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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Rating346M
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RevenueActing
Primarily2025 War Machine
2025 Cottonmouth as Abe
2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Gabriel
2025 Minor Incidents as Jeremías Amestoy
2025 So Much For Love as Geoffrey
2024 Crescent City as Luke Carson
2023 Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Gabriel
2023 Master Gardener as Oscar Neruda
2022 The Latin from Manhattan as Papi
2021 Art of Love
2021 Senior Moment as Diego Lozana
2021 More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story as Self
2020 The Wall of Mexico as Henry Arista
2020 Find Your Groove as Self
2019 Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
2019 Imprisoned as Governor Mandera
2018 SuperFly as Adalberto Gonzalez
2017 Halfway There as Ian Sanchez
2016 Never Back Down: No Surrender as Hugo Vega
2016 Casa Vita as Rodrigo Vita
2015 Spare Parts as Mr. Santillan
2015 Playin' for Love as Principle Jose Marti
2014 Jarhead 2: Field of Fire as Cpt. Jones
2014 Give Me Shelter as Himself - Animal Advocate
2014 The Journey of a Female Comic
2013 Saving Westbrook High as Manny
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Francisco d'Anconia
2012 Seattle Superstorm as Tom Foster
2011 17th Precinct as Liam Butterfield
2011 We Have Your Husband as Eduardo Valseca
2011 Gun Hill Road as Enrique Rodriguez
2010 Cherry as Wes
2010 King of the Avenue as Natas
2009 Celebrity Habla as Self
2009 The Line as Pelon
2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster as Markie
2007 The Cure as Jorge
2007 The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
2006 Fast Food Nation as Tony
2006 How to Go Out on a Date in Queens as Frankie
2006 The Virgin of Juarez as Father Herrera
2005 Once Upon a Wedding as Pineda
2005 Lethal Seduction as Rick Benes / David Lopez
2005 American Fusion as Jose
2004 Sudbury as Gary Hallet
2003 The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina as Vargas Mouse (voice)
2002 Paid in Full as Lulu
2000 Doomsday Man as Mike Second Unit Director
2000 A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
2000 American Virgin as Jim the Director
1999 Southern Cross as Philip Solano
1998 Circle of Deceit as Jeff Silva
1998 The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit as Dominguez
1997 The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca as Ricardo
1996 Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story as Federico Pena
1996 Death in Granada as Ricardo
1996 Scorpion Spring as Astor
1996 The Real Thing as Collin
1996 Dog Watch as Murrow
1995 Somos un solo pueblo as Self
1995 Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 as Tony Archer
1995 My Family as Chucho
1994 Don't Do It as Charles
1994 The Burning Season as Jair
1994 In the Army Now as Sgt. Stern
1994 Rapa Nui as Make
1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Kenny
1992 Ultraviolet as Nicholas Walker
1992 Freejack as Ripper
1990 Naked Tango as Zico Borenstein
1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway as Handsome Jack
1987 The Principal as Raymi Rojas
1987 La Bamba as Bob Morales
1985 Rainy Day Friends as Neekos Valdez
1983 Bad Boys as Paco Moreno
1982 Forty Deuce as Mitchell