Esai Morales

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

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

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

  • Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

  • Chicago P.D.

    Chicago P.D.

  • NCIS: Los Angeles

    NCIS: Los Angeles

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Burn Notice

    Burn Notice

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • Titans

    Titans

  • Ozark

    Ozark

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Fame

    Fame

  • Major Crimes

    Major Crimes

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • Mozart in the Jungle

    Mozart in the Jungle

  • Family Law

    Family Law

  • From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

    From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • Caprica

    Caprica

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Never Back Down: No Surrender

    Never Back Down: No Surrender

  • L.A. Doctors

    L.A. Doctors

  • Adam Ruins Everything

    Adam Ruins Everything

  • The Principal

    The Principal

  • Queen of Manhattan

    Queen of Manhattan

  • Master Gardener

    Master Gardener

  • Fairly Legal

    Fairly Legal

  • Side Quest

    Side Quest

  • More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

    More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

  • Crescent City

    Crescent City

  • George Lopez

    George Lopez

  • Once Upon a Wedding

    Once Upon a Wedding

  • Bad Boys

    Bad Boys

  • American Family

    American Family

  • Death in Granada

    Death in Granada

  • Playin' for Love

    Playin' for Love

  • Kill Kill Faster Faster

    Kill Kill Faster Faster

  • Freddie

    Freddie

  • La Bamba

    La Bamba

  • Cottonmouth

    Cottonmouth

  • Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

    Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

  • Paid in Full

    Paid in Full

  • Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Bloodhounds of Broadway

  • Senior Moment

    Senior Moment

  • The Virgin of Juarez

    The Virgin of Juarez

  • Rainy Day Friends

    Rainy Day Friends

  • Ultraviolet

    Ultraviolet

  • 17th Precinct

    17th Precinct

  • Rapa Nui

    Rapa Nui

  • The Brink

    The Brink

  • Mars

    Mars

  • SuperFly

    SuperFly

  • Atlas Shrugged: Part II

    Atlas Shrugged: Part II

  • Vanished

    Vanished

  • Lethal Seduction

    Lethal Seduction

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • Doomsday Man

    Doomsday Man

  • King of the Avenue

    King of the Avenue

  • Art of Love

    Art of Love

  • Cherry

    Cherry

  • Find Your Groove

    Find Your Groove

  • Gun Hill Road

    Gun Hill Road

  • Freejack

    Freejack

  • Circle of Deceit

    Circle of Deceit

  • Somos un solo pueblo

    Somos un solo pueblo

  • American Virgin

    American Virgin

  • Imprisoned

    Imprisoned

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

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

  • In the Army Now

    In the Army Now

  • From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

    From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

  • Forty Deuce

    Forty Deuce

  • Sudbury

    Sudbury

  • Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

    Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

  • My Family

    My Family

  • Atomic Train

    Atomic Train

  • The Line

    The Line

  • Southern Cross

    Southern Cross

  • Dog Watch

    Dog Watch

  • On Wings of Eagles

    On Wings of Eagles

  • The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

    The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

  • The Cure

    The Cure

  • Can't Go Home

    Can't Go Home

  • The Burning Season

    The Burning Season

  • Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

    Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

  • The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

    The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

  • Saving Westbrook High

    Saving Westbrook High

  • Scorpion Spring

    Scorpion Spring

  • Don't Do It

    Don't Do It

  • The Wall of Mexico

    The Wall of Mexico

  • Love and Other Stunts

    Love and Other Stunts

  • Casa Vita

    Casa Vita

  • A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

    A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

  • The Journey of a Female Comic

    The Journey of a Female Comic

  • So Much For Love

    So Much For Love

  • Spare Parts

    Spare Parts

  • Minor Incidents

    Minor Incidents

  • We Have Your Husband

    We Have Your Husband

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • Company Town

    Company Town

  • Give Me Shelter

    Give Me Shelter

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • Seattle Superstorm

    Seattle Superstorm

  • Halfway There

    Halfway There

  • Celebrity Habla

    Celebrity Habla

  • Naked Tango

    Naked Tango

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • The Real Thing

    The Real Thing

  • Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

    How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

  • American Fusion

    American Fusion

  • Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

    Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

  • Coyote

    Coyote