Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an
American actor, director, producer, and activist. 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), teacher Jaime Escalante in
Stand and Deliver (1988) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Detective Gaff in
Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the English dub voice of Mito in the 2005 Disney dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. In 2018 through 2022, he has played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series Mayans MC. For his work in
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