
Esai Morales
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1962-10-01
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for

Rapa Nui
1994Make
The Line
2009Pelon
Fast Food Nation
2006Tony
Art of Love
2021
Freejack
1992Ripper
In the Army Now
1994Sgt. Stern
Paid in Full
2002Lulu
Bad Boys
1983Paco Moreno
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003Vargas Mouse (voice)
My Family
1995Chucho
La Bamba
1987Bob Morales
Gun Hill Road
2011Enrique Rodriguez
Cherry
2010Wes
King of the Avenue
2010Natas
Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008Markie
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989Handsome JackLiving and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993Kenny
Master Gardener
2023Oscar Neruda
The Virgin of Juarez
2006Father Herrera