Cast
Esai Morales
Acting
Cast
Esai Morales
Known for
Acting
Born
1962-10-01
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as 에사이 모레일스, ایسای مورالس, إساي مورالس
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.
War Machine
as Army Officer Torres
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Gabriel
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Gabriel
Never Back Down: No Surrender
as Hugo Vega
La Bamba
as Bob Morales
SuperFly
as Adalberto Gonzalez
Bad Boys
as Paco Moreno
Freejack
as Ripper
Art of Love
Master Gardener
as Oscar Neruda
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as Vargas Mouse (voice)
Naked Tango
as Zico Borenstein
Cottonmouth
as Abe
Crescent City
as Luke Carson
Rapa Nui
as Make
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
as Francisco d'Anconia
Spare Parts
as Mr. Santillan
The Principal
as Raymi Rojas
Paid in Full
as Lulu
Lethal Seduction
as Rick Benes / David Lopez
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Forty Deuce
as Mitchell
The Real Thing
as Collin
Fast Food Nation
as Tony
Dark Horse
as Paulo Pontes
Saving Westbrook High
as Manny
Find Your Groove
as Self
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
as Cpt. Jones
Scorpion Spring
as Astor
In the Army Now
as Sgt. Stern
My Family
as Chucho
The Line
as Pelon
Queen of Manhattan
as Papi
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
as Self
Live Like That
Senior Moment
as Diego Lozana
We Have Your Husband
as Eduardo Valseca
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Kenny
Sudbury
as Gary Hallet
Tumor
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
as Self
Once Upon a Wedding
as Pineda
Cherry
as Wes
Dog Watch
as Murrow
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Handsome Jack
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Southern Cross
as Philip Solano
Imprisoned
as Governor Mandera
Halfway There
as Ian Sanchez
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
as Tony Archer
American Virgin
as Jim the Director
Gun Hill Road
as Enrique Rodriguez
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Dominguez
American Fusion
as Jose
Kill Kill Faster Faster
as Markie
Circle of Deceit
as Jeff Silva
17th Precinct
as Liam Butterfield
Death in Granada
as Ricardo
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
The Wall of Mexico
as Henry Arista
Seattle Superstorm
as Tom Foster
Casa Vita
as Rodrigo Vita
Coyote
as Hernán Barroca
The Burning Season
as Jair
The Cure
as Jorge
Doomsday Man
as Mike
The Waiter
as Julius
So Much for Love
as Geoffrey
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Federico Pena
King of the Avenue
as Natas
Celebrity Habla
as Self
The Virgin of Juarez
as Father Herrera
Give Me Shelter
as Himself - Animal Advocate
Rainy Day Friends
as Neekos Valdez
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
Don't Do It
as Charles
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
as Frankie
Playin' for Love
as Principle Jose Marti
Love and Other Stunts
Somos un solo pueblo
as Self
Bay City Story
The Journey of a Female Comic
Ultraviolet
as Nicholas Walker