Esai Morales

Esai Morales

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.

Master Gardener
2023
Oscar Neruda
Art of Love
2021
Spare Parts
2015
Mr. Santillan
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014
Cpt. Jones
Seattle Superstorm
2012
Tom Foster
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
Francisco d'Anconia
Gun Hill Road
2011
Enrique Rodriguez
We Have Your Husband
2011
Eduardo Valseca
Cherry
2010
Wes
King of the Avenue
2010
Natas
The Line
2009
Pelon
Celebrity Habla
2009
Self
Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008
Markie
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
Self
Fast Food Nation
2006
Tony
The Virgin of Juarez
2006
Father Herrera
Once Upon a Wedding
2005
Pineda
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
Vargas Mouse (voice)
Paid in Full
2002
Lulu
Doomsday Man
2000
Second Unit Director
Southern Cross
1999
Philip Solano
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
Dominguez
Death in Granada
1996
Ricardo
Dog Watch
1996
Murrow
Scorpion Spring
1996
Astor
My Family
1995
Chucho
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
1995
Tony Archer
Rapa Nui
1994
Make
In the Army Now
1994
Sgt. Stern
Freejack
1992
Ripper
Ultraviolet
1992
Nicholas Walker
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
Handsome Jack
La Bamba
1987
Bob Morales
Bad Boys
1983
Paco Moreno
Minor Incidents

Jeremías Amestoy
Cottonmouth

Abe
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
Gabriel
Crescent City
2024
Luke Carson
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
Gabriel
The Latin from Manhattan
2022
Papi
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
Self
Senior Moment
2021
Diego Lozana
The Wall of Mexico
2020
Henry Arista
Find Your Groove
2020
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Self
Imprisoned
2019
Governor Mandera
Love and Other Stunts
2018
SuperFly
2018
Adalberto Gonzalez
Halfway There
2017
Ian Sanchez
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
Hugo Vega
Casa Vita
2016
Rodrigo Vita
Playin' for Love
2015
Principle Jose Marti
Saving Westbrook High
2013
Manny
17th Precinct
2011
Liam Butterfield
The Cure
2007
Jorge
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
2006
Frankie
American Fusion
2005
Jose
Lethal Seduction
2005
Rick Benes / David Lopez
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
American Virgin
2000
Jim the Director
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
2000
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Circle of Deceit
1998
Jeff Silva
The Real Thing
1996
Collin
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
Federico Pena
Somos un solo pueblo
1995
Self
Don't Do It
1994
Charles
The Burning Season
1994
Jair
Naked Tango
1990
Zico Borenstein
The Principal
1987
Raymi Rojas
Rainy Day Friends
1985
Neekos Valdez
Forty Deuce
1982
Mitchell