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Esai Morales
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 ro…
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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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2027
Live Like That
Movie
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2026
Dark Horse
Movie Paulo Pontes
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2026
War Machine
Movie Torres
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2025
Queen of Manhattan
Movie Papi
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2025
Cottonmouth
Movie Abe
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2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Movie Gabriel
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2025
Side Quest
TV show Gustavo
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2024
Crescent City
Movie Luke Carson
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2023
Can't Go Home
TV show Victor Castelo
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2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Movie Gabriel
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2023
Master Gardener
Movie Oscar Neruda
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2021
Art of Love
Movie
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2021
Senior Moment
Movie Diego Lozana
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2021
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Movie Self
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2020
The Wall of Mexico
Movie Henry Arista
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2020
Find Your Groove
Movie Self
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2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie Self
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2019
Imprisoned
Movie Governor Mandera
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2018
Titans
TV show Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
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2018
SuperFly
Movie Adalberto Gonzalez
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2018
Love and Other Stunts
Movie
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2017
Halfway There
Movie Ian Sanchez
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2017
Ozark
TV show Camino 'Del' Del Rio
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2016
Mars
TV show Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn
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2016
Never Back Down: No Surrender
Movie Hugo Vega
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2016
Casa Vita
Movie Rodrigo Vita
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2015
Adam Ruins Everything
TV show
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2015
The Brink
TV show President Julian Navarro
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2015
Spare Parts
Movie Mr. Santillan
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2015
Playin' for Love
Movie Principle Jose Marti
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2014
How to Get Away with Murder
TV show Jorge Castillo
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2014
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Movie Cpt. Jones
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2014
Give Me Shelter
Movie Himself - Animal Advocate
- 2014
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2014
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
TV show Amancio Malvado
- 2014
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2014
Mozart in the Jungle
TV show Juan Delgado
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2014
Chicago P.D.
TV show Chief Lugo
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2013
Saving Westbrook High
Movie Manny
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2013
Return to Babylon
Movie Assistant Director (scenes deleted)
