Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an
American actor. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in
Miami Vice (1984–1989),
American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the re-imagined
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Detective Gaff in
Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the voice of Mito in the 2005 English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. For his performance as high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in
Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. For his work in
Miami Vice, Olmos won the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Se...
()