Esai Morales
Birthday
1962/10/01 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
에사이 모레일스, Есай Моралес, ایسای مورالس
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 Sla...Read more
Acting
(1994) Rapa Nui
as Make
(2009) The Line
as Pelon
(2006) Fast Food Nation
as Tony
(2021) Art of Love
as ---
(1992) Freejack
as Ripper
(1994) In the Army Now
as Sgt. Stern
(2002) Paid in Full
as Lulu
(1983) Bad Boys
as Paco Moreno
(2003) The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
as Vargas Mouse (voice)
(1995) My Family
as Chucho
(1987) La Bamba
as Bob Morales
(2011) Gun Hill Road
as Enrique Rodriguez
(2010) Cherry
as Wes
(2010) King of the Avenue
as Natas
(2008) Kill Kill Faster Faster
as Markie
(1989) Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Handsome Jack
(1993) Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Kenny
(2023) Master Gardener
as Oscar Neruda
Minor Incidents
as Jeremías Amestoy
(2006) The Virgin of Juarez
as Father Herrera
(2011) We Have Your Husband
as Eduardo Valseca
(1998) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Dominguez
(1996) Death in Granada
as Ricardo
(2012) Seattle Superstorm
as Tom Foster
(2004) Sudbury
as Gary Hallet
(1996) Dog Watch
as Murrow
(2012) Atlas Shrugged: Part II
as Francisco d'Anconia
(2007) The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
as Self
(1995) Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
as Tony Archer
(1992) Ultraviolet
as Nicholas Walker
(2005) Once Upon a Wedding
as Pineda
(1997) The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
as Ricardo
(2000) Doomsday Man
as Mike
(1999) Southern Cross
as Philip Solano
(1996) Scorpion Spring
as Astor
(2009) Celebrity Habla
as Self
(2014) The Journey of a Female Comic
as ---
(2015) Spare Parts
as Mr. Santillan
Cottonmouth
as Abe
(2014) Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
as Cpt. Jones
(2006) How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
as Frankie
(1998) Circle of Deceit
as Jeff Silva
(2024) Crescent City
as Luke Carson
(2025) Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
as Gabriel
(2014) Give Me Shelter
as Himself - Animal Advocate
(1994) Don't Do It
as Charles
(2000) American Virgin
as Jim the Director
(2016) Never Back Down: No Surrender
as Hugo Vega
(2015) Playin' for Love
as Principle Jose Marti
(1990) Naked Tango
as Zico Borenstein
(2005) American Fusion
as Jose
(1995) Somos un solo pueblo
as Self
(2016) Casa Vita
as Rodrigo Vita
(1996) The Real Thing
as Collin
(2013) Saving Westbrook High
as Manny
(2018) Love and Other Stunts
as ---
(1982) Forty Deuce
as Mitchell
(2021) More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
as Self
(2005) Lethal Seduction
as Rick Benes / David Lopez
(2000) A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
(2017) Halfway There
as Ian Sanchez
(2018) SuperFly
as Adalberto Gonzalez
(2020) The Wall of Mexico
as Henry Arista
(2019) Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
(2019) Imprisoned
as Governor Mandera
(1985) Rainy Day Friends
as Neekos Valdez
(1987) The Principal
as Raymi Rojas
(1996) Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
as Federico Pena
(2020) Find Your Groove
as Self
(2023) Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as Gabriel
(2022) The Latin from Manhattan
as Papi
(1994) The Burning Season
as Jair
(2011) 17th Precinct
as Liam Butterfield
(2007) The Cure
as Jorge
(2021) Senior Moment
as Diego Lozana
War Machine
as ---
So Much For Love
as Geoffrey
(2005) Freddie
as Carlos
(2010) Caprica
as Joseph Adama
(2006) Jericho
as Major Edward Beck
(1982) Fame
as ---
(2002) CSI: Miami
as ---
(1984) Miami Vice
as ---
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as ---
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Puck
(2002) George Lopez
as Manny Lopez
(2007) Burn Notice
as Ernie Paseo
(1985) The Equalizer
as Officer Miguel Canterra
(2006) Vanished
as ---
(2003) Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
(1999) Family Law
as Mr. Santiago
(1995) The Outer Limits
as Frank Kelton
Company Town
as ---
(2012) Major Crimes
as Deputy Manuel Diaz
(2015) The Brink
as President Julian Navarro
(2023) Can't Go Home
as Victor Castelo
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jimmy Vazquez
(2014) How to Get Away with Murder
as Jorge Castillo
(2009) NCIS: Los Angeles
as Louis Ochoa
(1986) On Wings of Eagles
as Rashid
(2014) From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
as Amancio Malvado
(1999) Atomic Train
as Noris MacKenzie
(2011) Fairly Legal
as Aaron Davidson
(2005) Criminal Minds
as Mateo Cruz
(2016) Mars
as Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn
The Americans
as Lee Valenzuela
(1997) The Hunger
as Tony
(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
(2002) American Family
as Esteban Gonzalez
(2004) On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
(2000) Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Francisco
(2018) Titans
as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
(2003) Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
(2014) Mozart in the Jungle
as Juan Delgado
(1993) NYPD Blue
as Tony Rodriguez
(1984) Miami Vice
as Pete Romano
(2015) Adam Ruins Everything
as ---
(2017) Ozark
as Camino 'Del' Del Rio
(2014) Chicago P.D.
as Chief Lugo
(2001) 24
as Agent Jorge Ramirez
(2025) Side Quest
as ---