I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.

Olmos also has four adopted children: Daniela Michael D. -family in the PBS drama American Family: Journey of Dreams. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica Lt.

Martin Castillo in Miami Vice teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena Detective Gaff in Blade Runner and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. media in addition to most notable roles/work by him starring directing and producing films Made for TV Movies and TV shows such as American Me The Burning Season My Family/Mi Familia 12 Angry Men The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca Walkout The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and American Family: Journey of Dreams. S.