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Esai Morales

Esai Morales profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1962-10-01
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity: 2.1

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 Filmography

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

2005
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

2002
Chicago P.D. poster

Chicago P.D.

2014
NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

1993
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

1984
War Machine poster

War Machine

2026
How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder

2014
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

2007
Titans poster

Titans

2018
Ozark poster

Ozark

2017
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

1985
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

1995
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

1985
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning poster

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025
Dora the Explorer poster

Dora the Explorer

2000
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

1989
Major Crimes poster

Major Crimes

2012
Fame poster

Fame

1982
Family Law poster

Family Law

1999
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009
Mozart in the Jungle poster

Mozart in the Jungle

2014
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One poster

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023
On Air with Ryan Seacrest poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

2004
Jericho poster

Jericho

2006
Caprica poster

Caprica

2010
L.A. Doctors poster

L.A. Doctors

1998
The Hunger poster

The Hunger

1997
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series poster

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

2014
George Lopez poster

George Lopez

2002
Adam Ruins Everything poster

Adam Ruins Everything

2015
Fairly Legal poster

Fairly Legal

2011
Mars poster

Mars

2016
Never Back Down: No Surrender poster

Never Back Down: No Surrender

2016
Freddie poster

Freddie

2005
Vanished poster

Vanished

2006
Side Quest poster

Side Quest

2025
The Brink poster

The Brink

2015
Dark Horse poster

Dark Horse

2026
American Family poster

American Family

2002
Bad Boys poster

Bad Boys

1983
La Bamba poster

La Bamba

1987
Lethal Seduction poster

Lethal Seduction

2005
SuperFly poster

SuperFly

2018
Atomic Train poster

Atomic Train

1999
Freejack poster

Freejack

1992
Paid in Full poster

Paid in Full

2002
Can't Go Home poster

Can't Go Home

2023
Fast Food Nation poster

Fast Food Nation

2006
On Wings of Eagles poster

On Wings of Eagles

1986
Master Gardener poster

Master Gardener

2023
Art of Love poster

Art of Love

2021
Crescent City poster

Crescent City

2024
Rapa Nui poster

Rapa Nui

1994
The Line poster

The Line

2009
The Principal poster

The Principal

1987
My Family poster

My Family

1995
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire poster

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

2014
Spare Parts poster

Spare Parts

2015
In the Army Now poster

In the Army Now

1994
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina poster

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

2003
Atlas Shrugged: Part II poster

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012
Saving Westbrook High poster

Saving Westbrook High

2013
The Cure poster

The Cure

2007
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 poster

Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

1995
Cherry poster

Cherry

2010
American Virgin poster

American Virgin

2000
Naked Tango poster

Naked Tango

1990
Senior Moment poster

Senior Moment

2021
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema poster

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

2002
No Photo

Live Like That

2027
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story poster

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

2021
Scorpion Spring poster

Scorpion Spring

1996
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' poster

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

2007
Bloodhounds of Broadway poster

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989
No Photo

Company Town

N/A
Gun Hill Road poster

Gun Hill Road

2011
Cottonmouth poster

Cottonmouth

2025
Find Your Groove poster

Find Your Groove

2020
Dog Watch poster

Dog Watch

1997
Casa Vita poster

Casa Vita

2016
The Virgin of Juarez poster

The Virgin of Juarez

2006
No Photo

The Americans

N/A
17th Precinct poster

17th Precinct

2011
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit poster

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1998
Queen of Manhattan poster

Queen of Manhattan

2025
Imprisoned poster

Imprisoned

2019
Sudbury poster

Sudbury

2004
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage poster

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019
The Real Thing poster

The Real Thing

1996
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens poster

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

2006
American Fusion poster

American Fusion

2005
Once Upon a Wedding poster

Once Upon a Wedding

2005
Seattle Superstorm poster

Seattle Superstorm

2012
We Have Your Husband poster

We Have Your Husband

2011
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003
Forty Deuce poster

Forty Deuce

1982
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story poster

A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

2000
Don't Do It poster

Don't Do It

1994
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun poster

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

1993
The Wall of Mexico poster

The Wall of Mexico

2020
Death in Granada poster

Death in Granada

1996
Kill Kill Faster Faster poster

Kill Kill Faster Faster

2008
Halfway There poster

Halfway There

2017
The Burning Season poster

The Burning Season

1994
Southern Cross poster

Southern Cross

1999
No Photo

Give Me Shelter

2014
Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored

2003
Celebrity Habla poster

Celebrity Habla

2009
Rainy Day Friends poster

Rainy Day Friends

1985
Doomsday Man poster

Doomsday Man

2000
King of the Avenue poster

King of the Avenue

2010
Circle of Deceit poster

Circle of Deceit

1998
24: Day six Debrief poster

24: Day six Debrief

2007
No Photo

The Waiter

1993
No Photo

Bay City Story

1992
Playin' for Love poster

Playin' for Love

2015
No Photo

So Much for Love

N/A
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story poster

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996
Coyote poster

Coyote

N/A
Somos un solo pueblo poster

Somos un solo pueblo

1995
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season poster

From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

2014
Ultraviolet poster

Ultraviolet

1992
No Photo

Tumor

N/A
The Journey of a Female Comic poster

The Journey of a Female Comic

2014
Love and Other Stunts poster

Love and Other Stunts

2018