Esai Morales

Acting

Born Oct 1, 1962 (age 64) · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023
as ⁨Gabriel⁩
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025
as ⁨Gabriel⁩
War Machine2026
as ⁨Torres⁩
La Bamba1987
as ⁨Bob Morales⁩
Never Back Down: No Surrender2016
as ⁨Hugo Vega⁩
Fast Food Nation2006
as ⁨Tony⁩
SuperFly2018
as ⁨Adalberto Gonzalez⁩
as ⁨Ripper⁩
as ⁨Oscar Neruda⁩
as ⁨Cpt. Jones⁩
as ⁨Paco Moreno⁩
as ⁨Raymi Rojas⁩
as ⁨Lulu⁩
as ⁨Sgt. Stern⁩
as ⁨Mr. Santillan⁩
as ⁨Make⁩
as ⁨Francisco d'Anconia⁩
as ⁨Luke Carson⁩
as ⁨Wes⁩
as ⁨Chucho⁩
as ⁨Pelon⁩
as ⁨Tom Foster⁩
as ⁨Paulo Pontes⁩
Out Thu, Nov 19
Out Fri, Feb 26

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023
as ⁨Gabriel⁩
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025
as ⁨Gabriel⁩
War Machine2026
as ⁨Torres⁩
La Bamba1987
as ⁨Bob Morales⁩
Never Back Down: No Surrender2016
as ⁨Hugo Vega⁩
Fast Food Nation2006
as ⁨Tony⁩
SuperFly2018
as ⁨Adalberto Gonzalez⁩
as ⁨Ripper⁩
as ⁨Oscar Neruda⁩
as ⁨Cpt. Jones⁩
as ⁨Paco Moreno⁩
as ⁨Raymi Rojas⁩
as ⁨Lulu⁩
as ⁨Sgt. Stern⁩
as ⁨Mr. Santillan⁩
as ⁨Make⁩
as ⁨Francisco d'Anconia⁩
as ⁨Luke Carson⁩
as ⁨Wes⁩
as ⁨Chucho⁩
as ⁨Pelon⁩
as ⁨Tom Foster⁩
as ⁨Paulo Pontes⁩
Out Thu, Nov 19
Out Fri, Feb 26