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.
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Credits
- 2026 · War Machine as Army Officer Torres
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as Papi
- 2025 · Cottonmouth as Abe
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Gabriel
- 2025 · Side Quest as Gustavo
- 2023 · Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Gabriel
- 2023 · Master Gardener as Oscar Neruda
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
- 2021 · More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
- 2020 · Find Your Groove 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
- 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 · Major Crimes as Deputy Manuel Diaz
- 2011 · 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
- 2011 · Fairly Legal as Aaron Davidson
- 2010 · Caprica as Joseph Adama
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Louis Ochoa
- 2008 · Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Ernie Paseo
- 2007 · The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- 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 · American Fusion as Jose
- 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 · The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as
- 2002 · George Lopez as Manny Lopez
- 2002 · American Family as Esteban Gonzalez
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Francisco
- 2000 · A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
- 2000 · Dora the Explorer as Papi (voice)
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jimmy Vazquez
- 1999 · Family Law as Mr. Santiago
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as Vince Duralde
- 1997 · Dog Watch as Murrow
- 1997 · The Hunger as Tony
- 1996 · Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Federico Pena
- 1995 · Somos un solo pueblo as Self
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Kelton
- 1994 · The Burning Season as Jair
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Tony Rodriguez
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Puck
- 1987 · The Principal as Raymi Rojas
- 1987 · La Bamba as Bob Morales
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Officer Miguel Canterra
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Felipe Cruz
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Pete Romano
- 1982 · Fame as
- Future · So Much For Love as Geoffrey
- 2024 · Crescent City as Luke Carson
- 2023 · Can't Go Home as Victor Castelo
- 2021 · Art of Love as
- 2020 · The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista
- 2019 · Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2019 · Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
- 2018 · Love and Other Stunts as
- 2017 · Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
- 2016 · Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
- 2015 · The Brink as President Julian Navarro
- 2015 · Spare Parts as Mr. Santillan
- 2015 · Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti
- 2014 · Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones
- 2014 · The Journey of a Female Comic as
- 2014 · From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season as
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Manny
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia
- 2012 · Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster
- 2011 · Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
- 2010 · Cherry as Wes
- 2009 · The Line as Pelon
- 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 · Lethal Seduction as Rick Benes / David Lopez
- 2003 · The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
- 1999 · Atomic Train as Noris MacKenzie
- 1998 · Circle of Deceit as Jeff Silva
- 1996 · Scorpion Spring as Astor
- 1995 · Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
- 1995 · My Family as Chucho
- 1994 · In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
- 1994 · Rapa Nui as Make
- 1993 · The Waiter as Julius
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
- 1992 · Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
- 1992 · Freejack as Ripper
- 1990 · Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein
- 1989 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
- 1986 · On Wings of Eagles as Rashid
- 1983 · Bad Boys as Paco Moreno
- Future · Company Town as
- 2014 · Give Me Shelter as Himself - Animal Advocate
- 2010 · King of the Avenue as Natas
- 2009 · Celebrity Habla as Self
- 2007 · 24: Day six Debrief as Agent Jorge Ramirez
- 2005 · Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
- 2004 · Sudbury as Gary Hallet
- 2003 · ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2000 · Doomsday Man as Mike
- 2000 · American Virgin as Jim the Director
- Future · Dark Horse as Paulo Pontes
- 2011 · We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Philip Solano
- 1998 · The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Dominguez
- 1996 · Death in Granada as Ricardo
- 1996 · The Real Thing as Collin
- 1994 · Don't Do It as Charles
- 1992 · Bay City Story as
- 1985 · Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez
- 1982 · Forty Deuce as Mitchell
- Future · The Americans as Lee Valenzuela
- Future · Coyote as Hernán Barroca