Esai Morales

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-10-01 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Esai Morales

Biography

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: ...

Acting

1994

Rapa Nui

as Make

2009

The Line

as Pelon

2006

1992

Freejack

as Ripper

1994

In the Army Now

as Sgt. Stern

2002

1983

Bad Boys

as Paco Moreno

1995

My Family

as Chucho

1987

La Bamba

as Bob Morales

2011

Gun Hill Road

as Enrique Rodriguez

2010

Cherry

as Wes

2010

1989

Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Handsome Jack

2023

Master Gardener

as Oscar Neruda

-

Minor Incidents

as Jeremías Amestoy

2006

The Virgin of Juarez

as Father Herrera

2011

We Have Your Husband

as Eduardo Valseca

1996

2012

Seattle Superstorm

as Tom Foster

2004

Sudbury

as Gary Hallet

1996

Dog Watch

as Murrow

2012

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

as Francisco d'Anconia

1992

Ultraviolet

as Nicholas Walker

2005

2000

1999

Southern Cross

as Philip Solano

1996

2009

2015

Spare Parts

as Mr. Santillan

2014

1998

Circle of Deceit

as Jeff Silva

2024

Crescent City

as Luke Carson

2014

Give Me Shelter

as Himself - Animal Advocate

1994

Don't Do It

as Charles

2000

American Virgin

as Jim the Director

2015

Playin' for Love

as Principle Jose Marti

1990

Naked Tango

as Zico Borenstein

2005

2016

Casa Vita

as Rodrigo Vita

1996

1982

Forty Deuce

as Mitchell

2005

Lethal Seduction

as Rick Benes / David Lopez

2017

Halfway There

as Ian Sanchez

2018

SuperFly

as Adalberto Gonzalez

2020

The Wall of Mexico

as Henry Arista

2019

Imprisoned

as Governor Mandera

1985

Rainy Day Friends

as Neekos Valdez

1987

The Principal

as Raymi Rojas

2020

2011

17th Precinct

as Liam Butterfield

2007

The Cure

as Jorge

2021

Senior Moment

as Diego Lozana

-

So Much For Love

as Geoffrey

Production

2000

Doomsday Man

as Second Unit Director

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