Born
1 October 1962 (63)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Esai Manuel Morales Jr.
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...
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.
Live Like That
2027
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
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Imprisoned
2019
SuperFly
2018
Love and Other Stunts
2018
Halfway There
2017
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
Casa Vita
2016
Spare Parts
2015
Playin' for Love
2015
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
Saving Westbrook High
2013
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
Seattle Superstorm
2012
17th Precinct
2011
We Have Your Husband
2011
Gun Hill Road
2011
Cherry
2010
King of the Avenue
2010
Celebrity Habla
2009
The Line
2009
Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008
The Cure
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
Fast Food Nation
2006