page_title: Edward James Olmos
section_title: Television
hierarchical_section_title: Edward James Olmos / Filmography / Television
caption_attribution_description: American actor Edward James Olmos.
context_page_description: Edward James Olmos is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice, actor in and director of American Me, William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, and Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and its sequel Blade Runner 2049. In 2018, he played the father of two biker gang members 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.
caption: Olmos in September 2006
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