Edward James Olmos

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Edward James "Eddie" Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is a Mexican American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are Commander/Admiral William Adama in the Battlestar Galactica re-imagined series, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. Olmos was born Edward James Olmos in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised, the son of Eleanor (née Huizar) and Pedro Olmos, who was a welder. His father was a Mexican immigrant and his mother Mexican American. He grew up wanting to be a professional baseball player and became the Golden State batting champion. In his teen years, he turned to rock and roll, and became the lead singer for a band he named Pacific Ocean, so-called because it was to be "the biggest thing on the West Coast". He graduated from Montebello High School in 1964. While at Montebello High School, he lost a race for Student Body President to future California Democratic Party Chair Art Torres. For several years Pacific Ocean played various clubs in and around Los Angeles and released a record in 1968. At the same time, he attended classes at East Los Angeles College, including courses in acting. In the late 1960s and the early 1970s, Olmos branched out from music into acting, appearing in many small productions, until his big break portraying the narrator

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Blade Runner Trilogy [25th Anniversary Edition] Disc 3

Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary Disc 3

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Lucky Man

Zoot Suit

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Blade Runner

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Blade Runner Trilogy [25th Anniversary Edition]

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Blade Runner Trilogy, 25th Anniversary, Disc 3

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Blade Runner Trilogy 25th Anniversary 3

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BLADE RUNNER TRILOGY: 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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Blade Runner Trilogy Soundtrack

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Blade Runner Trilogy, 25th Anniversary

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