

Esai Morales
Acting
October 1, 1962
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
The Filmography


Crescent City

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Master Gardener

Art of Love

Senior Moment

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

SuperFly

Playin' for Love

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Seattle Superstorm

17th Precinct

Gun Hill Road

Cherry

King of the Avenue

The Line

Kill Kill Faster Faster

The Cure
