Esai Morales

Esai Morales

Acting October 1, 1962 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.

Movies

War Machine
7.4
Army Officer Torres
War Machine
2026
Lethal Seduction
3.3
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Rick Benes / David Lopez
Lethal Seduction
2005
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
6.2
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Cpt. Jones
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014
The Cure
7.0
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Jorge
The Cure
2007

TV Shows

Titans
7.9
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Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
Titans
2018
The Equalizer
7.1
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Officer Miguel Canterra
The Equalizer
1985
The Brink
7.1
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President Julian Navarro
The Brink
2015

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