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Home/People/Esai Morales
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Born
Oct 1, 1962
Age 63
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

82
Movies
46
TV Shows
Also Known As
에사이 모레일스
ایسای مورالس
إساي مورالس
אסאי מוראלס
伊塞·莫瑞
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

Esai Morales

Acting

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.
War Machine poster

War Machine

as Army Officer Torres
2026
Queen of Manhattan poster

Queen of Manhattan

as Papi
2025
Cottonmouth poster

Cottonmouth

as Abe
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning poster

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

as Gabriel
2025
Crescent City poster

Crescent City

as Luke Carson
2024
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One poster

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

as Gabriel
2023
Master Gardener poster

Master Gardener

as Oscar Neruda
2023
Art of Love poster

Art of Love

Cast
2021
Senior Moment poster

Senior Moment

as Diego Lozana
2021
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story poster

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

as Self
2021
The Wall of Mexico poster

The Wall of Mexico

as Henry Arista
2020
Find Your Groove poster

Find Your Groove

as Self
2020
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage poster

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

as Self
2019
Imprisoned poster

Imprisoned

as Governor Mandera
2019
SuperFly poster

SuperFly

as Adalberto Gonzalez
2018
Love and Other Stunts poster

Love and Other Stunts

Cast
2018
Halfway There poster

Halfway There

as Ian Sanchez
2017
Never Back Down: No Surrender poster

Never Back Down: No Surrender

as Hugo Vega
2016
Casa Vita poster

Casa Vita

as Rodrigo Vita
2016
Spare Parts poster

Spare Parts

as Mr. Santillan
2015