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Edward James Olmos

1947 - Today

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Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), American Me (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the voice of Mito in the 2005 English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. For his performance as high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward James Olmos has received more than 7,982,935 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Edward James Olmos is the 1,024th most popular actor (down from 1,014th in 2019), the 1,852nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,893rd in 2019) and the 502nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 8.0M

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  • 57.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edward James Olmos ranks 1,024 out of 9,996Before him are Barbara Bach, Tomas Milian, Jesper Christensen, Lena Olin, Diane Kruger, and Theda Bara. After him are Paul Scofield, Rachel McAdams, Claude Gensac, Vic Morrow, Run Run Shaw, and Andy Lau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Edward James Olmos ranks 97Before him are Mitt Romney, Ian Anderson, Joe Mantegna, Klaus Schulze, Marion Ramsey, and Barbara Bach. After him are Ry Cooder, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Youn Yuh-jung, Kazimierz Deyna, Kathrine Switzer, and Marc Bolan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward James Olmos ranks 1,852 out of 18,182Before him are Theda Bara (1885), Leo McCarey (1898), Albert King (1923), Scott McKenzie (1939), Eartha Kitt (1927), and Bill Withers (1938). After him are Philip José Farmer (1918), Kalākaua (1836), Ry Cooder (1947), Solomon Burke (1936), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), and Vic Morrow (1929).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edward James Olmos ranks 502Before him are Frances Conroy (1953), Kirsten Dunst (1982), Lily Tomlin (1939), Jan-Michael Vincent (1944), Barbara Bach (1947), and Theda Bara (1885). After him are Vic Morrow (1929), Michael Biehn (1956), Helen Hayes (1900), Kelly Preston (1962), Yaphet Kotto (1939), and Jaclyn Smith (1945).

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