Esai Morales

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

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

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

  • Chicago P.D.

    Chicago P.D.

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • 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

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Titans

    Titans

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

  • Burn Notice

    Burn Notice

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Major Crimes

    Major Crimes

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

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

  • Caprica

    Caprica

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Family Law

    Family Law

  • More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

    More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

  • Fame

    Fame

  • A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

    A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

  • Mozart in the Jungle

    Mozart in the Jungle

  • Never Back Down: No Surrender

    Never Back Down: No Surrender

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • Bad Boys

    Bad Boys

  • From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

    From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • Dog Watch

    Dog Watch

  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

  • SuperFly

    SuperFly

  • Art of Love

    Art of Love

  • Crescent City

    Crescent City

  • Cherry

    Cherry

  • The Principal

    The Principal

  • The Waiter

    The Waiter

  • Side Quest

    Side Quest

  • Mars

    Mars

  • La Bamba

    La Bamba

  • L.A. Doctors

    L.A. Doctors

  • Lethal Seduction

    Lethal Seduction

  • Southern Cross

    Southern Cross

  • My Family

    My Family

  • American Family

    American Family

  • Rapa Nui

    Rapa Nui

  • The Line

    The Line

  • Senior Moment

    Senior Moment

  • Paid in Full

    Paid in Full

  • Coyote

    Coyote

  • Adam Ruins Everything

    Adam Ruins Everything

  • Imprisoned

    Imprisoned

  • Freddie

    Freddie

  • The Cure

    The Cure

  • Freejack

    Freejack

  • Fairly Legal

    Fairly Legal

  • George Lopez

    George Lopez

  • Seattle Superstorm

    Seattle Superstorm

  • Doomsday Man

    Doomsday Man

  • Scorpion Spring

    Scorpion Spring

  • Queen of Manhattan

    Queen of Manhattan

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • Forty Deuce

    Forty Deuce

  • Vanished

    Vanished

  • Atomic Train

    Atomic Train

  • Naked Tango

    Naked Tango

  • Sudbury

    Sudbury

  • American Virgin

    American Virgin

  • Dark Horse

    Dark Horse

  • The Brink

    The Brink

  • Halfway There

    Halfway There

  • Minor Incidents

    Minor Incidents

  • Kill Kill Faster Faster

    Kill Kill Faster Faster

  • Casa Vita

    Casa Vita

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • Atlas Shrugged: Part II

    Atlas Shrugged: Part II

  • King of the Avenue

    King of the Avenue

  • The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

    The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

  • Gun Hill Road

    Gun Hill Road

  • In the Army Now

    In the Army Now

  • Playin' for Love

    Playin' for Love

  • The Wall of Mexico

    The Wall of Mexico

  • Death in Granada

    Death in Granada

  • The Virgin of Juarez

    The Virgin of Juarez

  • Spare Parts

    Spare Parts

  • Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

    Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

  • Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Bloodhounds of Broadway

  • Can't Go Home

    Can't Go Home

  • Find Your Groove

    Find Your Groove

  • Once Upon a Wedding

    Once Upon a Wedding

  • Somos un solo pueblo

    Somos un solo pueblo

  • The Journey of a Female Comic

    The Journey of a Female Comic

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • On Wings of Eagles

    On Wings of Eagles

  • We Have Your Husband

    We Have Your Husband

  • The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

    The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

  • Celebrity Habla

    Celebrity Habla

  • The Burning Season

    The Burning Season

  • Give Me Shelter

    Give Me Shelter

  • Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

    Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

  • Master Gardener

    Master Gardener

  • Circle of Deceit

    Circle of Deceit

  • Don't Do It

    Don't Do It

  • Love and Other Stunts

    Love and Other Stunts

  • Saving Westbrook High

    Saving Westbrook High

  • Rainy Day Friends

    Rainy Day Friends

  • Cottonmouth

    Cottonmouth

  • Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

    Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

  • Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

    Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

  • The Real Thing

    The Real Thing

  • How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

    How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

  • Company Town

    Company Town

  • From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

    From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

    Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

  • 17th Precinct

    17th Precinct

  • Ultraviolet

    Ultraviolet

  • American Fusion

    American Fusion

  • So Much For Love

    So Much For Love