Esai Morales
Born: 1962-10-01, 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.
Filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
- Criminal Minds (2005)
- Chicago P.D. (2014)
- NYPD Blue (1993)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
- Major Crimes (2012)
- How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
- Burn Notice (2007)
- War Machine (2026)
- Titans (2018)
- Ozark (2017)
- Tales from the Crypt (1989)
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
- The Outer Limits (1995)
- Fame (1982)
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014)
- Jericho (2006)
- Mozart in the Jungle (2014)
- Fairly Legal (2011)
- Caprica (2010)
- Adam Ruins Everything (2015)
- George Lopez (2002)
- Side Quest (2025)
- Mars (2016)
- Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016)
- La Bamba (1987)
- Dark Horse (2026)
- Freejack (1992)
- Paid in Full (2002)