Esai Morales
Acting
129 titles
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.
Filmography
Live Like That
2027
Dark Horse
2026
War Machine
2026
Queen of Manhattan
2025
Cottonmouth
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
Side Quest
2025
Crescent City
2024
Can't Go Home
2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
Master Gardener
2023
Art of Love
2021
Senior Moment
2021
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
The Wall of Mexico
2020
Find Your Groove
2020
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Imprisoned
2019
Titans
2018
SuperFly
2018
Love and Other Stunts
2018
Halfway There
2017
Ozark
2017
Mars
2016
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
Casa Vita
2016
Adam Ruins Everything
2015
The Brink
2015
Spare Parts
2015
Playin' for Love
2015
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014
Give Me Shelter
2014
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
Saving Westbrook High
2013
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
Major Crimes
2012
Seattle Superstorm
2012
17th Precinct
2011
We Have Your Husband
2011
Gun Hill Road
2011
Fairly Legal
2011
Cherry
2010
King of the Avenue
2010
Caprica
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Celebrity Habla
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
The Line
2009
Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008
The Cure
2007
Burn Notice
2007
24: Day six Debrief
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
Fast Food Nation
2006
Jericho
2006
Vanished
2006
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
2006
The Virgin of Juarez
2006
Freddie
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Once Upon a Wedding
2005
Lethal Seduction
2005
American Fusion
2005
Sudbury
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Paid in Full
2002
CSI: Miami
2002
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
George Lopez
2002
American Family
2002
Doomsday Man
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
2000
Dora the Explorer
2000
American Virgin
2000
Family Law
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Southern Cross
1999
Atomic Train
1999
L.A. Doctors
1998
Circle of Deceit
1998
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
Dog Watch
1997
The Hunger
1997
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996
Death in Granada
1996
Scorpion Spring
1996
The Real Thing
1996
Somos un solo pueblo
1995
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
1995
My Family
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Don't Do It
1994
The Burning Season
1994
In the Army Now
1994
Rapa Nui
1994
NYPD Blue
1993
The Waiter
1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
Ultraviolet
1992
Freejack
1992
Bay City Story
1992
Naked Tango
1990
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Principal
1987
La Bamba
1987
On Wings of Eagles
1986
Rainy Day Friends
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Equalizer
1985
Miami Vice
1984
Bad Boys
1983
Forty Deuce
1982
Fame
1982
So Much for Love
Coyote
Tumor
Company Town
The Americans