Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1962-10-01 (Age: 64)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 Wikipedia.
Filmography (81)
Live Like That
2027
Dark Horse
2026
War Machine
2026
Queen of Manhattan
2025
Cottonmouth
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
Crescent City
2024
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
