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.

Filmography

Ripper
Sgt. Stern
Paco Moreno
Chucho
Bob Morales
Enrique Rodriguez
Oscar Neruda
Jeremías Amestoy
Father Herrera
Eduardo Valseca
Gary Hallet
Murrow
Francisco d'Anconia
Nicholas Walker
Philip Solano
Mr. Santillan
Luke Carson
Himself - Animal Advocate
Jim the Director
Principle Jose Marti
Zico Borenstein
Rodrigo Vita
Mitchell
Rick Benes / David Lopez
Ian Sanchez
Adalberto Gonzalez
Henry Arista
Governor Mandera
Neekos Valdez
Raymi Rojas
Liam Butterfield
Diego Lozana