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.

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Torres

War Machine

2026

6.2

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Cpt. Jones

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire

2014

3.3

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Rick Benes / David Lopez

Lethal Seduction

2005

7.0

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Jorge

The Cure

2007

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7.2

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Officer Miguel Canterra

The Equalizer

1985

7.8

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Slade Wilson / Deathstroke

Titans

2018

7.0

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President Julian Navarro

The Brink

2015

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