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Edward James Olmos

English
Filmography

Blade Runner

1982
as Gaff

The Road to El Dorado

2000
as Chief (voice)

Coco

2017
as Chicharrón (voice)

Blade Runner 2049

2017
as Gaff

2 Guns

2013
as Papi Greco

Selena

1997
as Abraham Quintanilla

One Fast Move

2024
as Abel

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

2008
as Diablo (voice)

A Dog's Way Home

2019
as Axel

12 Angry Men

1997
as Juror 11

The Green Hornet

2010
as Michael Axford

A Bridge Apart

2014
as (voice)

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

2017
as Gaff (voice)

Windows on the World

2017
as Balthazar

I'm Still Here

2010
as Himself

Recycled Life

2006
as Narrator

Splinter

2006
as Captain garcia

A Million to Juan

1994
as The Angel

The Princess and the Barrio Boy

2000
as Nestor Garcia

Caught

1996
as Joe

The Burning Season

1994
as Wilson Pinheiro

Virus

1980
as Captain Lopez

Wolfen

1981
as Eddie Holt

Dead Angle

1979

Exile Nation: The Plastic People

2014
as Narrator

LA 92

2017
as Himself (archive footage)

A Class Apart

as Narrator

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

2007
as Admiral William Adama

La cerca

2005
as Old Niño

Saving Grace

1986
as Ciolino

Journey of a Female Comic

2014
as Edward James Olmos

Mirage

1995

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1998
as Vamanos

The Art of Human Salvage

2015
as Max

Gossip

2000
as Detective Curtis

Americano

2016
as Gayo

Slave of Dreams

1995
as Potiphar

300 Miles for Stephanie

1981
as Art Vela

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1998
as Det. Anthony Piscotti

My Family

1995
as Paco

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983
as Gregorio Cortez

Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'

2007
as Himself

Zapatista

1999
as Narrator

Zoot Suit

1981
as El Pachuco

Go for Sisters

2013
as Freddy Suárez

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

1994
as Jose Menendez

Maria's Story

1990
as Narrator

Roosters

1993
as Gallo Morales

Walkout

2006
as Julian Nava

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

2009
as William Adama

The Limbic Region

1996
as Lucca

Filly Brown

2013
as Leandro

Carlos Almaraz: Playing With Fire

2019
as Edward James Olmos

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994
as Musician at Barbecue

Aloha, Bobby and Rose

1975
as Chicano #1

Triumph of the Spirit

1989
as Gypsy

Stand and Deliver

1988
as Jaime A. Escalante

Lives in Hazard

1994
as Edward James Olmos

Fighting for Our Lives

1975

The Earth Day Special

1990

In the Time of the Butterflies

2001
as Trujillo

American Me

1992
as Montoya Santana

Chasing Wonders

2020

Unity

2015
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

1996

Talent for the Game

1991
as Virgil Sweet

Director

Movie Walkout 2006
Movie American Me 1992

Producer

Movie Exile Nation: The Plastic People 2014
Movie Lives in Hazard 1994
Movie American Me 1992