Esai Morales
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.
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Live Like That
Dark Horse
War Machine
Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood
Queen of Manhattan
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Cottonmouth
Crescent City
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Master Gardener
Senior Moment
Art of Love
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Find Your Groove
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
The Wall of Mexico
SuperFly
Love and Other Stunts
Imprisoned
Halfway There
Never Back Down: No Surrender
Casa Vita
Playin' for Love
Spare Parts
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Give Me Shelter
The Journey of a Female Comic
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
Saving Westbrook High
Return to Babylon
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Seattle Superstorm
17th Precinct
We Have Your Husband
Gun Hill Road
King of the Avenue
Cherry
Celebrity Habla
The Line
Kill Kill Faster Faster
The Cure
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Fast Food Nation
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
The Virgin of Juarez
Once Upon a Wedding
Lethal Seduction
American Fusion
Sudbury
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Paid in Full
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
American Virgin
Doomsday Man
Southern Cross
Circle of Deceit
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Dog Watch
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Scorpion Spring
Death in Granada
The Real Thing
Somos un solo pueblo
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
My Family
Don't Do It
The Burning Season
In the Army Now
Rapa Nui
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Ultraviolet
Freejack- BABay City Story
Naked Tango
Bloodhounds of Broadway
The Principal
La Bamba
Rainy Day Friends
Bad Boys
Forty Deuce- LILive 2 Die
- SOSo Much for Love
Coyote- HIHis Heart
Persephone- TUTumor