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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · War Machine as Army Officer Torres
- 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
- 2018 · Titans as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
- 2018 · SuperFly as Adalberto Gonzalez
- 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
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as Jorge Castillo
- 2014 · From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as Amancio Malvado
- 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 · Caprica as Joseph Adama
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories 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
- 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)
- 2000 · American Virgin as Jim the Director
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jimmy Vazquez
- 1999 · Family Law as Mr. Santiago
- 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
- 1986 · On Wings of Eagles as Rashid
- 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 · Fame as
- Future · The Americans as Lee Valenzuela
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as Papi
- 2025 · Cottonmouth as Abe
- 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
- 2017 · Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
- 2014 · Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones
- 2014 · Give Me Shelter as Himself - Animal Advocate
- 2014 · From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season as
- 2011 · We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
- 2010 · Cherry as Wes
- 2008 · Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
- 2007 · 24: Day six Debrief as Agent Jorge Ramirez
- 2006 · The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera
- 2005 · Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
- 2005 · American Fusion as Jose
- 2004 · Sudbury as Gary Hallet
- 2003 · The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2002 · The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Philip Solano
- 1998 · The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Dominguez
- 1997 · Dog Watch as Murrow
- 1996 · Death in Granada as Ricardo
- 1996 · The Real Thing as Collin
- 1995 · Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
- 1994 · Don't Do It as Charles
- 1994 · In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
- 1994 · Rapa Nui as Make
- Future · Coyote as Hernán Barroca
- 1993 · The Waiter as Julius
- 1989 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
- Future · Company Town as
- 2027 · Live Like That as
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
- 2020 · Find Your Groove as Self
- 2019 · Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
- 2018 · Love and Other Stunts as
- 2016 · Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
- 2015 · Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti
- 2014 · The Journey of a Female Comic as
- 2012 · Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster
- 2011 · 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
- 2011 · Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
- 2010 · King of the Avenue as Natas
- 2009 · Celebrity Habla as Self
- 2007 · The Cure as Jorge
- 2007 · The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- 2006 · How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Frankie
- 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
- 1998 · Circle of Deceit as Jeff Silva
- 1996 · Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Federico Pena
- 1995 · Somos un solo pueblo as Self
- 1994 · The Burning Season as Jair
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
- 1985 · Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez
- Future · Dark Horse as Paulo Pontes
- Future · So Much For Love as Geoffrey
- 1992 · Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
- 1992 · Bay City Story as
- 1982 · Forty Deuce as Mitchell