Esai Morales

Esai Morales
Morales in 2009
Born
Esai Manuel Morales Jr.

(1962-10-01) October 1, 1962 (age 62)[1]
EducationSchool of Performing Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
  • musician
Years active1982–present
Spouse
Elvimar Silva
(m. 2010)
Children1

Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor. He has had notable roles in the films 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 which he will reprise in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in 2025.

  1. ^ Esai Morales Biography, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2011-08-29
  2. ^ "Esai Morales Biography". BuddyTV. 2021-10-26. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21.