ACTOR

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 reimagined 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 8,716,605 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Edward James Olmos is the 905th most popular actor (up from 1,022nd in 2019), the 1,616th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,851st in 2019) and the 434th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edward James Olmos ranks 905 out of 13,578. Before him are Michel Serrault, Karen Grassle, Barbara Hershey, Lotte Lenya, James Mason, and Cliff Robertson. After him are Karen Allen, Anita Pallenberg, Sônia Braga, Helen Hayes, David Warner, and George C. Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Edward James Olmos ranks 97. Before him are Danielle Steel, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Lucas Papademos, Barbara Bach, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Edu Coimbra. After him are Wes Studi, Marouf al-Bakhit, Anne Wiazemsky, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Mitt Romney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward James Olmos ranks 1,616 out of 20,380. Before him are John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Joseph Nye (1937), Frank Drake (1930), Sidney Bechet (1897), and Cliff Robertson (1923). After him are Karen Allen (1951), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Billy Milligan (1955), John C. Mather (1946), Emmett Till (1941), and Kenneth G. Wilson (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edward James Olmos ranks 434. Before him are Louise Brooks (1906), Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Norman Reedus (1969), Karen Grassle (1942), Barbara Hershey (1948), and Cliff Robertson (1923). After him are Karen Allen (1951), Helen Hayes (1900), George C. Scott (1927), Luke Perry (1966), Ethel Barrymore (1879), and Jackie Coogan (1914).

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