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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, called "El Pachuco," in the play Zoot Suit, which dramatized the World War II-era rioting in California brought about by the tensions between Mexican-Americans and local police. At the same time, he attended classes at East Los Angeles College, including courses in acting. For several years, Pacific Ocean performed at various clubs in and around Los Angeles, and released their only record, Purgatory, in 1968. In his teen years, he was the lead singer for a band he named Pacific Ocean, so called because it was to be "the biggest thing on the West Coast". While at Montebello High School, he lost a race for Student Body President to future California Democratic Party Chair Art Torres.
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He graduated from Montebello High School in 1964. He left baseball at age 15 to join a rock and roll band, which caused a rift with his father, who was hurt by the decision.
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He grew up wanting to be a professional baseball player, and at age 13 joined the Los Angeles Dodgers' farm system, playing as a catcher. His parents divorced when he was seven years old, and he was primarily raised by his great-grandparents as his parents worked. His father was a Mexican immigrant who moved to California in 1945 and his mother was Mexican-American. Olmos was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California, the son of Eleanor ( née Huizar) and Pedro Olmos, who was a welder and mail carrier.
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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. Over the course of his career, Olmos has been a pioneer for more diversified roles and images of Hispanics in the U.S. 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. 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.
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In 2018, he played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series Mayans MC.įor 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. 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). 6, including Bodie Olmos, Mico Olmos, and Daniela OlmosĮdward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is a Mexican-American actor, director, producer, and activist.