Edward James Olmos

Q: Has Edward James Olmos won any major awards?

Yes, Olmos has received several awards, including an Emmy Award for his role in 'Miami Vice' and a nomination for an Academy Award for 'Stand and Deliver'.

Q: What was Edward James Olmos's first film?

Edward James Olmos's first film was 'The Black Candle', released in 1977, where he made his debut in a small role.

Q: What is Edward James Olmos's estimated net worth?

Edward James Olmos has an estimated net worth of around $14 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television.

Q: How many children does Edward James Olmos have?

Edward James Olmos has three children: Bodie Olmos, Miko Olmos, and a daughter, whose name is not widely publicized.

Q: What are some of Edward James Olmos's notable television roles?

Some notable television roles include his portrayal of Lieutenant Martin Castillo in 'Miami Vice' and Commander William Adama in 'Battlestar Galactica'.

Q: Is Edward James Olmos involved in any philanthropic activities?

Yes, Olmos is heavily involved in philanthropic activities, particularly focusing on education and advocating for the Latino community.

Q: What genre of films is Edward James Olmos known for?

Edward James Olmos is known for drama and science fiction films, often taking on roles that highlight social issues and cultural identity.

Known for

Blade Runner (1982)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

1982 / Action, Sci-Fi / 117 min

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who...

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

IMDb 7.2 / 10

1978 / Drama / 51mins

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar...

Coco (2017)

IMDb 8.4 / 10

2017 / Adventure, Animation / 105 min

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to...

Name

Edward James Olmos

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

24 February 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA

Spouses

Lynda G. Olmos (1994–present)

Children

3 children: Bodie Olmos, Miko Olmos, and a daughter

Parents

Edward James Olmos Sr. and Eleanor Olmos

Estimated Net Worth

$14 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to the film screen with Zoot...	Narrator – El Pachuco (voice)	Not rated
2026	Movie Office Romance Jackie, President and CEO of Air Cruz, runs a tight ship in her business, including a rigid anti-fraternization policy for...	Captain Jack Cruz	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2026	Movie Mami Está Aquí After the death of their brilliant but emotionally distant mother, two estranged siblings inherit her final invention: an AI built...	Mr. Jimenez	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2026	TV M.I.A. Restless in the Florida Keys, Etta Tiger Jonze dreams of a life in Miami's glittering, sub-tropical kingdom. When her family's...	Isaac Rojas	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2024	Movie One Fast Move A dishonorably discharged soldier seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle...	Abel	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2024	Movie Outlaw Posse 1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana...	Ossie	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2023	TV La Californie ! From the 1950s to the present day, from Los Angeles to San Francisco via Berkeley University or Silicon Valley, this...	Self - Actor	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2023	TV 100 Years of Warner Bros. Tracing a century of movie and TV history, these four documentary specials explore the unparalleled global impact of Warner Bros....	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	TV Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the...	Molecule Man (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	Movie Chasing Wonders A coming-of-age story set across the lush wine country of both Australia and Spain, a young man explores the nature...	Luis	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2021	Movie The Blade Runner Phenomenon Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick and released in 1982, is one...	Self - Actor (Gaff)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie Walking with Herb Joe Amable-Amo is a bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an unexpected tragedy. Faced with...	Joe Amable-Amo	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II Ryan Seacrest hosts the second Disney Family Singalong featuring celebrities and their families as they take on their favorite Disney...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	Movie Space Songs: Through the Distance "Space Songs" is a YouTube concert event, sharing songs about space and isolation to celebrate how extreme situations can bring...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie Imprisoned Dylan Burke attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal with his true love Maria. He soon...	Hospicio	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2019	Movie The Devil Has a Name An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.	Santiago	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2019	Movie Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire Mixing archival footage with interviews, this film celebrates one of Los Angeles's most influential painters and Chicano art activists from...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2019	Movie Windows on the World After watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City to find his...	Balthazar	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2019	TV Bless This Mess After dropping everything to make the move from skyscrapers to farmhouses, Rio and Mike soon realize that the simpler life...	Randy	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie A Dog's Way Home The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her...	Axel	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2018	TV Mayans M.C. Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in...	Felipe Reyes	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie The Eyes of Martin Castillo An exploration of the faces and spaces of Lieutenant Martin Castillo, as portrayed by Edward James Olmos, on the television...	Martin Castillo (archive footage)	Not rated
2018	Movie Every Night's a Saturday Night The Life & Times of Bobby Keys ... decades-long Sax player with The Rolling Stones, best friend to Keith Richards,...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie Coco Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de...	Chicharrón (voice)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2017	Movie Blade Runner 2049 Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret...	Gaff	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According...	Gaff (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie LA 92 Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2017	Movie L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later Documentary film exploring the lives of the people at the flashpoint of the LA riots, 25 years after the uprising...	Himself	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie Monday Nights at Seven Monday Nights At Seven is a love story about a single father, Lazo Saroby, who is struggling unsuccessfully to let...	Charlie	Not rated
2016	Movie Americano Cuco, a mexican parrot, goes on an adventure from Mexico to Hollywood in order to get help from El Americano,...	Gayo (voice)	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2015	Movie Unity Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	Movie Exile Nation: The Plastic People The September 11th attacks began a decade-long period of anti-immigrant policies in the United States. As a consequence, the US...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie The Journey of a Female Comic The ups and downs of female comic Kiki Melendez.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	TV The Real History of Science Fiction The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction,...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Agave is Life AGAVE IS LIFE is an exploration of the history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and the...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2013	Movie Go for Sisters Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when...	Freddy Suárez	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	TV Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate...	Robert Gonzales	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2013	Movie 2 Guns A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have...	Papi Greco	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Filly Brown “Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a...	Leandro	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	Movie A Bridge Apart The journey of the thousands of people from Central America and Mexico who leave their homes and families and suffer...	(Voice)	Not rated
2011	Movie America América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her...	Mr. Irving	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2011	TV Portlandia Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern...	Edward James Olmos	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie The Green Hornet Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus...	Michael Axford	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2010	TV Blue Bloods A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New...	Lorenzo Batista	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2010	Movie I'm Still Here I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access,...	Edward James Olmos	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Battlestar Galactica: The Plan When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin...	Commander William Adama	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2009	Movie A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story Built around the landmark 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, the film interweaves the stories of its central characters with...	Narrator	Not rated
2008	Movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets...	Diablo (voice)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2007	Movie Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner', culled from...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2007	Movie Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard Fans, filmmakers and people involved with the making of Blade Runner debate if main character Rick Deckard is himself in...	Self	Not rated
2007	Movie Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling A look back to the 2019 fashions, costumes and make-up as seen in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.	Self	Not rated
2007	Movie Battlestar Galactica: Razor The history and adventures of the Battlestar Pegasus, from shortly before the Cylon invasion to shortly after Lee Adama is...	Admiral William Adama	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2007	TV Dave Navarro's Spread Dave Navarro's avant garde internet talk show focusing on the arts and the human condition.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2006	TV Dexter Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial...	Prof. James Gellar	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2006	TV Dexter Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial...	James Gellar	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2006	Movie Splinter A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the...	Captain garcia	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2006	TV Eureka The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses...	First sled dog	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2006	Movie Walkout Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of...	Julian Nava	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2006	Movie Recycled Life The dramatic and touching story of thousands of adults, children, and generations of families who have been living and working...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	Movie La Cerca Edward James Olmos narrates this multi-fest winner about an immigrant who recalls a vivid and momentous memory where he discovered...	Narrator / Old Niño	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	TV Battlestar Galactica When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a...	Admiral William Adama	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2004	TV Battlestar Galactica When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a...	Commander William Adama	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2004	TV The Batman A young billionaire Bruce Wayne fights crime and evil as the mysterious vigilante, The Batman.	Chief Rojas (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2003	TV Battlestar Galactica A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing...	Commander Adama	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2002	TV Greetings from Tucson In this autobiographical family comedy, based on the life of series creator Peter Murrieta, life is seen through the eyes...	Priest	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	Movie The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2002	TV George Lopez George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the...	Mr. Vega	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	TV American Family The head of the household, Jess Gonzalez, is your average father who is forced to fight everyday troubles, following the...	Jess Gonzalez	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2001	Movie In the Time of the Butterflies Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of...	Rafael Leónidas Trujillo	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2001	TV The Judge Everything brilliant and compassionate defense attorney Paul Madriani stands for is put to the test when he's hired to defend...	Judge Armando Acosti	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2001	Movie The Judge When a key witness in a case of corruption is killed in courts all suspicion falls on Judge Armando Acosta....	Judge Armando Acosta	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2000	Movie The Princess and the Barrio Boy A teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong side of...	Nestor Garcia	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2000	Movie Gossip For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus....	Detective Curtis	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2000	Movie The Road to El Dorado Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold",...	Chief (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	Movie The Unfinished Journey A multimedia short created for the U.S. millennium celebrations, The Unfinished Journey reflects on America’s history and spirit through six...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Zapatista "Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1999	TV The West Wing The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the...	Roberto Mendoza	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1999	Movie Bonanno: A Godfather's Story The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his...	Salvatore Maranzano	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1998	Movie The Wall The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an...	Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	Movie The Taking of Pelham One Two Three In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid,...	Det. Anthony Piscotti	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1998	Movie The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have...	Vamanos	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest Along the eastern edge of the Peruvian Andes runs a river called the Manu, the heart of one of the...	Narrator	Not rated
1997	Movie 12 Angry Men During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty...	Juror 11	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	Movie Prophecies of the Millennium A special regarding the possibility that the world was on the verge of extinction. Many predictions are examined, including some...	Host	Not rated
1997	Movie Hollywood Confidential A former LA cop runs a top-flight private detective agency that caters to spoiled Hollywood types.	Stan Navarro, Sr.	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	Movie Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika Schmidt follows the 27 miles of the “street of life” to Pacific Palisades, where the boulevard ends at the ocean....	Self - Actor, Director, Latino-Activist	Not rated
1997	TV Gun Gun is an American television anthology series which aired on ABC on Saturday night from April 12, to May 31,...	Father Santos	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1997	Movie Selena Remembered A collection of moments and triumphs that helped Selena, and her band Selena y Los Dinos, into superstardom in North...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1997	Movie Selena In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that...	Abraham Quintanilla	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1996	Movie Death in Granada A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the...	Roberto Lozano	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1996	Movie The Limbic Region Original and unpredictable thriller about a seasoned cop determined to bring down San Francisco's most notorious serial killer in the...	Lucca	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1996	TV Dead Man's Walk The final chapter of Larry McMurty's popular and critically acclaimed mini-series, 'Lonesome Dove', recounting the thrilling first adventure of Gus...	Captain Salazar	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie Caught A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the...	Joe	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie Slave of Dreams The Egyptian executioner's wife tries to seduce Hebrew slave Joseph to fulfill a dream they are experiencing simultaneously.	Potiphar	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1995	Movie Mirage Matteo Juarez is a retired detective hired by a local businessman to follow his wife Jennifer. She has a split...	Matteo Juarez	TMDB 3.6 / 10
1995	Movie My Family Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to...	Paco	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1995	TV 500 Nations 500 Nations is an eight-part documentary on the Native Americans of North and Central America. It documents from pre-Columbian to...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Jimenez (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	El Murcielago (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Rey Emiliano (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	TV Touched by an Angel Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads...	Col. Victor Walls	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	Movie The Burning Season Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers,...	Wilson Pinheiro	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	TV The Magic School Bus An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.	Mr. Ramon (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1994	Movie Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons,...	Jose Menendez	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	Movie A Million to Juan Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner....	The Angel	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1994	Movie Even Cowgirls Get the Blues A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.	Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1994	Movie Lives in Hazard Lives in Hazard is a tough, uncompromising look at kids in gangs and the men they become in prison. Filmed...	self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1993	Movie Learning Not To Hurt Roz Abrams hosts a special report on youth violence.	Self	Not rated
1993	Movie Roosters Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status...	Gallo Morales	TMDB 3.8 / 10
1992	Movie American Me During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his...	Montoya Santana	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1991	Movie Talent for the Game Virgil Sweet is on the verge of losing his job as a talent scout with the California Angels when he...	Virgil Sweet	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1991	Movie Maria's Story It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria...	José Serrano (voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1990	Movie The Earth Day Special The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990....	Hospital Director	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Pit Master (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Triumph of the Spirit During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is...	Gypsy	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1989	Movie Miami Vice: Freefall Crockett and Tubbs, figuring they're on their way out, are recruited by the government to help a dictator escape from...	Lt. Martin Castillo	Not rated
1988	TV The Fortunate Pilgrim The saga of an Italian immigrant family in search of the American dream.	Frank Corbo	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1988	Movie Stand and Deliver Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he...	Jaime A. Escalante	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1986	Movie Blue Collar & Buddha Exploration of prejudice and culture clash that a group of Laotian Buddhist refugees must endure in Rockford, Illinois.	Narrator	Not rated
1986	Movie Saving Grace A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds...	Ciolino	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1984	TV Miami Vice The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on...	Martin Castillo	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1983	Movie The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer...	Gregorio Cortez	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1983	Movie The Nightingale A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.	Prime Minister	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	TV Faerie Tale Theatre A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.	Prime Minister	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1982	Movie Blade Runner In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a...	Gaff	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1982	Movie Seguin A dramatization of the life of Juan Seguin, a heroic Mexican-Texan who became entangled in the struggle between two contrasting...	Gen. Santa Anna	Not rated
1981	Movie Zoot Suit Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the...	El Pachuco	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1981	Movie Wolfen A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the...	Eddie Holt	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1981	TV Hill Street Blues A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1981	Movie 300 Miles for Stephanie A San Antonio cop, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping...	Art Vela	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1980	Movie Virus Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash...	Captain Lopez	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1979	Movie Dead Angle Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1978	TV Evening in Byzantium While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy...	Angelo	Not rated
1978	Movie Evening in Byzantium While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy...	Angelo	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1977	Movie Alambrista! After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man, slips across the border into the United States....	1st Drunk	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1977	TV CHiPs Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1977	TV The Fitzpatricks The Fitzpatricks is an American drama series which ran on CBS during the 1977–78 season. The series aired from September...	Don Vasquez	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1975	TV Starsky & Hutch Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the...	Julio Gutierez	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1975	TV The Blue Knight The Blue Knight is an American CBS Crime TV series, running in 1975 and 1976, starring George Kennedy as Officer...	Clemente (as Ed Olmos)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1975	Movie Aloha Bobby and Rose Bobby and Rose, two youngsters who are in love, have to run away from home when they are falsely accused...	Chicano #1	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1974	TV Police Woman Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1973	TV Kojak A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.	Paco	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1973	TV Police Story Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia....	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1971	TV Cannon Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3,...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1968	TV Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the...	Dancer	TMDB 7.2 / 10
TBA	Movie Blue Collar & Buddha An exploration of the prejudice and culture clash faced by a small group of Lao Buddhist refugees in Rockford, Illinois.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Say a Little Prayer Three best friends recite an ancient prayer to the patron saint of “all things lost” to find their true loves,...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2020	TV Chaparreando Omar Chaparro takes his son on a motorcycle trip to Chihuahua to show him his humble origins. You think you...	Creator Creator	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2019	Movie The Devil Has a Name An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2019	Movie The Devil Has a Name An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2013	Movie Go for Sisters Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	Movie Filly Brown “Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
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1983	Movie The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
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Blade Runner (1982)

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Coco (2017)

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