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
- 2025 · Queen of Manhattan as Papi
- 2025 · Cottonmouth as Abe
- 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 · Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
- 2019 · Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2018 · Titans as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
- 2018 · SuperFly as Adalberto Gonzalez
- 2017 · Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
- 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 · Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones
- 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
- 2013 · Saving Westbrook High as Manny
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia
- 2012 · Major Crimes as Deputy Manuel Diaz
- 2011 · 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
- 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
- 2007 · 24: Day six Debrief as Agent Jorge Ramirez
- 2007 · The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- 2006 · Fast Food Nation as Tony
- 2006 · Jericho as Major Edward Beck
- 2006 · Vanished as
- 2006 · How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Frankie
- 2006 · The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera
- 2005 · Freddie as Carlos
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Mateo Cruz
- 2005 · Lethal Seduction as Rick Benes / David Lopez
- 2005 · American Fusion as Jose
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2004 · Sudbury as Gary Hallet
- 2003 · The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
- 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)
- 2000 · American Virgin as Jim the Director
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jimmy Vazquez
- 1999 · Family Law as Mr. Santiago
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Philip Solano
- 1999 · Atomic Train as Noris MacKenzie
- 1998 · L.A. Doctors as Vince Duralde
- 1998 · The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Dominguez
- 1997 · The Hunger as Tony
- 1996 · Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Federico Pena
- 1996 · Death in Granada as Ricardo
- 1996 · Scorpion Spring as Astor
- 1996 · The Real Thing as Collin
- 1995 · Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
- 1995 · My Family as Chucho
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Kelton
- 1994 · In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
- 1994 · Rapa Nui as Make
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Tony Rodriguez
- 1992 · Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
- 1990 · Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein
- 1989 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Puck
- 1987 · The Principal as Raymi Rojas
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Officer Miguel Canterra
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Felipe Cruz
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Pete Romano
- Future · So Much For Love as Geoffrey
- 1992 · Freejack as Ripper
- 1987 · La Bamba as Bob Morales
- 1986 · On Wings of Eagles as Rashid
- 1983 · Bad Boys as Paco Moreno
- 1982 · Fame as
- Future · The Americans as Lee Valenzuela
- Future · Company Town as
- Future · Coyote as Hernán Barroca
- 2021 · More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
- 2020 · The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista
- 2020 · Find Your Groove as Self
- 2019 · Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
- 2018 · Love and Other Stunts as
- 2016 · Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
- 2015 · Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti
- 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 · We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
- 2011 · Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
- 2010 · King of the Avenue as Natas
- 2009 · Celebrity Habla as Self
- 2008 · Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
- 2007 · The Cure as Jorge
- 2005 · Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
- 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
- 1997 · Dog Watch as Murrow
- 1994 · The Burning Season as Jair
- Future · Dark Horse as Paulo Pontes
- 1995 · Somos un solo pueblo as Self
- 1994 · Don't Do It as Charles
- 1993 · The Waiter as Julius
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
- 1992 · Bay City Story as
- 1985 · Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez
- 1982 · Forty Deuce as Mitchell




