cut)
  • Gaff
-- 1982
91% Blade Runner
  • Gaff
$1.2M 1982
73% Wolfen
  • Eddie Holt
-- 1981
Zoot Suit
  • El Pachuco
-- 1981
Aloha, Bobby and Rose
  • Actor
-- 1974

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
68% Dexter
  • Prof. James Gellar
2006-2013
CSI: NY
  • Luther Devarro
2004-2013
Battlestar Galactica
  • Cdr. William Adama
  • Director
  • Adm. William Adama
2005

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    1. Gaff: It's too bad she won't live, but then again who does?
    From Blade Runner. Submitted by Justin F (33 days ago)
    1. Gaff: It's a shame that she won't live, but then again, who does?
    From Blade Runner. Submitted by Typhon Q (4 months ago)

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Edward James Olmos Talks The Green Hornet Opens in new window
September 30, 2009

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