Esai Morales

ActorDirectingProducer Oct 1 (age 63) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1982–2026 (44 year career)

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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 Sla…

Known For

Film

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Gabriel

Film

Titans

Slade Wilson / Deathstroke

Film

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Gabriel

Film

War Machine

Army Officer Torres

Film

La Bamba

Bob Morales

Film

Never Back Down: No Surrender

Hugo Vega

Film

Mars

Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn

Film

Caprica

Joseph Adama

Filmography

Acting (129)

Movies (83)

War Machine

2026

as Army Officer Torres

7.3

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

as Gabriel

7.2

Queen of Manhattan

2025

as Papi

Cottonmouth

2025

as Abe

Crescent City

2024

as Luke Carson

6.0

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

as Gabriel

Master Gardener

as Oscar Neruda

Art of Love

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

as Self

Senior Moment

as Diego Lozana

The Wall of Mexico

as Henry Arista

Find Your Groove

as Self

Imprisoned

as Governor Mandera

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

as Self

SuperFly

2018

as Adalberto Gonzalez

6.7

Love and Other Stunts

2018

Halfway There

2017

as Ian Sanchez

2.0

Never Back Down: No Surrender

as Hugo Vega

Casa Vita

as Rodrigo Vita

Playin' for Love

as Principle Jose Marti

5.0

Spare Parts

2015

as Mr. Santillan

7.2

From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season

2014

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

2014

as Cpt. Jones

6.2

Give Me Shelter

2014

as Himself - Animal Advocate

2.0

The Journey of a Female Comic

2014

6.2

Saving Westbrook High

as Manny

Seattle Superstorm

as Tom Foster

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012

as Francisco d'Anconia

Gun Hill Road

as Enrique Rodriguez

We Have Your Husband

as Eduardo Valseca

17th Precinct

as Liam Butterfield

Cherry

as Wes

King of the Avenue

as Natas

The Line

as Pelon

Celebrity Habla

as Self

Kill Kill Faster Faster

as Markie

The Cure

as Jorge

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

2007

as Self

Fast Food Nation

as Tony

The Virgin of Juarez

as Father Herrera

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

2006

as Frankie

2.2

Lethal Seduction

2005

as Rick Benes / David Lopez

Once Upon a Wedding

as Pineda

American Fusion

as Jose

Sudbury

as Gary Hallet

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

2003

as Vargas Mouse (voice)

5.3

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003

as Self

Paid in Full

2002

as Lulu

6.8

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

2002

6.2

A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story

2000

as Juan Miguel Gonzalez

American Virgin

as Jim the Director

Doomsday Man

as Mike

Southern Cross

as Philip Solano

Circle of Deceit

as Jeff Silva

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

as Dominguez

Dog Watch

as Murrow

Scorpion Spring

as Astor

Death in Granada

as Ricardo

The Real Thing

as Collin

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

as Federico Pena

My Family

as Chucho

Somos un solo pueblo

as Self

Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

as Tony Archer

In the Army Now

as Sgt. Stern

Don't Do It

as Charles

Rapa Nui

as Make

The Burning Season

as Jair

The Waiter

as Julius

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

as Kenny

Freejack

as Ripper

Ultraviolet

as Nicholas Walker

Bay City Story

Naked Tango

as Zico Borenstein

Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Handsome Jack

La Bamba

as Bob Morales

The Principal

as Raymi Rojas

Rainy Day Friends

as Neekos Valdez

Bad Boys

as Paco Moreno

Forty Deuce

as Mitchell

Minor Incidents

as Jeremías Amestoy

Coyote

as Hernán Barroca

Dark Horse

as Paulo Pontes

So Much For Love

as Geoffrey

Television (46)

Side Quest

2025

as Gustavo

5.5

Can't Go Home

2023

as Victor Castelo

Titans

2018

as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke

7.9

Ozark

2017

as Camino 'Del' Del Rio

8.2

Mars

2016

as Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn

7.0

Adam Ruins Everything

2015

7.4

The Brink

2015

as President Julian Navarro

7.1

Chicago P.D.

2014

as Chief Lugo

8.4

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

as Jorge Castillo

7.8

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series

as Amancio Malvado

Mozart in the Jungle

as Juan Delgado

Major Crimes

as Deputy Manuel Diaz

Fairly Legal

as Aaron Davidson

Caprica

as Joseph Adama

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Louis Ochoa

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Burn Notice

as Ernie Paseo

24: Day six Debrief

as Agent Jorge Ramirez

Jericho

as Major Edward Beck

Vanished

Criminal Minds

as Mateo Cruz

Freddie

as Carlos

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

2004

as Self

9.5

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

as Self

6.0

Celebrities Uncensored

as Self

CSI: Miami

as Stephen Madsen

George Lopez

as Manny Lopez

American Family

as Esteban Gonzalez

as Agent Jorge Ramirez

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Francisco

Dora the Explorer

as Papi (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jimmy Vazquez

Family Law

as Mr. Santiago

Atomic Train

as Noris MacKenzie

L.A. Doctors

as Vince Duralde

The Hunger

as Tony

The Outer Limits

as Frank Kelton

NYPD Blue

as Tony Rodriguez

Tales from the Crypt

as Puck

On Wings of Eagles

as Rashid

The Equalizer

as Officer Miguel Canterra

The Twilight Zone

Miami Vice

as Pete Romano

Fame

The Americans

as Lee Valenzuela

Company Town

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Doomsday Man

2000

Second Unit Director

4.0

Coyote

Producer