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.

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Filmography (129 Appearances)

Live Like That

Upcoming (2027)

Company Town

TBA

Coyote

TBA

Dark Horse

TBA

So Much For Love

TBA

The Americans

TBA

Tumor

TBA

War Machine

2026

Queen of Manhattan

2025

Cottonmouth

2025

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

Side Quest

2025

Crescent City

2024

Can't Go Home

2023

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

Master Gardener

2023

Art of Love

2021

Senior Moment

2021

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

2021

The Wall of Mexico

2020

Find Your Groove

2020

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

Imprisoned

2019

Titans

2018

SuperFly

2018

Love and Other Stunts

2018

Halfway There

2017

Ozark

2017

Mars

2016

Never Back Down: No Surrender

2016

Casa Vita

2016

Adam Ruins Everything

2015

The Brink

2015

Playin' for Love

2015

Spare Parts

2015

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

2014

Give Me Shelter

2014

The Journey of a Female Comic

2014

From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

2014

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

2014

Mozart in the Jungle

2014

Chicago P.D.

2014

Saving Westbrook High

2013

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012

Major Crimes

2012

Seattle Superstorm

2012

17th Precinct

2011

We Have Your Husband

2011

Gun Hill Road

2011

Fairly Legal

2011

Cherry

2010

King of the Avenue

2010

Caprica

2010

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

Celebrity Habla

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

The Line

2009

Kill Kill Faster Faster

2008

The Cure

2007

Burn Notice

2007

24: Day six Debrief

2007

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

2007

Fast Food Nation

2006

Jericho

2006

Vanished

2006

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

2006

The Virgin of Juarez

2006

Freddie

2005

Criminal Minds

2005

Once Upon a Wedding

2005

Lethal Seduction

2005

American Fusion

2005

Sudbury

2004

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

2004

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

2003

Celebrities Uncensored

2003

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Paid in Full

2002

CSI: Miami

2002

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

2002

George Lopez

2002

American Family

2002

Doomsday Man

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

2000

Dora the Explorer

2000

American Virgin

2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Family Law

1999

Southern Cross

1999

Atomic Train

1999

L.A. Doctors

1998

Circle of Deceit

1998

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1998

Dog Watch

1997

The Hunger

1997

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

1996

Death in Granada

1996

Scorpion Spring

1996

The Real Thing

1996

Somos un solo pueblo

1995

Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

1995

My Family

1995

The Outer Limits

1995

Don't Do It

1994

The Burning Season

1994

In the Army Now

1994

Rapa Nui

1994

NYPD Blue

1993

The Waiter

1993

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

1993

Ultraviolet

1992

Freejack

1992

Bay City Story

1992

Naked Tango

1990

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989

Tales from the Crypt

1989

The Principal

1987

La Bamba

1987

On Wings of Eagles

1986

Rainy Day Friends

1985

The Twilight Zone

1985

The Equalizer

1985

Miami Vice

1984

Bad Boys

1983

Forty Deuce

1982 Debut

Fame

1982
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