Born 1962 (age 63) · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Appears in 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
War Machine
7.3
War Machine
2026
as Army Officer Torres
La Bamba
7.3
La Bamba
1987
as Bob Morales
Never Back Down: No Surrender
7.1
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
as Hugo Vega
SuperFly
6.7
SuperFly
2018
as Adalberto Gonzalez
Fast Food Nation
6.1
Fast Food Nation
2006
as Tony
Freejack
5.5
Freejack
1992
as Ripper
Master Gardener
6.0
Master Gardener
2023
as Oscar Neruda
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
6.2
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014
as Cpt. Jones
The Principal
6.5
The Principal
1987
as Raymi Rojas
Bad Boys
7.0
Bad Boys
1983
as Paco Moreno
Paid in Full
6.8
Paid in Full
2002
as Lulu
In the Army Now
5.1
In the Army Now
1994
as Sgt. Stern
Spare Parts
7.2
Spare Parts
2015
as Mr. Santillan
Rapa Nui
6.4
Rapa Nui
1994
as Make
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
5.3
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
as Francisco d'Anconia
Cherry
6.2
Cherry
2010
as Wes
My Family
7.4
My Family
1995
as Chucho
The Line
4.8
The Line
2009
as Pelon