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Edward James Olmos
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- Producer
- Director
In short · Acting since 1977, 6 decades active, 84 credits, 3 Golden Globe Award wins.
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- Award win
Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- Award win
Golden Globe Awards — Golden Globe — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
- Award win
Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Director
2 credits
Actor
77 credits
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez(2026)
Actor
Film
Office Romance(2026)
Jack Cruz
Film
Outlaw Posse(2024)
Ossie
Film
One Fast Move(2024)
Abel
Film
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur(2023)
Molecule Man (voice) (2 Episodes)
TV
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur(2023)
Actor
TVBlade Runner Black Out(2022)
Gaff (voice)
Film
Walking with Herb(2021)
Joe Amable-Amo
Film
Imprisoned(2020)
Hospicio
Film
Chasing Wonders(2020)
Luis
Film
Windows on the World(2019)
Balthazar
Film
A Dog's Way Home(2019)
Axel
Film
Mayans M.C.(2018)
Felipe Reyes (50 Episodes)
TVDiversity in Hollywood(2018)
Actor
TV
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022(2017)
Gaff
Film
Coco(2017)
Chicharrón (voice)
Film
Americano(2016)
Gayo
Film
Monday Nights at Seven(2016)
Charlie
FilmEnergizing Our World(2015)
Actor
Film
Agave Is Life(2014)
Actor
Film
A Bridge Apart(2014)
Actor
Film
Exile Nation: The Plastic People(2014)
Narrator
Film
Go for Sisters(2013)
Freddy Suarez
Film
2 Guns(2013)
Papi Greco
Film
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)
Robert Gonzales (5 Episodes)
TV
Filly Brown(2012)
Leandro
Film
América(2011)
Mr. Irving
Film
The Green Hornet(2011)
Axford
Film
I'm Still Here(2010)
Edward James Olmos
Film
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan(2009)
Commander William Adama
Film
Awards & Nominations
3 wins · 1 nominationGolden Globe Award
- Won1986Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film — Edward James Olmos
Primetime Emmy Award
- Won1985Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — Edward James Olmos
More awards & festivals (2) — regional academies & film-festival prizes
Golden Globe Awards
- Won1986Golden Globe — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Academy Awards
- Nom1988Oscar — Actor in a Leading Role
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- 100 Years of Warner Bros.Self (2 Episodes) · 2023
- SEENSelf · 2022
- Phenomenon Blade RunnerSelf - Interviewee · 2021
- Carlos Almaraz: Playing with FireSelf · 2019
- LA 92Self (archive footage) · 2017
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