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...

Known For

Career Timeline

198219881994200020062012201820242027
  1. 2027
  2. 2026
    War Machine

    Army Officer Torres • Acting

  3. 2026
    Dark Horse

    Paulo Pontes • Acting

  4. 2025
  5. 2025
    Cottonmouth

    Abe • Acting

  6. 2025
    Queen of Manhattan

    Papi • Acting

  7. 2024
    Crescent City

    Luke Carson • Acting

  8. 2023
Esai Morales - Aperture