Esai Morales
Acting
1962-10-01 · 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.
Filmography
Live Like That
2027 · Movie
TheatersDark Horse
2026 · Movie
War Machine
2026 · Movie
Queen of Manhattan
2025 · Movie
Cottonmouth
2025 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Movie
Side Quest
2025 · Series
Crescent City
2024 · Movie
Can't Go Home
2023 · Series
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · Movie
Master Gardener
2023 · Movie
Art of Love
2021 · Movie
Senior Moment
2021 · Movie
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021 · Movie
The Wall of Mexico
2020 · Movie
Find Your Groove
2020 · Movie
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019 · Movie
Imprisoned
2019 · Movie
Titans
2018 · Series
SuperFly
2018 · Movie
Love and Other Stunts
2018 · Movie
Halfway There
2017 · Movie
Ozark
2017 · Series
Mars
2016 · Series
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016 · Movie
Casa Vita
2016 · Movie
Adam Ruins Everything
2015 · Series
The Brink
2015 · Series
Spare Parts
2015 · Movie
Playin' for Love
2015 · Movie
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · Series
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014 · Movie
Give Me Shelter
2014 · Movie
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014 · Movie
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014 · Series
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014 · Movie
Mozart in the Jungle
2014 · Series
Chicago P.D.
2014 · Series
Saving Westbrook High
2013 · Movie
Return to Babylon
2013 · Movie
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012 · Movie
Major Crimes
2012 · Series
Seattle Superstorm
2012 · Movie
17th Precinct
2011 · Movie
We Have Your Husband
2011 · Movie
Gun Hill Road
2011 · Movie
Fairly Legal
2011 · Series
Cherry
2010 · Movie
King of the Avenue
2010 · Movie
Caprica
2010 · Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Series
Celebrity Habla
2009 · Movie
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Series
The Line
2009 · Movie
Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008 · Movie
The Cure
2007 · Movie
Burn Notice
2007 · Series
24: Day six Debrief
2007 · Series
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007 · Movie
Fast Food Nation
2006 · Movie
Jericho
2006 · Series
Vanished
2006 · Series
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
2006 · Movie
The Virgin of Juarez
2006 · Movie
Freddie
2005 · Series
Criminal Minds
2005 · Series
Once Upon a Wedding
2005 · Movie
Lethal Seduction
2005 · Movie
American Fusion
2005 · Movie
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004 · Series
Sudbury
2004 · Movie
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003 · Movie
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Series
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003 · Movie
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Series
Paid in Full
2002 · Movie
CSI: Miami
2002 · Series
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002 · Movie
George Lopez
2002 · Series
American Family
2002 · Series
Doomsday Man
2000 · Movie
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Series
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
2000 · Movie
Dora the Explorer
2000 · Series
American Virgin
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Family Law
1999 · Series
Southern Cross
1999 · Movie
Atomic Train
1999 · Series
L.A. Doctors
1998 · Series
Circle of Deceit
1998 · Movie
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998 · Movie
Dog Watch
1997 · Movie
The Hunger
1997 · Series
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996 · Movie
Death in Granada
1996 · Movie
Scorpion Spring
1996 · Movie
The Real Thing
1996 · Movie
Somos un solo pueblo
1995 · Movie
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
1995 · Movie
My Family
1995 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Don't Do It
1994 · Movie
The Burning Season
1994 · Movie
In the Army Now
1994 · Movie
Rapa Nui
1994 · Movie
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
The Waiter
1993 · Movie
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993 · Movie
Ultraviolet
1992 · Movie
Freejack
1992 · Movie
Bay City Story
1992 · Movie
Naked Tango
1990 · Movie
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
The Principal
1987 · Movie
La Bamba
1987 · Movie
On Wings of Eagles
1986 · Series
Rainy Day Friends
1985 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
The Equalizer
1985 · Series
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
Bad Boys
1983 · Movie
Forty Deuce
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Fame
1982 · Series
Coyote
Movie
Company Town
Series
Monty and the Movies
Movie
Tumor
Movie
The Americans
Series
Live 2 Die
Movie
So Much for Love
Movie