Known for Acting
Birthday
October 1, 1962
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One opposite Tom Cruise, a role reprised in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

Chicago P.D.

CSI: Miami

NCIS: Los Angeles

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Real Time with Bill Maher

Ozark

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Titans

How to Get Away with Murder

Caprica

Burn Notice

The Equalizer

NYPD Blue

Dora the Explorer

The Twilight Zone

The Outer Limits

Major Crimes