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  • Battlestar Galactica - The Mini Series
  • Battlestar Galactica - The Mini Series review by Earth_Gaia from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Massive Thumbs Up 25 October 2011
    ...Absolutely outstanding! Edward James Olmos is superb and the tension of this 'new look' Battlestar Galactica is riveting. Stylishly done with lots of interesting sub plots ...   Read customer review
  • Battlestar Galactica - Season 2
  • Battlestar Galactica - Season 2 review by from Birmingham
    Rated - 3.0 stars Too much religion.... 22 February 2007
    ... Most of the characters (with the exception of Commander Odama, well played by Edward James Olmos) also suffer from terminal stupidity, and the 'president' (Mary McDonnell) is s...   Read customer review

Edward James Olmos - filmography


  • The Green Hornet on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Seth Rogen,  Cameron Diaz,  Edward Furlong
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    By night, debonair newspaper publisher Britt Reid fights crime as a masked superhero known as The Green Hornet. At his side is martial arts expert Kato!
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 29,767 members
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  • The Green Hornet - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Seth Rogen,  Tom Wilkinson,  Jay Chou
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Michel Gondry directs this mega-budget superhero action film starring Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz, based on the 1960s television series starring Bruce Lee. Britt Reid (Rogen), son and heir to the biggest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has hitherto led a charmed but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 15,937 members
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  • The Green Hornet - 3D Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Seth Rogen,  Jay Chou,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Michel Gondry directs this mega-budget superhero action film starring Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz, based on the 1960s television series starring Bruce Lee. Britt Reid (Rogen), son and heir to the biggest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has hitherto led a charmed but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 966 members
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  • Beverly Hills Chihuahua on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Piper Perabo,  Manolo Cardona,  Eugenio Derbez
    Director: Raja Gosnell
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Chloe, a diamond-clad, bootie wearing Beverly Hills Chihuahua enjoys her luxurious lifestyle so much, she hardly notices Papi, a hilarious Chihuahua who happens to be crazy for Chloe. But when the most pampered pooch gets lost in Mexico with only a street-wise German Shepherd to help her find her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 6,337 members
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  • Splinter on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Adam Rodriguez,  Tom Sizemore,  Edward James Olmos
    Director: Michael D Olmos
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Drama starring Tom Sizemore as a dirty cop on the gang-ravaged streets of East L.A. A bloody drive-by shooting ends a truce between two warring gangs, leaving 'Shaggy' Gonzalez dead and his brother 'Dreamer' (Enrique Almeida) badly wounded. Now Dreamer is desperate to avenge his brother's murder, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 231 members
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  • Battlestar Galactica - Season 2 (6 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Edward James Olmos,  Mary McDonnell,  Katee Sackhoff
    Director: Michael Rymer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama (Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (McDonnell) face waning supplies, crushed morale, ... and the credible threat Cylons aboard the ship.
    4.5 stars out of 5 84% from 12,350 members
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  • Battlestar Galactica - The Mini Series on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jamie Bamber,  Mary McDonnell,  Katee Sackhoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Both parts of the 2003 mini-series pilot that re-imagines the 1970s sci-fi saga. The Cylons, who were created generations before as robot workers for humans, but who then turned on them in rebellion, have been absent for over 40 years since their last brush with humanity. But now they have returned ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 17,233 members
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  • In The Time Of Butterflies (2001)
    Starring: Marc Anthony,  Lumi Cavazos,  Mia Maestro
    Director: Mariano Barroso
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    For generations, General Rafael Trujillo (Edward James Olmos) has ruled the Dominican Republic, until Minerva Mirabel (Salma Hayek) dares to oppose him. Inspired by her love for a rebel leader (Marc Antony), Minerva and her sisters endure unimaginable hardships in a battle for the very soul of a nation.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 235 members
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  • Gossip on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Marisa Coughlan,  Debrah Farentino,  Sharon Lawrence
    Director: Davis Guggenheim
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Students Derrick Webb (James Marsden), Cathy Jones (Lena Headey) and Travis (Norman Reedus) decide to conduct a social 'experiment' when they observe the beautiful and wealthy Naomi Preston (Kate Hudson) - famous for refusing to have sex - drunkenly passing out while with her boyfriend Beau Edson. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,393 members
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  • Bonanno on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Martin Landau,  Guido Grasso Jr.,  Tony Nardi
    Director: Michel Poulette
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The true story of the rise and fall of Mafia Don Joe Bonanno, played by Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi and Martin Landau over the different stages of his life. From an impoverished Scicilian boyhood, Bonanno rose to become leader of a vast criminal empire, clashing with the dangerous Gambino gang, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 47 members
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  • Selena (1997)
    Starring: Ruben Gonzales,  Panchito Gomez,  Lupe Ontiveros
    Director: Gregory Nava
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The true story of Selena Perez, the South Texan singer who popularised the Latin dance/rock music form Tejano in mainstream America before her life was cut tragically short at the age of 23. Jennifer Lopez stars as the Grammy Award winner who attracted tens of thousands to her sell-out concerts in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 899 members
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  • Caught (1996)
    Starring: Edward James Olmos,  Maria Conchita Alonso,  Arie Verveen
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Love, lust, loyalty, and betrayal are the themes of this tense adult drama. Joe (Edward James Olmos) and Betty (Maria Conchita Alonso) are a married couple living in Jersey City; Joe runs a fish market, and Betty wishes that Joe showed as much interest in her as he does in his business, since she ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 20% from 1 member
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  • Dead Man's Walk (2 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: F. Murray A,  Brian Dennehy,  Keith Carradine
    Director: Yves Simoneau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Larry McMurtry's novel, David Arquette and Jonny Lee Miller star as two young men coming of age in the days when Texas was still an independent republic. We follow the two men as they embark on their first great adventure. They sign up as Texas Rangers under the command of Caleb Cobb (F. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 138 members
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  • American Me (1992)
    Starring: Pepe Serna,  Evelina Fernandez,  William Forsythe
    Director: Edward James Olmos
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Directorial debut from Edward James Olmos who also takes the lead role. The film is set in the ganglands of L.A. and follows the life of the head of the 'Mexican Mafia', arch crimelord Santana. In prison for the last 18 years, he intends to go straight when he gets out. But on his release it isn't ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,106 member
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  • Triumph Of The Spirit (1989)
    Starring: Hartmut Becker,  Kario Salem,  Wendy Gazelle
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of Greek boxer Salomo Arouch, his father and brother, who are taken prisoner by the Germans and suffer the inhumane conditions of the Auschwitz death camp. When middleweight champion Arouch (Willem Dafoe) repels an attacker from his own ranks, the commandant of the camp forces him to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 51 members
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  • Stand and Deliver (1988)
    Starring: Edward James Olmos,  Estelle Harris,  Mark Phelan
    Director: Ramon Menendez
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on a true story, "Stand and Deliver" is an inspirational tale of a dedicated teacher who rescues a group of poor Latino students from potential delinquency by turning them into math whizzes. Using humor, imagination and whatever other means necessary, Jaime Escalante gets his students at a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 22 members
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  • Miami Vice - Series 3 (6 discs) on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Steve Buscemi,  Bill Paxton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All 24 episodes from the third season of the detective show set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld of criminals, drug dealers and lowlifes, created by Michael Mann and starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Detectives Sonny Crocket and Rico Tubbs. Episodes are: 'When Irish ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 183 members
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  • Blade Runner on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Four illegal humanoids, led by Rutger Hauer, have infiltrated 21st Century Los Angeles. Blade Runner hitman Harrison Ford, is recruited to eliminate the convincing android beings before they cause any damage or create unrest in the paranoid hi-tech urban society.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 52,171 members
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  • Blade Runner - Blu-ray (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Sean Young
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Extended version of Ridley Scott's cult classic. Ex-cop Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is hired to track down a group of androids who have escaped from a satellite colony. As two of the AWOL 'replicants' (Rutger Hauer and Daryl Hannah) seek refuge in a geneticist's house, Deckard takes his ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 5,722 members
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  • Blade Runner - The Final Cut (1982)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Rutger Hauer,  Rutger Hauer
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, Blade Runner returns in Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut, including extended scenes and never-before-seen special effects. In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 4,013 members
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  • Zoot Suit on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Daniel Valdez,  Tyne Daly,  Charles Aidman
    Director: Luis Valdez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on both fact and fiction, this is the film version of the critically acclaimed play by Luis Valdez, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Alice Bloomfield (Tyne Daly) and George Shearer (Charles Aidman) fight for the freedom of Henry Reyna ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 22 members
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  • Wolfen (1981)
    Starring: Dick O'Neill,  Gregory Hines,  Diane Venora
    Director: Michael Wadleigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Wolfen, a frightening horror movie based upon a novel by Whitley Strieber, is an absorbing update on the werewolf legend. Detective Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) is assigned to investigate the strange murder of a millionaire and his wife in a downtown park. Wilson and his friend, city coroner ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 705 members
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  • Virus on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Glenn Ford,  Chuck Connors,  Robert Vaughn
    Director: Kinji Fukasaku
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    When a cloud of MM-88, a deadly virus intended for use in biological weapons, is released in a mountain plane crash, the chances for human survival look very slim indeed. The virus spreads at an alarming speed, wiping out population after population, until all that is left of humankind is a group ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 517 members
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  • Alambrista on DVD (1977)
    Starring: George Smith,  Paul Berrones,  Ned Beatty
    Director: Robert M. Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The grass isn't always greener in this tale of exploitation down Mexico way. Director Robert M. Young's groundbreaking drama has young, impoverished Mexican farmer Roberto (Domingo Ambriz) illegally crossing the border into the US after his wife gives birth to their first child. Thinking he'll be ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 14 members
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Edward James Olmos facts

5 most recent films

The Green Hornet - 3.0 stars
The Green Hornet - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Green Hornet - 3D Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Battlestar Galactica - S04 E14 - A Disquiet Follows My Soul - 4.5 stars
Battlestar Galactica - S04 E22 - Daybreak Part 2 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Battlestar Galactica - Season 3 - 4.5 stars
Blade Runner - The Final Cut - 4.5 stars
Battlestar Galactica - Season 2 - 4.5 stars
Battlestar Galactica - Season 4 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca - 1.0 stars
Caught - 1.0 stars
Zoot Suit - 2.0 stars
Talent For The Game - 2.5 stars
Alambrista - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jamie Bamber - 221 times - show films
Mary McDonnell - 221 times - show films
Tricia Helfer - 212 times - show films
Katee Sackhoff - 210 times - show films
Grace Park - 209 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Rymer - 102 times - show films
Marita Grabiak - 42 times - show films
Allan Kroeker - 37 times - show films
Rod Hardy - 19 times - show films
Michael Nankin - 16 times - show films