Esai Morales

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

128

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-10-01 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • Chicago P.D.

    Chicago P.D.

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

  • NCIS: Los Angeles

    NCIS: Los Angeles

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Ozark

    Ozark

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Titans

    Titans

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • Caprica

    Caprica

  • Burn Notice

    Burn Notice

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Dora the Explorer

    Dora the Explorer

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

  • Major Crimes

    Major Crimes

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Mozart in the Jungle

    Mozart in the Jungle

  • Fame

    Fame

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Bad Boys

    Bad Boys

  • Family Law

    Family Law

  • Paid in Full

    Paid in Full

  • From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

    From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • Art of Love

    Art of Love

  • Scorpion Spring

    Scorpion Spring

  • Crescent City

    Crescent City

  • My Family

    My Family

  • Freejack

    Freejack

  • Rapa Nui

    Rapa Nui

  • Side Quest

    Side Quest

  • Lethal Seduction

    Lethal Seduction

  • L.A. Doctors

    L.A. Doctors

  • Cherry

    Cherry

  • Sudbury

    Sudbury

  • Southern Cross

    Southern Cross

  • Never Back Down: No Surrender

    Never Back Down: No Surrender

  • Mars

    Mars

  • Fairly Legal

    Fairly Legal

  • Atlas Shrugged: Part II

    Atlas Shrugged: Part II

  • Adam Ruins Everything

    Adam Ruins Everything

  • SuperFly

    SuperFly

  • We Have Your Husband

    We Have Your Husband

  • Forty Deuce

    Forty Deuce

  • The Line

    The Line

  • The Brink

    The Brink

  • Once Upon a Wedding

    Once Upon a Wedding

  • Vanished

    Vanished

  • Freddie

    Freddie

  • George Lopez

    George Lopez

  • Atomic Train

    Atomic Train

  • Halfway There

    Halfway There

  • Give Me Shelter

    Give Me Shelter

  • La Bamba

    La Bamba

  • Minor Incidents

    Minor Incidents

  • American Family

    American Family

  • The Principal

    The Principal

  • The Real Thing

    The Real Thing

  • Coyote

    Coyote

  • Spare Parts

    Spare Parts

  • Queen of Manhattan

    Queen of Manhattan

  • The Waiter

    The Waiter

  • Can't Go Home

    Can't Go Home

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • Master Gardener

    Master Gardener

  • Don't Do It

    Don't Do It

  • On Wings of Eagles

    On Wings of Eagles

  • Rainy Day Friends

    Rainy Day Friends

  • In the Army Now

    In the Army Now

  • Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

    Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • American Virgin

    American Virgin

  • Saving Westbrook High

    Saving Westbrook High

  • Imprisoned

    Imprisoned

  • The Wall of Mexico

    The Wall of Mexico

  • Death in Granada

    Death in Granada

  • Naked Tango

    Naked Tango

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • Senior Moment

    Senior Moment

  • More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

    More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

  • Seattle Superstorm

    Seattle Superstorm

  • The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

    The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

  • ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

    ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

  • King of the Avenue

    King of the Avenue

  • 17th Precinct

    17th Precinct

  • Cottonmouth

    Cottonmouth

  • Company Town

    Company Town

  • Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Bloodhounds of Broadway

  • Dark Horse

    Dark Horse

  • Casa Vita

    Casa Vita

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

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

  • A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

    A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

  • Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

  • Dog Watch

    Dog Watch

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • Kill Kill Faster Faster

    Kill Kill Faster Faster

  • Find Your Groove

    Find Your Groove

  • From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

    From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

  • Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

    Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • The Burning Season

    The Burning Season

  • Doomsday Man

    Doomsday Man

  • The Cure

    The Cure

  • The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

    The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

  • Gun Hill Road

    Gun Hill Road

  • Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

    Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

  • The Journey of a Female Comic

    The Journey of a Female Comic

  • How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

    How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

  • The Virgin of Juarez

    The Virgin of Juarez

  • Circle of Deceit

    Circle of Deceit

  • Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

    Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

  • 24: Day six Debrief

    24: Day six Debrief

  • Playin' for Love

    Playin' for Love

  • American Fusion

    American Fusion

  • Somos un solo pueblo

    Somos un solo pueblo

  • Ultraviolet

    Ultraviolet

  • Celebrity Habla

    Celebrity Habla

  • So Much For Love

    So Much For Love

  • Love and Other Stunts

    Love and Other Stunts