Esai Morales
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Gabriel 2025
La Bamba
as Bob Morales 1987
Never Back Down: No Surrender
as Hugo Vega 2016
SuperFly
as Adalberto Gonzalez 2018
Fast Food Nation
as Tony 2006
Freejack
as Ripper 1992
Master Gardener
as Oscar Neruda 2023
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
as Cpt. Jones 2014
The Principal
as Raymi Rojas 1987
Bad Boys
as Paco Moreno 1983
Paid in Full
as Lulu 2002
In the Army Now
as Sgt. Stern 1994
Spare Parts
as Mr. Santillan 2015
Rapa Nui
as Make 1994
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
as Francisco d'Anconia 2012
Cherry
as Wes 2010