
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.
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121 Credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jimmy Vazquez
1999

Criminal Minds
as Mateo Cruz
2005

CSI: Miami
as Stephen Madsen
2002

Chicago P.D.
as Chief Lugo
2014

NCIS: Los Angeles
as Louis Ochoa
2009

Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003

Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Francisco
2000

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Gabriel
2025

Miami Vice
as Felipe Cruz
1984

Miami Vice
as Pete Romano
1984

How to Get Away with Murder
as Jorge Castillo
2014

NYPD Blue
as Tony Rodriguez
1993
