Esai Morales

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Acting

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)
• Dark Horse (2026)
• Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood (2026)
• War Machine (2026)
• Queen of Manhattan (2025)
• Cottonmouth (2025)
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
• Crescent City (2024)
• Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
• Master Gardener (2023)
• Art of Love (2021)
• Senior Moment (2021)
• More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story (2021)
• The Wall of Mexico (2020)
• Find Your Groove (2020)
• Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019)
• Imprisoned (2019)
• SuperFly (2018)
• Love and Other Stunts (2018)
• Halfway There (2017)
• Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016)
• Casa Vita (2016)
• Spare Parts (2015)
• Playin' for Love (2015)
• Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014)
• Give Me Shelter (2014)
• The Journey of a Female Comic (2014)
• From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season (2014)
• Saving Westbrook High (2013)
• Return to Babylon (2013)
• Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012)
• Seattle Superstorm (2012)
• 17th Precinct (2011)
• We Have Your Husband (2011)
• Gun Hill Road (2011)
• Cherry (2010)
• King of the Avenue (2010)
• Celebrity Habla (2009)
• The Line (2009)
• Kill Kill Faster Faster (2008)
• The Cure (2007)
• The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007)
• Fast Food Nation (2006)
• How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
• The Virgin of Juarez (2006)
• Once Upon a Wedding (2005)
• Lethal Seduction (2005)
• American Fusion (2005)
• Sudbury (2004)
• The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2003)
• ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)
• Paid in Full (2002)
• The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
• Doomsday Man (2000)
• A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000)
• American Virgin (2000)
• Southern Cross (1999)
• Circle of Deceit (1998)
• The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
• Dog Watch (1997)
• Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (1996)
• Death in Granada (1996)
• Scorpion Spring (1996)
• The Real Thing (1996)
• Somos un solo pueblo (1995)
• Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 (1995)
• My Family (1995)
• Don't Do It (1994)
• The Burning Season (1994)
• In the Army Now (1994)
• Rapa Nui (1994)
• The Waiter (1993)
• Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993)
• Ultraviolet (1992)
• Freejack (1992)
• Bay City Story (1992)
• Naked Tango (1990)
• Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
• The Principal (1987)
• La Bamba (1987)
• Rainy Day Friends (1985)
• Bad Boys (1983)
• Forty Deuce (1982)
• Monty and the Movies
• Persephone
• His Heart
• Tumor
• Coyote
• So Much for Love
• Live 2 Die