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 · Queen of Manhattan as Papi
- 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
- 2021 · More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
- 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
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia
- 2012 · Major Crimes as Deputy Manuel Diaz
- 2011 · Fairly Legal as Aaron Davidson
- 2010 · Cherry as Wes
- 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 · The Outer Limits as Frank Kelton
- 1994 · Rapa Nui as Make
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Tony Rodriguez
- 1992 · Freejack as Ripper
- 1990 · Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Puck
- 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 · Company Town as
- 2025 · Cottonmouth as Abe
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
- 2020 · The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista
- 2020 · Find Your Groove as Self
- 2019 · Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2019 · Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
- 2017 · Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
- 2014 · Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Manny
- 2011 · 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
- 2011 · We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
- 2010 · King of the Avenue as Natas
- 2007 · 24: Day six Debrief as Agent Jorge Ramirez
- 2007 · The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- 2005 · American Fusion as Jose
- 2004 · Sudbury as Gary Hallet
- 2003 · The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
- 2002 · The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as
- 2000 · A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
- 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 · My Family as Chucho
- 1994 · Don't Do It as Charles
- 1994 · The Burning Season as Jair
- 1994 · In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
- 1993 · The Waiter as Julius
- 1989 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
- 1987 · The Principal as Raymi Rojas
- Future · The Americans as Lee Valenzuela
- 2018 · Love and Other Stunts as
- 2016 · Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
- 2014 · Give Me Shelter as Himself - Animal Advocate
- 2014 · The Journey of a Female Comic as
- 2014 · From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season as
- 2012 · Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster
- 2011 · Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
- 2009 · Celebrity Habla as Self
- 2008 · Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
- 2007 · The Cure as Jorge
- 2006 · How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Frankie
- 2006 · The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera
- 2005 · Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
- Future · Coyote as Hernán Barroca
- Future · Dark Horse as Paulo Pontes
- 2027 · Live Like That as
- 2015 · Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Doomsday Man as Mike
- 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
- 1995 · Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
- 1992 · Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
- 1992 · Bay City Story as
- 1985 · Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez
- 1982 · Forty Deuce as Mitchell
- Future · So Much For Love as Geoffrey