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Esai Morales

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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born1 October 1962 (age 63)
  • Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Esai Morales

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born1 October 1962 (age 63)
  • Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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CREDITS
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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2025
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Crescent City
star
5.962
2024
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Master Gardener
star
6.13
2023
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
star
7.534
2023
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The Latin from Manhattan
star
9.0
2022
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Art of Love
star
3.636
2021
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More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
star
7.1
2021
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Senior Moment
star
5.7
2021
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The Wall of Mexico
star
4.7
2020
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Find Your Groove
star
10.0
2020
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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
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2019
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Imprisoned
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5.4
2019
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Love and Other Stunts
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2018
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SuperFly
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6.8
2018
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Halfway There
star
2.0
2017
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Never Back Down: No Surrender
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7.0
2016
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Casa Vita
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6.9
2016
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Spare Parts
star
7.21
2015
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Playin' for Love
star
5.0
2015
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The Journey of a Female Comic
star
6.8
2014
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Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
star
6.233
2014
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Give Me Shelter
star
2.0
2014
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Saving Westbrook High
star
6.0
2013
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Seattle Superstorm
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4.8
2012
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II
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5.282
2012
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Gun Hill Road
star
5.9
2011
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We Have Your Husband
star
5.7
2011
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17th Precinct
star
4.0
2011
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Cherry
star
6.3
2010
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King of the Avenue
star
4.6
2010
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The Line
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4.8
2009
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Celebrity Habla
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2009
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Kill Kill Faster Faster
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4.8
2008
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The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
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2007
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The Cure
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10.0
2007
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Fast Food Nation
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6.07
2006
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The Virgin of Juarez
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6.3
2006
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How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
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2.6
2006
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Once Upon a Wedding
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3.8
2005
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American Fusion
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5.5
2005
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Lethal Seduction
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2.8
2005
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Sudbury
star
8.0
2004
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The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
star
5.3
2003
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Paid in Full
star
6.789
2002
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Doomsday Man
star
5.5
2000
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American Virgin
star
3.5
2000
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A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
star
5.0
2000
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Southern Cross
star
2.0
1999
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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
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6.7
1998
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Circle of Deceit
star
3.0
1998
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The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
star
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1997
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Death in Granada
star
5.7
1996
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Dog Watch
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5.8
1996
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Scorpion Spring
star
7.2
1996
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The Real Thing
star
6.7
1996
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Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
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7.5
1996
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My Family
star
7.584
1995
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Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
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9.0
1995
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Somos un solo pueblo
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1995
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Rapa Nui
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6.4
1994
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In the Army Now
star
5.069
1994
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Don't Do It
star
5.5
1994
Poster
The Burning Season
star
6.2
1994
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Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
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1993
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Freejack
star
5.438
1992
Poster
Ultraviolet
star
2.5
1992
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Naked Tango
star
6.3
1990
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
star
5.7
1989
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La Bamba
star
7.254
1987
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The Principal
star
6.5
1987
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Rainy Day Friends
star
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1985
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Bad Boys
star
7.0
1983
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Forty Deuce
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5.3
1982