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Esai Morales is an American actor born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 1, 1962. He began his work period in 1982 and is a member of SAG-AFTRA. Morales speaks and writes in English, which is also his native language. He was educated at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.
His professional roles include television acting and film acting. He is a male human citizen of the United States.
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Live Like That2027
- War Machine — Army Officer Torres2026
- Dark Horse — Paulo Pontes2026
- Cottonmouth — Abe2025
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Gabriel2025
- Queen of Manhattan — Papi2025
- Side Quest — Gustavo2025
- Crescent City — Luke Carson2024
- Master Gardener — Oscar Neruda2023
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — Gabriel2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Esai Manuel Morales Jr. , ( 1962-10-01 ) October 1, 1962 (age 63) , Brooklyn , New York , U.S.
- Education
- High School of Performing Arts
- Occupations
- Actor producer director musician
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Spouse
- Elvimar Silva ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Morales
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.esaimorales.com
- Image
- Esai Morales at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 05 Cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Esai Morales
- date of birth
- 1962-10-01
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- SAG-AFTRA
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Encyclopedic overview
Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor. He has had notable roles in the films 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 (2001–2004), 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 which he reprised in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in 2025.
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