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.
79 movies · 44 shows
War Machine
2026·7.4
Queen of Manhattan
2025·0.0
Cottonmouth
2025·6.0
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025·7.2
Crescent City
2024·6.2
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023·7.5
Master Gardener
2023·6.0
Art of Love
2021·3.6
Senior Moment
2021·5.6
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021·7.1
The Wall of Mexico
2020·4.3
Find Your Groove
2020·10.0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019·0.0
Imprisoned
2019·4.6
SuperFly
2018·6.7
Love and Other Stunts
2018·0.0
Halfway There
2017·2.0
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016·7.0
Casa Vita
2016·6.7
Spare Parts
2015·7.2
Playin' for Love
2015·5.0
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014·6.2
Give Me Shelter
2014·2.0
The Journey of a Female Comic
2014·6.2
From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014·0.0
Saving Westbrook High
2013·6.0
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012·5.2
Seattle Superstorm
2012·4.8
17th Precinct
2011·4.0
We Have Your Husband
2011·5.7
Gun Hill Road
2011·5.7
Cherry
2010·6.2
King of the Avenue
2010·4.5
Celebrity Habla
2009·0.0
The Line
2009·4.8
Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008·4.2
The Cure
2007·7.0
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007·0.0
Fast Food Nation
2006·6.1
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
2006·2.6
The Virgin of Juarez
2006·6.9
Once Upon a Wedding
2005·4.4
Lethal Seduction
2005·3.3
American Fusion
2005·6.0
Sudbury
2004·5.7
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003·5.3
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003·8.0
Paid in Full
2002·6.8
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002·6.5
Doomsday Man
2000·5.5
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
2000·5.8
American Virgin
2000·3.5
Southern Cross
1999·3.2
Circle of Deceit
1998·4.3
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998·7.0
Dog Watch
1997·5.1
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996·7.1
Death in Granada
1996·5.5
Scorpion Spring
1996·6.7
The Real Thing
1996·7.2
Somos un solo pueblo
1995·9.0
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
1995·9.5
My Family
1995·7.4
Don't Do It
1994·5.0
The Burning Season
1994·6.3
In the Army Now
1994·5.1
Rapa Nui
1994·6.4
The Waiter
1993·4.5
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993·5.0
Ultraviolet
1992·3.3
Freejack
1992·5.5
Bay City Story
1992·7.0
Naked Tango
1990·6.4
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989·5.7
The Principal
1987·6.4
La Bamba
1987·7.3
Rainy Day Friends
1985·10.0
Bad Boys
1983·7.0
Forty Deuce
1982·5.1