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Esai Morales

Esai Morales

Acting
Born: 1962-10-01
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

121 Works
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

tv

Criminal Minds
8.3

Criminal Minds

2005

tv

Chicago P.D.
8.4

Chicago P.D.

2014

tv

CSI: Miami
7.7

CSI: Miami

2002

tv

NCIS: Los Angeles
7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

tv

War Machine
7.3

War Machine

2026

movie

Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.0

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

tv

Real Time with Bill Maher
6.1

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

tv

Ozark
8.2

Ozark

2017

tv

Miami Vice
7.5

Miami Vice

1984

tv

Burn Notice
7.5

Burn Notice

2007

tv

How to Get Away with Murder
7.8

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

tv