Acting
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.
Movies with Esai Morales
War Machine
2026
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
La Bamba
1987
Bad Boys
1983
Dark Horse
2026
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
SuperFly
2018
Spare Parts
2015
My Family
1995
Freejack
1992
Lethal Seduction
2005
The Principal
1987
Paid in Full
2002
Art of Love
2021
Fast Food Nation
2006
Halfway There
2017
Master Gardener
2023
Rapa Nui
1994
Crescent City
2024
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
Naked Tango
1990
Scorpion Spring
1996
Tumor
In the Army Now
1994
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Saving Westbrook High
2013
American Virgin
2000
Sudbury
2004
Senior Moment
2021
Southern Cross
1999
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014
The Line
2009
Cherry
2010
Give Me Shelter
2014
17th Precinct
2011
Don't Do It
1994
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014
American Fusion
2005
The Real Thing
1996
Gun Hill Road
2011
Cottonmouth
2025
We Have Your Husband
2011
Death in Granada
1996
Coyote
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
Live Like That
2027
Forty Deuce
1982
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
The Burning Season
1994
The Waiter
1993
Queen of Manhattan
2025
Seattle Superstorm
2012
Once Upon a Wedding
2005
Doomsday Man
2000
The Wall of Mexico
2020
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Dog Watch
1997
The Cure
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
Imprisoned
2019
Celebrity Habla
2009
Casa Vita
2016
Circle of Deceit
1998
The Virgin of Juarez
2006
King of the Avenue
2010
Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008
Find Your Groove
2020
Rainy Day Friends
1985
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
1995
Playin' for Love
2015
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
2006
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
Bay City Story
1992
So Much for Love
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
2000
Ultraviolet
1992
Love and Other Stunts
2018
Somos un solo pueblo
1995
TV Shows with Esai Morales
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Criminal Minds
2005
CSI: Miami
2002
Chicago P.D.
2014
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Major Crimes
2012
Titans
2018
NYPD Blue
1993
Miami Vice
1984
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Ozark
2017
The Equalizer
1985
Burn Notice
2007
Dora the Explorer
2000
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
The Twilight Zone
1985
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Outer Limits
1995
Fame
1982
Jericho
2006
The Hunger
1997
Family Law
1999
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Caprica
2010
Fairly Legal
2011
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014
George Lopez
2002
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Mars
2016
L.A. Doctors
1998
Freddie
2005
Adam Ruins Everything
2015
Vanished
2006
Side Quest
2025
American Family
2002
Atomic Train
1999
The Brink
2015
Can't Go Home
2023
On Wings of Eagles
1986
24: Day six Debrief
2007
The Americans
Company Town
Celebrities Uncensored
2003