Esai Morales

Known for ActingBorn 1962-10-01 (age 63)Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Find Your Groove

24: Day six Debrief

Rainy Day Friends

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

American Family

Somos un solo pueblo

Chicago P.D.

L.A. Doctors

Ozark

Criminal Minds

Family Law

Titans

Curb Your Enthusiasm

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

How to Get Away with Murder

Tales from the Crypt

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

CSI: Miami

War Machine

Mozart in the Jungle

The Outer Limits

Adam Ruins Everything

NCIS: Los Angeles

Burn Notice

The Twilight Zone

George Lopez

Major Crimes

Jericho

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Spare Parts

My Family

Miami Vice

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

Never Back Down: No Surrender

Mars

The Brink

The Real Thing

La Bamba

The Cure

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

NYPD Blue

Caprica

The Equalizer

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

The Virgin of Juarez