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Edward James Olmos

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Biography

Edward's mother, Eleanor Huizar, met his father, Pedro Olmos, in Mexico City. They married and raised three children: Peter, Edward, and Esperanza. His parents…more

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East Los Angeles, Calif. USA

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Role
- Dexter
  Professor James Gellar
  - S 6: Ep 11 Talk to the Hand
    12/11/11
  - S 6: Ep 10 Ricochet Rabbit
    12/4/11
- Battlestar Galactica
  William Adama
  - S 4: Ep 21 Daybreak, Part 2 (3)
    3/20/09
  - S 4: Ep 20 Daybreak, Part 2 (2)
    3/20/09
  - S 4: Ep 19 Daybreak, Part 1 (1)
    3/13/09
  - S 4: Ep 18 Islanded in a Stream of Stars
    3/6/09
  - S 4: Ep 17 Someone to Watch Over Me
    2/27/09
  - + 73 More Credits
- American Family
  Jess Gonzalez
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Flowers and the Songs
    7/11/04
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Night Sun
    7/4/04
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Child
    6/27/04
  - S 2: Ep 10 Victory
    6/20/04
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Burning Fire
    5/30/04
  - + 30 More Credits
- Dead Man's Walk
  Captain Salazar
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    5/13/96
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1
    5/12/96
- Miami Vice
  Lt. Martin Castillo
  - S 5: Ep 21 Too Much, Too Late
    1/25/90
  - S 5: Ep 19 Miracle Man
    6/21/89
  - S 5: Ep 18 World of Trouble
    6/14/89
  - S 5: Ep 17 Freefall (1 & 2)
    5/21/89
  - S 5: Ep 16 Victim of Circumstance
    5/5/89
  - + 100 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Dexter
  Professor Gellar
  - S 6: Ep 2 Once Upon a Time...
    10/9/11
  - S 6: Ep 1 Those Kinds of Things
    10/2/11
Guest Star (41)

Role
- Eureka
  Rudy the Sled Dog [Voice]
  - S 4: Ep 21 Do You See What I See
    12/6/11
- CSI: NY
  Luther Devarro
  - S 7: Ep 4 Sangre Por Sangre
    10/15/10
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Himself / Guest
  - S 20: Ep 9 Olmos & Masterson
    11/2/09
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 21: Ep 4 A Class Apart
    2/23/09
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 15: Ep 85 Show #2892
    3/19/08
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 101 January 4, 2008
    1/4/08
- George Lopez
  Mr. Vega
  - S 6: Ep 18 George Decides to Sta-Local Where It's Familia
    5/8/07
- George Lopez
  Enrique Vega
  - S 6: Ep 18 George Decides to Sta-Local Where It's Familia
    5/8/07
- The Batman
  Chief Angel Rojas
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Bat in the Belfry
    9/11/04
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 59 James Bolden, Edward James Olmos
    4/2/04
- Greetings From Tucson
  Priest
  - S 1: Ep 21 Sibling Rivalry
    5/2/03
- The West Wing
  Roberto Mendoza
  - S 1: Ep 15 Celestial Navigation
    2/16/00
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Short List
    11/24/99
- Touched By an Angel
  Col. Victor Walls
  - S 4: Ep 19 God and Country
    3/15/98
- Gun
  Father Santos
  - S 1: Ep 6 Father John
    5/31/97
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 72 Show #72
    10/4/96
- The Magic School Bus
  Mr. Ramon
  - S 2: Ep 4 Going Batty
    10/1/95
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
    2/25/95
- The Montel Williams Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 GANG VIOLENCE
    8/20/92
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/89
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 124 March 13, 1992
    3/13/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 100 February 27, 1992
    2/27/92
  - S 2: Ep 61 December 7, 1989
    12/7/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 283 March 22, 1990
    3/22/90
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 1 The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/90
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 78 December 22, 1989
    12/22/89
- Hill Street Blues
  Judge Cruz
  - S 4: Ep 16 Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow
    2/16/84
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Prime Minister
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Nightingale
    5/10/83
- American Playhouse
  Gregorio Cortez
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
    6/29/82
- Hill Street Blues
  Joe Gustimonte
  - S 2: Ep 13 Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement
    2/18/82
  - S 2: Ep 12 Of Mouse and Man
    2/11/82
- American Playhouse
  Gen. Santa Anna
  - S 1: Ep 3 Seguin
    1/26/82
- CHiPs
  Henry
  - S 1: Ep 22 Flashback!
    4/1/78
- The Fitzpatricks
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 A Living Wage
    1/3/78
- Visions
  First drunk
  - S 2: Ep 3 Alambrista!
    10/16/77
- Police Story
  Cordova
  - S 5: Ep 1 Trigger Point
    9/27/77
- Delvecchio
  Luis Hemenez [as Edward J. Olmos]
  - S 1: Ep 20 The High Price Of Justice
    3/20/77
- Starsky And Hutch
  Julio Gutierez
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Psychic
    1/15/77
- Police Woman (1978)
  Hawkins
  - S 3: Ep 4 Sara Who?
    10/26/76
- The Blue Knight
  Clemente
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mariachi
    2/11/76
- Kojak
  Paco
  - S 3: Ep 15 How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars
    12/21/75
- Cannon
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Exchange
    10/23/74
- Portlandia
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 One Moore Episode
- Hawaii Five-O
  Dancer
Director (2)

Role
- Battlestar Galactica
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 18 Islanded in a Stream of Stars
    3/6/09
  - S 4: Ep 4 Escape Velocity
    4/25/08
  - S 3: Ep 13 Taking a Break from All Your Worries
    1/28/07
  - S 1: Ep 9 Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
    3/4/05
- Miami Vice
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 8 Bushido
    11/22/85
Associate Producer (1)

Role
- American Playhouse
  Associate Producer
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
    6/29/82

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Dexter: Faith is a Double-Edged Sword

By Price Peterson, Oct 24, 2011

Everything started coming together in "Horse of a Different Color," Season 6's best episode yet. read more
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Dexter: Apocalypse Soon-ish!

By Price Peterson, Oct 17, 2011

Another solid episode, "Smokey and the Bandit" found Dexter getting existential about growing old and ended with one of the most amazing/shocking/cool closing scenes in Dexter history. read more

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Trivia
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- Edward James Olmos has brown eyes. He wears blue-colored contacts when playing Commander Adama on Battlestar Galactica so that he and Jamie Bamber (who plays his son Lee "Apollo" Adama) look more alike.
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- In an episode of the hit Fox show Family Guy, the character of Death carries a picture of Edward James Olmos along with another picture of Olmos' ass in his wallet.
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- After Anthony Quinn, Olmos is the second actor of Mexican heritage to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor
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- Edward James Olmos: You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.
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- Edward James Olmos: (to "Battlestar Galactica" fans at Comic-Con International 2006) I'm not the kind of guy who's gonna tell you, "Get a life." I think people who say stuff like that should get their a**h*les checked.
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- Edward James Olmos: I didn't get into this business to get awards or get acclamation. I did it because I was searching for my own sense of who I was as a human being....
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