Edward James Olmos
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), actor in and director of American Me (1992), William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), and Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982), and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017). In 2018, he played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series Mayans MC. For his work in Miami Vice, Olmos won the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. For his performance in Stand and Deliver, Olmos was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles as patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit, and the voice of Chicharrón in Coco. Over the course of his career, Olmos has been a pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Hispanics in the U.S. media. His notable direction, production, and starring roles for films, made-for-TV movies, and TV shows include Wolfen, Triumph of the Spirit, Talent for the Game, American Me, The Burning Season, My Family/Mi Familia, Caught, 12 Angry Men, The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, Walkout, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, American Family, and Dexter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward James Olmos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Coco
as Chicharrón (voice)Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an...
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Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a...
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One Fast Move
as AbelA dishonorably discharged soldier seeks out his estranged father to help him pursue his dream of...
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In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of...
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A Dog's Way Home
as AxelThe adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is...
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The Road to El Dorado
as Chief (voice)After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold,"...
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Selena
as Abraham QuintanillaIn this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in...
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A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating...
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12 Angry Men
as Juror 11During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the...
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Diablo (voice)A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner...
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Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
as Commander William AdamaWhen the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete...
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American Me
as Montoya SantanaDuring his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the...
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Virus
as Captain LopezScientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in...
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Gossip
as Detective CurtisFor a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most...
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Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who...
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Stand and Deliver
as Jaime A. EscalanteJaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that...
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Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
as Gaff (voice)This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west...
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The Devil Has a Name
as SantiagoAn oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.
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I'm Still Here
as Edward James OlmosI'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With...
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Outlaw Posse
as Ossie1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in...
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Battlestar Galactica: Razor
as Admiral William AdamaA two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several...
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Americano
as Gayo (voice)Cuco, a mexican parrot, goes on an adventure from Mexico to Hollywood in order to get help from...
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In the Time of the Butterflies
as Rafael Leónidas TrujilloBased on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican...
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Musician at Barbecue (uncredited)A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks...
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My Family
as PacoTraces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and...
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Wolfen
as Eddie HoltA New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in...
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Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as SelfThe definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the...
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Unity
as Narrator (voice)Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none...
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Caught
as JoeA middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the...
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LA 92
as Himself (archive footage)Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests,...
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Triumph of the Spirit
as GypsyDuring World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration...
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Journey of a Female Comic
as uncreditedThe ups and downs of female comic Kiki Melendez.
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Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jose MenendezAbout the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty,...
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The Burning Season
as Wilson PinheiroBased on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against...
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Go for Sisters
as Freddy SuárezBernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart,...
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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as SelfRaúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic,...
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Walkout
as Julian NavaWalkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He...
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A Million to Juan
as The AngelRomantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling...
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The Judge
as Judge Armando AcostaWhen a key witness in a case of corruption is killed in courts all suspicion falls on Judge...
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Saving Grace
as CiolinoA newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to...
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Dead Angle
as uncreditedElite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the...
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Aloha, Bobby and Rose
as Chicano #1Bobby and Rose, two youngsters who are in love, have to run away from home when they are falsely...
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Walking with Herb
as Joe Amable-AmoJoe Amable-Amo is a bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an...
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Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
as Gaspar DiGregario (Young)The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings...
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The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Actor (Gaff)Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick and released in 1982,...
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Every Night's a Saturday Night
as SelfThe Life & Times of Bobby Keys ... decades-long Sax player with The Rolling Stones, best friend...
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Talent for the Game
as Virgil SweetVirgil Sweet is on the verge of losing his job as a talent scout with the California Angels when...
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Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
as SelfFans, filmmakers and people involved with the making of Blade Runner debate if main character...
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Death in Granada
as uncreditedA journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political...
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Splinter
as Captain garciaA gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He...
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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Gregorio CortezForced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman,...
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300 Miles for Stephanie
as Art VelaA San Antonio cop, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping his...
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The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as SelfRyan Seacrest hosts the second Disney Family Singalong featuring celebrities and their families...
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Zoot Suit
as El PachucoPart fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed...
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Imprisoned
as HospicioDylan Burke attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal with his true love Maria. He...
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Filly Brown
as Leandro“Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from...
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Alambrista!
as 1st DrunkAfter the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man, slips across the border into...
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The Earth Day Special
as Hospital DirectorThe Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on...
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The Limbic Region
as LuccaOriginal and unpredictable thriller about a seasoned cop determined to bring down San...
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Monday Nights at Seven
as CharlieMonday Nights At Seven is a love story about a single father, Lazo Saroby, who is struggling...
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Hollywood Confidential
as Stan Navarro, Sr.A former LA cop runs a top-flight private detective agency that caters to spoiled Hollywood types.
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The Princess and the Barrio Boy
as Nestor GarciaA teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong...
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The Wall
as Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a...
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The Nightingale
as Prime MinisterA kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.
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Roosters
as Gallo MoralesGallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter....
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America
as Mr. IrvingAmérica, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit...
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Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
as SelfMixing archival footage with interviews, this film celebrates one of Los Angeles's most...
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Det. Anthony PiscottiIn New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's...
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Windows on the World
as BalthazarAfter watching the news on 9/11 with his family, Fernando travels from Mexico to New York City...
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Miami Vice: Freefall
as Lieutenant Martin CastilloCrockett and Tubbs, figuring they're on their way out, are recruited by the government to help a...
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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as VamanosGomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but...
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The Eyes of Martin Castillo
as Martin Castillo (archive footage)An exploration of the faces and spaces of Lieutenant Martin Castillo, as portrayed by Edward...
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Zapatista
as Narrator (voice)"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan...
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Evening in Byzantium
as AngeloWhile the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse...
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Lives in Hazard
as selfLives in Hazard is a tough, uncompromising look at kids in gangs and the men they become in...
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A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story
as NarratorBuilt around the landmark 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, the film interweaves the stories...
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Chasing Wonders
as uncreditedA coming-of-age story set across the lush wine country of both Australia and Spain, a young man...
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L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later
as HimselfDocumentary film exploring the lives of the people at the flashpoint of the LA riots, 25 years...
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Mirage
as Matteo JuarezMatteo Juarez is a retired detective hired by a local businessman to follow his wife Jennifer....
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The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
as Roberto LozanoA journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political...
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Space Songs: Through the Distance
as Self"Space Songs" is a YouTube concert event, sharing songs about space and isolation to celebrate...
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Selena Remembered
as Narrator (voice)A collection of moments and triumphs that helped Selena, and her band Selena y Los Dinos, into...
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Agave is Life
as Narrator (voice)AGAVE IS LIFE is an exploration of the history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and...
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Exile Nation: The Plastic People
as Narrator (voice)The September 11th attacks began a decade-long period of anti-immigrant policies in the United...
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Slave of Dreams
as uncreditedThe Egyptian executioner's wife tries to seduce Hebrew slave Joseph to fulfill a dream they are...
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A Bridge Apart
as (Voice)The journey of the thousands of people from Central America and Mexico who leave their homes and...
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Seguin
as Gen. Santa AnnaA dramatization of the life of Juan Seguin, a heroic Mexican-Texan who became entangled in the...
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The Simpsons
as Pit Master (voice)Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...
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Dexter
as James GellarDexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret...
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Dexter
as uncreditedDexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret...
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Robert GonzalesAgent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics...
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The West Wing
as Roberto MendozaThe West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...
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Miami Vice
as Martin CastilloThe story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...
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Battlestar Galactica
as William AdamaWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged...
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Battlestar Galactica
as Commander William AdamaWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged...
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Eureka
as First sled dogThe sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has...
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Hawaii Five-O
as DancerHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...
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The Batman
as Chief Rojas (voice)A young billionaire Bruce Wayne fights crime and evil as the mysterious vigilante, The Batman.
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Touched by an Angel
as Col. Victor WallsMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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Cannon
as uncreditedCannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...
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Starsky & Hutch
as Julio GutierezStreetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...
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Mayans M.C.
as Felipe ReyesSet in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a...
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Hill Street Blues
as uncreditedA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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The Magic School Bus
as (voice)An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of...
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Kojak
as PacoA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...
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Police Woman
as uncreditedSergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...
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Faerie Tale Theatre
as Prime MinisterA live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Battlestar Galactica
as Commander AdamaA re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants...
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Police Story
as uncreditedPolice Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...
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Portlandia
as Edward James OlmosSatirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits...
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CHiPs
as uncreditedLighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...
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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Molecule Man (voice)After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into...
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Rey Emiliano (voice)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as El Murcielago (voice)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Jimenez (voice)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Bless This Mess
as RandyAfter dropping everything to make the move from skyscrapers to farmhouses, Rio and Mike soon...
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
as SelfTracing a century of movie and TV history, these four documentary specials explore the...
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The Real History of Science Fiction
as HimselfThe series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television...
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George Lopez
as Mr. VegaGeorge raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a...
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The Fitzpatricks
as Don VasquezThe Fitzpatricks is an American drama series which ran on CBS during the 1977–78 season. The...
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as SelfThe Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by...
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The Blue Knight
as Clemente (as Ed Olmos)The Blue Knight is an American CBS Crime TV series, running in 1975 and 1976, starring George...
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Gun
as Father SantosGun is an American television anthology series which aired on ABC on Saturday night from April...
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500 Nations
as uncredited500 Nations is an eight-part documentary on the Native Americans of North and Central America....
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Dead Man's Walk
as Captain SalazarThe final chapter of Larry McMurty's popular and critically acclaimed mini-series, 'Lonesome...
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American Family
as Jess GonzalezThe head of the household, Jess Gonzalez (Edward James Olmos), is your average father who is...
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E! True Hollywood Story
as uncreditedE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...
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La Californie !
as Self - ActorFrom the 1950s to the present day, from Los Angeles to San Francisco via Berkeley University or...
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The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Frank CorboThe saga of an Italian immigrant family in search of the American dream.
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The Judge
as Judge Armando AcostiEverything brilliant and compassionate defense attorney Paul Madriani stands for is put to the...
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