Esai Morales
October 1, 1962 (63 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · War Machine as Army Officer Torres
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as Papi
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
- 2021 · More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
- 2020 · The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista
- 2019 · Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2019 · Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
- 2017 · Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
- 2016 · Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Manny
- 2011 · 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
- 2009 · The Line as Pelon
- 2007 · 24: Day six Debrief as Agent Jorge Ramirez
- 2006 · The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera
- 2005 · American Fusion as Jose
- 2004 · Sudbury as Gary Hallet
- 2003 · The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
- 2003 · ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2000 · A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
- 2000 · American Virgin as Jim the Director
- 1998 · Circle of Deceit as Jeff Silva
- 1997 · Dog Watch as Murrow
- 1996 · Death in Granada as Ricardo
- 1996 · Scorpion Spring as Astor
- 1996 · The Real Thing as Collin
- 1995 · Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
- 1994 · The Burning Season as Jair
- 1994 · In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
- 1993 · The Waiter as Julius
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
- 1990 · Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein
- 1989 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
- Future · Company Town as
- 2027 · Live Like That as
- 2026 · Dark Horse as Paulo Pontes
- 2025 · Cottonmouth as Abe
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Gabriel
- 2025 · Side Quest as Gustavo
- 2024 · Crescent City as Luke Carson
- 2023 · Can't Go Home as Victor Castelo
- 2023 · Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Gabriel
- 2023 · Master Gardener as Oscar Neruda
- 2021 · Art of Love as
- 2020 · Find Your Groove as Self
- 2018 · Titans as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
- 2018 · SuperFly as Adalberto Gonzalez
- 2018 · Love and Other Stunts as
- 2017 · Ozark as Camino 'Del' Del Rio
- 2016 · Mars as Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn
- 2016 · Never Back Down: No Surrender as Hugo Vega
- 2015 · Adam Ruins Everything as
- 2015 · The Brink as President Julian Navarro
- 2015 · Spare Parts as Mr. Santillan
- 2015 · Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as Jorge Castillo
- 2014 · Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones
- 2014 · Give Me Shelter as Himself - Animal Advocate
- 2014 · The Journey of a Female Comic as
- 2014 · From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as Amancio Malvado
- 2014 · From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season as
- 2014 · Mozart in the Jungle as Juan Delgado
- 2014 · Chicago P.D. as Chief Lugo
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia
- 2012 · Major Crimes as Deputy Manuel Diaz
- 2012 · Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster
- 2011 · We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
- 2011 · Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
- 2011 · Fairly Legal as Aaron Davidson
- 2010 · Cherry as Wes
- 2010 · King of the Avenue as Natas
- 2010 · Caprica as Joseph Adama
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Celebrity Habla as Self
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Louis Ochoa
- 2008 · Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
- 2007 · The Cure as Jorge
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Ernie Paseo
- 2007 · The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- 2006 · Fast Food Nation as Tony
- 2006 · Jericho as Major Edward Beck
- 2006 · Vanished as
- 2006 · How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Frankie
- 2005 · Freddie as Carlos
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Mateo Cruz
- 2005 · Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
- 2005 · Lethal Seduction as Rick Benes / David Lopez
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2002 · Paid in Full as Lulu
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Stephen Madsen
- 2002 · The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as
- 2002 · George Lopez as Manny Lopez
- 2002 · American Family as Esteban Gonzalez
- 2000 · Doomsday Man as Mike
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Francisco
- 2000 · Dora the Explorer as Papi (voice)
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jimmy Vazquez
- 1999 · Family Law as Mr. Santiago
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Philip Solano
- 1999 · Atomic Train as Noris MacKenzie
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as Vince Duralde
- 1998 · The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Dominguez
- 1997 · The Hunger as Tony
- 1996 · Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Federico Pena
- 1994 · Don't Do It as Charles
- Future · The Americans as Lee Valenzuela
- Future · Coyote as Hernán Barroca
- 1995 · Somos un solo pueblo as Self
- 1995 · My Family as Chucho
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Kelton
- 1994 · Rapa Nui as Make
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Tony Rodriguez
- 1992 · Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
- 1992 · Freejack as Ripper
- 1992 · Bay City Story as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Puck
- 1987 · The Principal as Raymi Rojas
- 1987 · La Bamba as Bob Morales
- 1986 · On Wings of Eagles as Rashid
- 1985 · Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Officer Miguel Canterra
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Felipe Cruz
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Pete Romano
- 1983 · Bad Boys as Paco Moreno
- 1982 · Forty Deuce as Mitchell
- 1982 · Fame as
- Future · So Much For Love as Geoffrey
- Future · Tumor as