Editing Edward James Olmos (section)

===Film===
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|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1974
| ''Black Fist''
| Junkie in Bathroom
| [[Cameo appearance|Uncredited]]
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Aloha Bobby and Rose]]''
| Chicano #1
| Credited as Eddie Olmos
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Alambrista!]]''
| Drunk
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Fukkatsu no hi]]''
| Capt. Lopez
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''[[Wolfen (film)|Wolfen]]''
| Eddie Holt
|
|-
| ''[[Zoot Suit (film)|Zoot Suit]]''
| El Pachuco
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| ''[[Blade Runner]]''
| Gaff
|
|-
| ''[[The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez]]''
| [[Gregorio Cortez]]
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Saving Grace (1985 film)|Saving Grace]]''
| Ciolino
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Stand and Deliver]]''
| [[Jaime Escalante]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''[[The Fortunate Pilgrim (miniseries)|The Fortunate Pilgrim]]''
| Frank Corbo
|
|-
| ''[[Triumph of the Spirit]]''
| Gypsy
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Talent for the Game]]''
| Virgil Sweet
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[American Me]]''
| Montoya Santana
| Also director
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| ''[[Roosters (film)|Roosters]]''
| Gallo Morales
|
|-
| ''[[Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (film)|Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]]''
| Musician at Barbecue
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[A Million to Juan]]''
| Angel
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''[[Mirage (1995 film)|Mirage]]''
| Matteo Juarez
|
|-
| ''[[My Family (1995 film)|My Family]]''
| Paco
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Dead Man's Walk (miniseries)|Dead Man's Walk]]''
| Capt. Salazar
|
|-
| ''[[Caught (1996 film)|Caught]]''
| Joe
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1997
| ''[[Selena (film)|Selena]]''
| [[Abraham Quintanilla]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca]]''
| Roberto Lozano
|
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Confidential]]''
| Stan Navarro, Sr.
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit]]''
| Vamanos
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]''
| Chief Tannabok
| Voice<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Edward James Olmos (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Edward-James-Olmos/ |access-date=December 1, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Gossip (2000 American film)|Gossip]]''
| Detective Curtis
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Jack and Marilyn''
| Pasquel
| Also director
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| ''Cerca, La''
| Nino
|
|-
| ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]''
| Mito
| Voice, English dub
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Splinter (2006 film)|Splinter]]''
| Capt. Garcia
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Beverly Hills Chihuahua]]''
| Diablo
| Voice<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2010
| ''[[I'm Still Here (2010 film)|I'm Still Here]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[The Green Hornet (2011 film)|The Green Hornet]]''
| Michael Axford
|
|-
| ''[[America (2011 film)|America]]''
| Mr. Irving
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Filly Brown]]''
| Leandro
| Also producer
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[Go for Sisters]]''
| Freddy Suarez
|
|-
| ''[[2 Guns]]''
| Papa Greco
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Unity (film)|Unity]]''
| [[Narrator]]
| [[Documentary film|Documentary]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[El Americano: The Movie]]''<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last=Hopewell|first=John|title='El Americano 3D' Kicks Off Pre-Sales at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/el-americano-3d-kicks-off-pre-sales-at-cannes-exclusive-1201187135/|access-date=21 May 2014|newspaper=Variety (magazine)|date=20 May 2014}}</ref>
| Gayo "El Jefe"
| Voice; Also producer
|-
| ''Monday Nights at Seven''
| Charlie
| Also producer
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| ''[[Blade Runner Black Out 2022]]''
| Gaff<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/blade-runner-anime-explained/|title='Blade Runner 2049' Anime Prequel Introduces New NEXUS 8 Replicants|publisher=Collider.com|last=Trumbore|first=Dave|date=September 26, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2017}}</ref>
| Voice, [[short film]]
|-
| ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]''
| Gaff
| Cameo
|-
| ''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]''
| Chicharrón
| Voice<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Imprisoned (film)|Imprisoned]]''
| Hospicio
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2019
| ''[[A Dog's Way Home]]''
| Axel
|
|-
| ''[[Windows on the World (film)|Windows on the World]]''
| Balthazar
|
|-
| ''[[The Devil Has a Name]]''
| Santiago
| Also director
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Chasing Wonders]]''
| Luis
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Walking with Herb]]''
| Joe
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Outlaw Posse (film)|Outlaw Posse]]''
| Ossie
|
|-
| ''[[One Fast Move]]''
| Abel
|
|-
| TBA
| ''[[Office Romance (upcoming film)|Office Romance]]''
|
| Filming
|}