Esai Morales
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.
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Credits
- 2026 · War Machine as
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as Papi
- 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
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
- 2020 · The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista
- 2020 · Find Your Groove as Self
- 2019 · Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2019 · Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
- 2018 · Titans as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
- 2018 · SuperFly as Adalberto Gonzalez
- 2018 · Love and Other Stunts as
- 2017 · Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
- 2017 · Ozark as Camino 'Del' Del Rio
- 2016 · Mars as Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn
- 2016 · Never Back Down: No Surrender as Hugo Vega
- 2016 · Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
- 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
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Manny
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia
- 2012 · Major Crimes as Deputy Manuel Diaz
- 2011 · Fairly Legal as Aaron Davidson
- 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
- 2009 · The Line as Pelon
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Ernie Paseo
- 2006 · Fast Food Nation as Tony
- 2006 · Jericho as Major Edward Beck
- 2006 · Vanished as
- 2005 · Freddie as Carlos
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Mateo Cruz
- 2005 · Lethal Seduction as Rick Benes / David Lopez
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2004 · Sudbury as Gary Hallet
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2002 · Paid in Full as Lulu
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Stephen Madsen
- 2002 · George Lopez as Manny Lopez
- 2002 · American Family as Esteban Gonzalez
- 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
- 1997 · The Hunger as Tony
- 1996 · Scorpion Spring as Astor
- 1995 · My Family as Chucho
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Kelton
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Tony Rodriguez
- 1992 · Freejack as Ripper
- 1990 · Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Puck
- 1987 · The Principal as Raymi Rojas
- 1987 · La Bamba as Bob Morales
- 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
- Future · The Americans as Lee Valenzuela
- 1986 · On Wings of Eagles as Rashid
- 1982 · Fame as
- Future · Dark Horse as Paulo Pontes
- 2021 · More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
- 2012 · Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster
- 2011 · 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
- 2011 · We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
- 2011 · Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
- 2008 · Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
- 2007 · The Cure as Jorge
- 2007 · 24: Day six Debrief as Agent Jorge Ramirez
- 2007 · The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- 2006 · How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Frankie
- 2006 · The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera
- 2005 · Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
- 2005 · American Fusion as Jose
- 2003 · The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
- 2003 · ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Doomsday Man as Mike
- 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 · Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Federico Pena
- 1995 · Somos un solo pueblo as Self
- 1994 · Don't Do It as Charles
- 1994 · In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
- Future · Coyote as Hernán Barroca
- Future · Company Town as
- 2010 · Cherry as Wes
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2002 · The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as
- 1998 · The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Dominguez
- 1996 · Death in Granada as Ricardo
- 1996 · The Real Thing as Collin
- 1995 · Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
- 1994 · The Burning Season as Jair
- 1994 · Rapa Nui as Make
- 1993 · The Waiter as Julius
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
- 1992 · Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
- 1992 · Bay City Story as
- 1989 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
- 1982 · Forty Deuce as Mitchell
- Future · So Much For Love as Geoffrey
- 1985 · Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez