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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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From Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Rating

346M

Budget

583M

Revenue

Acting

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2025 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

2018 Love and Other Stunts

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

Genres

7.26 Music 1

6.48 Documentary 4

6.45 Adventure 5

6.20 War 1

6.13 Science Fiction 4

6.07 Crime 13

6.01 Drama 34

5.92 Family 5

5.86 Action 16

5.80 Mystery 3

5.47 Fantasy 3

5.35 TV Movie 11

5.30 Animation 1

5.26 Thriller 15

4.98 Romance 9

4.89 Comedy 16

4.70 Western 1