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Esai Morales

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Live Like That
2027
War Machine
War Machine
2026 • Army Officer Torres
Queen of Manhattan
Queen of Manhattan
2025 • Papi
Cottonmouth
Cottonmouth
2025 • Abe
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 • Gabriel
Crescent City
Crescent City
2024 • Luke Carson
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 • Gabriel
Master Gardener
Master Gardener
2023 • Oscar Neruda

Full filmography

War Machine
War Machine
2026 • Army Officer Torres
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Crescent City
Crescent City
2024 • Luke Carson
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Master Gardener
Master Gardener
2023 • Oscar Neruda
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Senior Moment
Senior Moment
2021 • Diego Lozana
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The Wall of Mexico
The Wall of Mexico
2020 • Henry Arista
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Imprisoned
Imprisoned
2019 • Governor Mandera
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SuperFly
SuperFly
2018 • Adalberto Gonzalez
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Halfway There
Halfway There
2017 • Ian Sanchez
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Casa Vita
Casa Vita
2016 • Rodrigo Vita
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Spare Parts
Spare Parts
2015 • Mr. Santillan
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Playin' for Love
Playin' for Love
2015 • Principle Jose Marti
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Give Me Shelter
2014 • Himself - Animal Advocate
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012 • Francisco d'Anconia
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Seattle Superstorm
Seattle Superstorm
2012 • Tom Foster
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17th Precinct
17th Precinct
2011 • Liam Butterfield
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We Have Your Husband
We Have Your Husband
2011 • Eduardo Valseca
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Gun Hill Road
Gun Hill Road
2011 • Enrique Rodriguez
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Cherry
Cherry
2010 • Wes
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The Line
The Line
2009 • Pelon
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The Cure
The Cure
2007 • Jorge
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The Virgin of Juarez
The Virgin of Juarez
2006 • Father Herrera
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Lethal Seduction
Lethal Seduction
2005 • Rick Benes / David Lopez
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Sudbury
Sudbury
2004 • Gary Hallet
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American Virgin
American Virgin
2000 • Jim the Director
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Southern Cross
Southern Cross
1999 • Philip Solano
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Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit
1998 • Jeff Silva
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Dog Watch
Dog Watch
1997 • Murrow
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My Family
My Family
1995 • Chucho
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Don't Do It
Don't Do It
1994 • Charles
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In the Army Now
In the Army Now
1994 • Sgt. Stern
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Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui
1994 • Make
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The Waiter
1993 • Julius
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Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
1992 • Nicholas Walker
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Freejack
Freejack
1992 • Ripper
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Naked Tango
Naked Tango
1990 • Zico Borenstein
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989 • Handsome Jack
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The Principal
The Principal
1987 • Raymi Rojas
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La Bamba
La Bamba
1987 • Bob Morales
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Rainy Day Friends
Rainy Day Friends
1985 • Neekos Valdez
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Bad Boys
Bad Boys
1983 • Paco Moreno
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Forty Deuce
Forty Deuce
1982 • Mitchell
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Dark Horse
Dark Horse
Unknown year • Paulo Pontes
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Coyote
Coyote
Unknown year • Hernán Barroca
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Tumor
Unknown year
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So Much For Love
Unknown year • Geoffrey
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