Edward also loves music. He taught himself to sing & play the piano, and in 1961 joined the band Pacific Ocean. In the mid '60s Edward attended East Los Angeles College & California State University during the day and played music in the clubs at night. He began acting to become a better singer, but found a love for acting instead.
Edward married Kaija, the daughter of actor Howard Keel, in 1971. They have two sons, Bodie and Mico, together.
Edward took jobs delivering furniture between music gigs and small acting roles before landing the role of El Pachuco, the narrator in Zoot Suit. It opened in 1978 with an expected run of ten days, but ran for over a year before going to Broadway. By the time the production ended, Olmos had won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award, a Theatre World award and was nominated for a Tony Award.
After that, acting roles became easier to find for Olmos including 1981's Wolfen and 1982's Blade Runner with Harrison Ford. Olmos then joined the cast of Miami Vice as Lieutenant Martin Castillo. Olmos continued to have great success both acting and directing.
His second wife was actress Lorraine Bracco, though that marriage also ended in divorce.
In 2003, Olmos was cast as Commander Adama in the updated version of Battlestar Galactica. In addition to starring in the acclaimed series, he directed some episodes. He also directed the Battlestar Galactica TV/DVD movie, The Plan. During an on-air interview, Edward said that the role of Commander Adama was the best role he's ever had.moreless
Richard Hatch is best known for his role of Captain Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica movie and television series, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also has appeared in the American soap operas All My Children and Santa Barbara. He is currently in a recurring role as Tom Zarek in the second version of Battlestar Galactica.
Before Battlestar Galactica, he replaced Michael Douglas in The Streets of San Francisco. He has also starred in such movies as The Hatfields and The McCoys with Jack Palance, Addie and The Kings Of Hearts with Jason Robards, Last Of The Belles with Susan Sarandon, and the cult c Deadman's Curve where he portrayed Jan Berry of the musical group Jan and Dean.
Some do not know that he is the co-author of seven Battlestar Galactica novels and wrote, co-directed and executive-produced a Battlestar Galactica trailer that won acclaim at science-fiction conventions. He produced the trailer in an attempt to pressure Universal into creating a new series of Battlestar Galactica that would have been a direct continuation of the original series. Original actors John Colicos (Baltar) and Jack Stauffer (Bojay) appeared in the trailer along with Hatch himself. It is presumed that the actors would have appeared in the series itself. Hatch also believed that he could persuade Dirk Benedict to return and play Starbuck.
Samuel Stewart Witwer, born on October 20, 1977, was raised in Glenview, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He attended Glenbrook South High School where he was active in theater and drama. This inclination towards acting was also accompanied by his love for music.
After dropping out of Juilliard in New York, Sam moved to California after he decided to pursue an acting profession. He first appeared in several TV series and eventually landed the role of Lieutenant Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo on Battlestar Galactica. A sci-fi fan growing up, Sam was glad to have worked, even in a minor guest role, on Star Trek: Enterprise. He also did a fight scene with Jessica Alba on Dark Angel.
Sam played the character of Neil Perry, the supposed Ice Truck Killer, in two episodes of Showtime's Dexter in 2006 and Officer Casella in two Season 8 episodes of the CBS crime drama CSI. In 2008, he was cast to play Doomsday, the new rival of Superman on Smallville's 8th season after Michael Rosenbaum, who played the superhero's arch-enemy Lex Luthor, left the show.
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