Esai Morales
Acting
Born: Oct 01, 1962
From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Gardener | Oscar Neruda | 2023 | 6.0 |
| Art of Love | 2021 | 3.6 | |
| Seattle Superstorm | Tom Foster | 2012 | 4.8 |
| Atlas Shrugged: Part II | Francisco d'Anconia | 2012 | 5.3 |
| Gun Hill Road | Enrique Rodriguez | 2011 | 5.7 |
| We Have Your Husband | Eduardo Valseca | 2011 | 5.7 |
| Cherry | Wes | 2010 | 6.2 |
| King of the Avenue | Natas | 2010 | 4.5 |
| The Line | Pelon | 2009 | 4.821 |
| Kill Kill Faster Faster | Markie | 2008 | 4.2 |
| The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' | Self | 2007 | — |
| Fast Food Nation | Tony | 2006 | 6.068 |
| The Virgin of Juarez | Father Herrera | 2006 | 6.875 |
| Once Upon a Wedding | Pineda | 2005 | 4.389 |
| Sudbury | Gary Hallet | 2004 | 5.7 |
| The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Vargas Mouse (voice) | 2003 | 5.333 |
| Paid in Full | Lulu | 2002 | 6.829 |
| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Dominguez | 1998 | 6.958 |
| Dog Watch | Murrow | 1997 | 5.033 |
| Death in Granada | Ricardo | 1996 | 5.526 |
| My Family | Chucho | 1995 | 7.405 |
| Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 | Tony Archer | 1995 | 9.5 |
| Rapa Nui | Make | 1994 | 6.408 |
| In the Army Now | Sgt. Stern | 1994 | 5.084 |
| Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun | Kenny | 1993 | 5.0 |
| Freejack | Ripper | 1992 | 5.476 |
| Ultraviolet | Nicholas Walker | 1992 | 3.333 |
| Bloodhounds of Broadway | Handsome Jack | 1989 | 5.667 |
| La Bamba | Bob Morales | 1987 | 7.255 |
| Bad Boys | Paco Moreno | 1983 | 6.985 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1962 |
| From | Brooklyn, New York … |