Esai Morales
Esai Morales
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
125
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-10-01 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Acting

2025

Side Quest as Gustavo

2025

Queen of Manhattan as Papi

2025

Cottonmouth as Abe

2024

Crescent City as Luke Carson

2023

Master Gardener as Oscar Neruda

2023

Can't Go Home as Victor Castelo

2021

Senior Moment as Diego Lozana

2021

Art of Love as Not available

2020

Find Your Groove as Self

2020

The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista

2019

Imprisoned as Governor Mandera

2018

Titans as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke

2018

SuperFly as Adalberto Gonzalez

2018

Love and Other Stunts as Not available

2017

Ozark as Camino 'Del' Del Rio

2017

Halfway There as Ian Sanchez

2016

Mars as Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn

2016

Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita

2015

Adam Ruins Everything as Not available

2015

Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti

2015

The Brink as President Julian Navarro

2015

Spare Parts as Mr. Santillan

2014

Chicago P.D. as Chief Lugo

2014

How to Get Away with Murder as Jorge Castillo

2014

Mozart in the Jungle as Juan Delgado

2014

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as Amancio Malvado

2014

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones

2014

The Journey of a Female Comic as Not available

2014

Give Me Shelter as Himself - Animal Advocate

2013

Saving Westbrook High as Manny

2012

Major Crimes as Deputy Manuel Diaz

2012

Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia

2012

Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster

2011

Fairly Legal as Aaron Davidson

2011

17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield

2011

Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez

2011

We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca

2010

Caprica as Joseph Adama

2010

Cherry as Wes

2010

King of the Avenue as Natas

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Louis Ochoa

2009

The Line as Pelon

2009

Celebrity Habla as Self

2007

Burn Notice as Ernie Paseo

2007

The Cure as Jorge

2006

Jericho as Major Edward Beck

2006

The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera

2006

Fast Food Nation as Tony

2006

Vanished as Not available

2005

Criminal Minds as Mateo Cruz

2005

Freddie as Carlos

2005

Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda

2005

Lethal Seduction as Rick Benes / David Lopez

2005

American Fusion as Jose

2004

Sudbury as Gary Hallet

2003

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)

2002

CSI: Miami as Not available

2002

George Lopez as Manny Lopez

2002

American Family as Esteban Gonzalez

2002

Paid in Full as Lulu

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm as Francisco

2000

Doomsday Man as Mike

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

1999

Southern Cross as Philip Solano

1998

L.A. Doctors as Vince Duralde

1998

Circle of Deceit as Jeff Silva

1997

The Hunger as Tony

1997

Dog Watch as Murrow

1996

Death in Granada as Ricardo

1996

Scorpion Spring as Astor

1996

The Real Thing as Collin

1995

The Outer Limits as Frank Kelton

1995

My Family as Chucho

1994

Rapa Nui as Make

1994

The Burning Season as Jair

1994

In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern

1994

Don't Do It as Charles

1993

NYPD Blue as Tony Rodriguez

1992

Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker

1992

Freejack as Ripper

1990

Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein

1989

Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack

1987

La Bamba as Bob Morales

1987

The Principal as Raymi Rojas

1986

On Wings of Eagles as Rashid

1985

The Twilight Zone as Not available

1985

The Equalizer as Officer Miguel Canterra

1985

Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez

1984

Miami Vice as Felipe Cruz

1984

Miami Vice as Pete Romano

1983

Bad Boys as Paco Moreno

1982

Fame as Not available

1982

Forty Deuce as Mitchell

NaN

So Much For Love as Geoffrey

NaN

The Americans as Lee Valenzuela

NaN

War Machine as Not available

NaN

Company Town as Not available

NaN

Minor Incidents as Jeremías Amestoy

NaN

Coyote as Hernán Barroca
Crew

2000

Doomsday Man Second Unit Director

NaN

Coyote Producer