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Name
Esai Morales

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1962-10-01 (64 years old)

Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor. He has had notable roles in Bad Boys with Sean Penn and La Bamba with Lou Diamond Phillips. His television roles include the PBS 2002 drama series American Family, the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd. (2000–2002), portraying Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue (2001–2003), Joseph Adama in the science fiction series Caprica (2009–2010), Camino del Rio in the Netflix original series Ozark (2017), and the DC Comics supervillain Slade Wilson / Deathstroke in the superhero series Titans (2019).

Morales appeared as Gabriel, the main antagonist in the 2023 spy action film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One opposite Tom Cruise, a role reprised in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in 2025.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1994 Rapa Nui as Make
2009 The Line as Pelon
2006 Fast Food Nation as Tony
2021 Art of Love
1992 Freejack as Ripper
1994 In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
2002 Paid in Full as Lulu
1983 Bad Boys as Paco Moreno
2003 The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
1995 My Family as Chucho
1987 La Bamba as Bob Morales
2011 Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
2010 Cherry as Wes
2010 King of the Avenue as Natas
2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
2023 Master Gardener as Oscar Neruda
2006 The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera
2011 We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
1998 The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Dominguez
1996 Death in Granada as Ricardo
2012 Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster
2004 Sudbury as Gary Hallet
1997 Dog Watch as Murrow
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia
2007 The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
1995 Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
1992 Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
2005 Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
2000 Doomsday Man as Mike
1999 Southern Cross as Philip Solano
1996 Scorpion Spring as Astor
2009 Celebrity Habla as Self
2014 The Journey of a Female Comic
2015 Spare Parts as Mr. Santillan
2025 Cottonmouth as Abe
2014 Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones
2006 How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Frankie
1998 Circle of Deceit as Jeff Silva
2024 Crescent City as Luke Carson
2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Gabriel
2014 Give Me Shelter as Self - Animal Advocate
1994 Don't Do It as Charles
2000 American Virgin as Jim the Director
2016 Never Back Down: No Surrender as Hugo Vega
2015 Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti
1990 Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein
2005 American Fusion as Jose
1995 Somos un solo pueblo as Self
2016 Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
1996 The Real Thing as Collin
2013 Saving Westbrook High as Manny
2018 Love and Other Stunts
1982 Forty Deuce as Mitchell
2021 More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
2005 Lethal Seduction as Rick Benes / David Lopez
2000 A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
2017 Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
2018 SuperFly as Adalberto Gonzalez
2020 The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista
2019 Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
2019 Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
1985 Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez
1987 The Principal as Raymi Rojas
1996 Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Federico Pena
2020 Find Your Groove as Self
2023 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Gabriel
2025 Queen of Manhattan as Papi
1994 The Burning Season as Jair
2011 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
2007 The Cure as Jorge
2021 Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
2026 War Machine as Torres
Soon So Much for Love as Geoffrey
2002 The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Soon Coyote as Hernán Barroca
2014 From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
1993 The Waiter as Julius
2026 Dark Horse as Paulo Pontes
2003 ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
1992 Bay City Story
2027 Live Like That
Soon Tumor
Soon Live 2 Die
Soon Monty and the Movies as Self (archive footage)
2013 Return to Babylon as Assistant Director (scenes deleted)
Soon Persephone
Soon His Heart
2026 Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood as self
1984 The Great Love Experiment as Miguel Rados

2005 Freddie ( 1 episode ) as Carlos
2010 Caprica ( 18 episodes ) as Joseph Adama
2006 Jericho ( 7 episodes ) as Major Edward Beck
1982 Fame ( 1 episode )
2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Stephen Madsen
1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Felipe Cruz
1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode )
1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Puck
2002 George Lopez ( 1 episode ) as Manny Lopez
2007 Burn Notice ( 1 episode ) as Ernie Paseo
1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Officer Miguel Canterra
2006 Vanished ( 11 episodes ) as Michael Tyner
2003 Celebrities Uncensored ( 1 episode ) as Self
1999 Family Law ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Santiago
1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Frank Kelton
Soon Company Town ( 1 episode ) as Ray Dupre
2012 Major Crimes ( 1 episode ) as Deputy Manuel Diaz
2015 The Brink ( 10 episodes ) as President Julian Navarro
2023 Can't Go Home ( 1 episode ) as Victor Castelo
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy Vazquez
2014 How to Get Away with Murder ( 11 episodes ) as Jorge Castillo
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles ( 7 episodes ) as Louis Ochoa
1986 On Wings of Eagles ( 2 episodes ) as Rashid
2014 From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series ( 10 episodes ) as Amancio Malvado
2011 Fairly Legal ( 6 episodes ) as Aaron Davidson
2005 Criminal Minds ( 6 episodes ) as Mateo Cruz
2016 Mars ( 6 episodes ) as Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn
Soon The Americans ( 0 episode ) as Lee Valenzuela
1997 The Hunger ( 1 episode ) as Tony
2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
2002 American Family ( 1 episode ) as Esteban Gonzalez
2004 On Air with Ryan Seacrest ( 1 episode ) as Self
2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Francisco
2018 Titans ( 13 episodes ) as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 Mozart in the Jungle ( 2 episodes ) as Juan Delgado
1993 NYPD Blue ( 87 episodes ) as Tony Rodriguez
1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Pete Romano
2015 Adam Ruins Everything ( 1 episode )
2017 Ozark ( 4 episodes ) as Camino 'Del' Del Rio
2014 Chicago P.D. ( 6 episodes ) as Chief Lugo
2025 Side Quest ( 1 episode ) as Gustavo
1998 L.A. Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Vince Duralde
2000 Dora the Explorer ( 1 episode ) as Papi (voice)
2007 24: Day six Debrief ( 5 episodes ) as Agent Jorge Ramirez
1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Handsome Jack
1999 Atomic Train ( 2 episodes ) as Noris MacKenzie

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