- Acting films
- 41
- Acting avg
- 6.64
- Peak run
- 2013’19
- Oscar noms
- 1
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Edward by the numbers
Average
6.64
23 rated films
Vote weighted
6.78
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±1.03
rating spread
Career
52y
1975 to 2026
Total votes
72.3K
across every film
Best
8.2
Coco
Worst
5.4
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez | Narrator – El Pachuco (voice) | · | 0 |
| 2026 |  Office Romance | Captain Jack Cruz | 6.4 | 395 |
| 2026 | Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood | self | · | 1 |
| 2024 |  One Fast Move | Abel | 6.6 | 230 |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Ossie | · | 13 |
| 2021 | Chasing Wonders | Luis | · | 7 |
| 2021 | Walking with Herb | Joe Amable-Amo | · | 4 |
| 2019 |  The Devil Has a Name | Santiago | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2019 | Imprisoned | Hospicio | · | 15 |
| 2019 | Windows on the World | Balthazar | · | 4 |
| 2019 |  A Dog's Way Home | Axel | 7.4 | 1,204 |
| 2017 |  Coco | Chicharrón (voice) | 8.2 | 21,520 |
| 2017 |  Blade Runner 2049 | Gaff | 7.6 | 15,824 |
| 2017 |  LA 92 | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 | 149 |
| 2016 |  Americano | Gayo (voice) | · | 20 |
| 2015 |  Unity | Narrator (voice) | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2013 |  2 Guns | Papi Greco | 6.5 | 4,649 |
| 2013 |  Filly Brown | Leandro | · | 20 |
| 2013 |  Go for Sisters | Freddy Suárez | · | 17 |
| 2011 |  The Green Hornet | Michael Axford | 5.6 | 3,584 |
Better together?
Edward James Olmos's regulars
- Esai MoralesCo-star · 4 films · 7.44 avg▲+0.93
- Robert M. YoungDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.40
- Michael D. OlmosDirector and actor · 2 films
- Gregory NavaDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.58 avg▲+0.76
- Reynaldo VillalobosCinematographer · 2 films · 6.39 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Edward James Olmos and Esai Morales movies · Robert M. Young and Edward James Olmos movies · Michael D. Olmos and Edward James Olmos movies · Gregory Nava and Edward James Olmos movies
Takes
On Edward James Olmos
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 1989Edward James Olmos