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Edward James Olmos
Birthday: February 24, 1947

Birth Place: East Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5' 9"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Edward James Olmos. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

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 Mexican-American mother, Olmos was raised in an ethnically diverse area of East Los Angeles. Although he was placed in his mother's custody at age seven following his parents' divorce, Olmos kept in close contact with his father. In his teens, Olmos was a rock musician and with his close friend Rusty Johnson formed the Pacific Ocean, a popular group at Sunset Strip area clubs during the late '60s. It was Johnson who suggested Olmos, who by his own admission was not much of a singer, that he try acting. Olmos spent nine years trying to establish himself as an actor, making his film debut (billing himself as Eddie Olmos) as an extra in Aloha, Bobby and Rose in 1975. Prior to that, Olmos had worked as a bit player and extra in several early '70s television shows ranging from Medical Center to Hawaii Five-O. In 1979, he made a splash on Broadway playing Pachuco in Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit. The play was originally staged in L.A. and represented the first time in which Olmos was paid to act on-stage. During the show's New York run, Olmos earned a Tony Nomination and a Drama Critics Circle Award. In 1982, Olmos reprised the role in Valdez's film version. Early in his film career, Olmos showed a preference for socially conscious films and after his first screen appearance played a leading role in Robert M. Young's Alambrista (1977). In 1982, he played a creepy police detective in Blade Runner. That year, Olmos and Robert M. Young co-founded YOY productions to make socially conscious films such as their first joint effort The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982). Olmos became a star when he played the super-pragmatic Lieutenant Castillo on the hip police drama Miami Vice (1984-1989) and in 1985 won an Emmy for his efforts. He earned an Oscar nomination for his inspirational performance as a determined teacher who helps a troubled group of urban kids excel in math and science in Stand and Deliver (1986). Though his film career was sporadic during the '80s and '90s, Olmos continued to show up regularly in television movies. He made his feature film directorial bow in 1992 with the powerful American Me, a grim look at a reformed gangster's attempts to stay away from the violent, criminal ways of his old cohorts. Other notable 1990s efforts include the 1994 miniseries Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills and Gregory Nava's beautiful My Family/Mi Familia (1995). Olmos' humanitarian activities include acting as a United States Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, being the national spokesman for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, serving a place on the boards of the Miami and Los Angeles Children's Hospitals, serving as the executive director of the Hazard Education Project, and contributing to the foundation for the Advancement of Silence and Education. For his many good works, Olmos has received Honorary Doctorates from five educational institutions including the University of Colorado, California State University at Fresno, and the American Film Institute in Hollywood.

Movie Credits
Occupation (2006)
Lay Down Your Burdens: Part 2 (2006)
[ Dean Stockwell ][ Jamie Bamber ][ James Callis ]
Lay Down Your Burdens: Part 1 (2006)
[ Dean Stockwell ][ Jamie Bamber ][ Richard Hatch ][ James Callis ]
Downloaded (2006)
[ Jamie Bamber ][ James Callis ]
Splinter (2006)
[ Tom Sizemore ][ Adam Rodriguez ][ Nicholas Gonzalez ]
Walkout (2006)
[ Efren Ramirez ][ Michael Pena ]
Cerca, La (2005)
Jack and Marilyn (2002)
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
[ Marc Anthony ]
The Judge (2001)
[ Chris Noth ][ Charles Durning ][ John Terry ]
The Princess & the Barrio Boy (2000)
[ Pauly Shore ][ Nicholas Gonzalez ]
Gossip (2000)
[ James Marsden ][ Joshua Jackson ][ Norman Reedus ][ Eric Bogosian ][ Davis Guggenheim ]
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
[ Kevin Kline ][ Kenneth Branagh ][ Frank Welker ][ Armand Assante ][ Hans Zimmer ]
The Short List (1999)
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
[ Martin Landau ][ Robert Loggia ][ Costas Mandylor ]
1998 ALMA Awards (1998)
[ Cheech Marin ]
The Wall (1998)
[ Frank Whaley ][ Dean McDermott ][ Ron White ]
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
[ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Donnie Wahlberg ][ Richard Schiff ]
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
[ Clifton Collins Jr. ][ Joe Mantegna ][ Esai Morales ][ Sid Caesar ]
Missing in Action (1997)
12 Angry Men (1997)
[ William L. Petersen ][ James Gandolfini ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Tony Danza ][ George C Scott ]
Prophecies of the Millennium (1997)
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997)
[ Andy Garcia ][ Miguel Ferrer ][ Giancarlo Giannini ][ Esai Morales ]
Hollywood Confidential (1997)
[ Thomas Jane ][ Richard T Jones ][ Richard T. Jones ][ Brent Huff ]
Selena (1997)
[ Jon Seda ][ Jacob Vargas ]
Selena Remembered (1997)
The Limbic Region (1996)
[ George Dzundza ][ Don S. Davis ][ William B. Davis ][ Roger R. Cross ]
Caught (1996)
[ Arie Verveen ]
Disturbing the Peace (1996)
Mirage (1995)
Slave of Dreams (1995)
[ Adrian Pasdar ]
My Family (1995)
[ Francis Ford Coppola ][ Scott Bakula ][ Jimmy Smits ][ Esai Morales ][ Jacob Vargas ]
The Burning Season (1994)
[ Raul Julia ][ Esai Morales ][ Tomas Milian ]
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)
[ Dwight Schultz ][ Lewis Arquette ][ Damian Chapa ][ Joshua Malina ]
A Million to Juan (1994)
[ Cheech Marin ][ Larry Linville ][ David Rasche ]
Roosters (1993)
[ Mark Dacascos ][ Danny Nucci ]
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
[ Keanu Reeves ][ River Phoenix ][ Crispin Glover ][ John Hurt ][ Gus Van Sant ]
American Me (1992)
[ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ][ Eric Close ][ Jacob Vargas ][ Tom Bower ]
Talent for the Game (1991)
[ Terry Kinney ][ Jamey Sheridan ][ Tom Bower ]
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
[ Willem Dafoe ][ Robert Loggia ][ Costas Mandylor ]
Hard Knocks (1989)
[ Don Johnson ][ Philip Michael Thomas ]
Line of Fire (1988)
[ Justin Lazard ]
Bad Timing (1988)
Heart of Night (1988)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
[ Andy Garcia ][ Lou Diamond Phillips ]
Saving Grace (1985)
[ Giancarlo Giannini ]
Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Mark Hamill ][ Chris Sarandon ][ Frank Welker ][ Jeff Bennett ]
Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement (1982)
Of Mouse and Man (1982)
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
[ Bruce McGill ][ Ned Beatty ][ Brion James ][ Barry Corbin ][ William Sanderson ]
Blade Runner (1982)
[ Harrison Ford ][ Ridley Scott ][ Rutger Hauer ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Brion James ]
Zoot Suit (1981)
[ Kurtwood Smith ][ Tyne Daly ][ Robert Beltran ]
Wolfen (1981)
[ Albert Finney ][ Gregory Hines ][ Reginald VelJohnson ][ Tom Noonan ][ James Tolkan ]
Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie (1981)
[ Peter Graves ]
Fukkatsu no hi (1980)
[ Glenn Ford ][ Robert Vaughn ][ George Kennedy ][ Sonny Chiba ][ Chuck Connors ]
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
[ Glenn Ford ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ George Lazenby ][ Sid Haig ]
Alambrista! (1977)
[ Ned Beatty ]
Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975)
[ Robert Carradine ][ Elton John ][ Noble Willingham ]

Trivia

  • Drove a red Porsche Turbo, which he bought in Miami at a sale of articles confiscated in drug-busts. "He got 30 years. I got the car!". But soon afterwards the Porsche was stolen.
  • Sentenced to 20 days in prison for trespassing in April of 2000 on US Navy land on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Olmos & others were protesting the use of the island as a bombing test ground. President Bush promised to end the testing in 2003. [10 August 2001]
  • Was considered for the part of Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), but lost the role to Christopher Lloyd because Lloyd was taller.
  • Father of Mico Olmos and Bodie Olmos.
  • Gained twenty pounds and thinned his hair to prepare for the role of Jamie Escalante in Stand and Deliver.
  • Former son-in-law of the late actor Howard Keel.
  • Was nominated for Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Zoot Suit," a part he recreated in the film version of the same name, Zoot Suit (1981).
  • Says that he is Aztec and Spanish ancestry.
  • Turned down a regular role on Hill Street Blues (after several guest appearances) as well as major roles in Scarface and Firestarter

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