Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos
Background information
Born	February 24, 1947 (age 77) East Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality	Mexican American
Alternate names	Edward J. Olmos Edward Olmos Ed Olmos Eddie Olmos
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, director
Years active	1974–present
Family information
Spouse	Kaija Keel (1971–1992) Lorraine Bracco (1994–2002) Lymari Nadal (2002–present)
Children	6

Edward James Olmos is a Mexican-American actor, voice actor, and director. He is known for his roles as William Adama in Battlestar Galactica and Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice. He also voiced Chief Tannabok in the 2000 DreamWorks animated film The Road to El Dorado.

For Disney, he voiced El Diablo in the 2008 Disney film Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Mito in the English dub of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Randy in Bless This Mess, Chicharrón in Disney/Pixar's Coco (2017), and played Robert Gonzales in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. He provides the voice of Molecule Man in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. He was also mentioned in The Muppets episode "Swine Song". He appeared in the Touchstone Pictures film The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Vámonos.

Roles

Vámonos
(The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit)

El Diablo
(Beverly Hills Chihuahua)

Robert Gonzales
(Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

King Pescoro
(Elena of Avalor)

Chicharrón
(Coco)

Molecule Man
(Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur)

Gallery

Edward James Olmos poses in the press room at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards in May 2014.

Edward James Olmos at the premiere of Coco in November 2017

Edward James Olmos speaks at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con.

Edward James Olmos attending the 2019 Disney ABC TV Upfront.

Edward James Olmos speaks at the PBS segment of the 2019 Summer TCA Tour.

External links

• Edward James Olmos on Wikipedia