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.
as Geoffrey
as Hernán Barroca
as Self (archive footage)
as Ray Dupre(1 ep)
as Lee Valenzuela
as Paulo Pontes
as Torres
as Papi
as Abe
as Gustavo(1 ep)
as Luke Carson
as Victor Castelo(1 ep)
as Oscar Neruda
as Diego Lozana
as Henry Arista
as Self
as Governor Mandera
as Slade Wilson / Deathstroke(13 eps)
as Adalberto Gonzalez
as Ian Sanchez
as Camino 'Del' Del Rio(4 eps)
as Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn(6 eps)
as Hugo Vega
as Rodrigo Vita
as President Julian Navarro(10 eps)
as Mr. Santillan
as Principle Jose Marti
as Jorge Castillo(11 eps)
as Cpt. Jones
as Self - Animal Advocate
as Amancio Malvado(10 eps)
as Juan Delgado(2 eps)
as Chief Lugo(6 eps)
as Manny
as Assistant Director (scenes deleted)
as Francisco d'Anconia
as Deputy Manuel Diaz(1 ep)
as Tom Foster
as Liam Butterfield
as Eduardo Valseca
as Enrique Rodriguez
as Aaron Davidson(6 eps)
as Wes
as Natas
as Joseph Adama(18 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self
as Louis Ochoa(7 eps)
as Pelon
as Markie
as Jorge
as Ernie Paseo(1 ep)
as Agent Jorge Ramirez(5 eps)
as Tony
as Major Edward Beck(7 eps)
as Michael Tyner(11 eps)
as Frankie
as Father Herrera
as Carlos(1 ep)
as Mateo Cruz(6 eps)
as Pineda
as Rick Benes / David Lopez
as Jose
as Gary Hallet
as Self(1 ep)
as Vargas Mouse (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Lulu
as Stephen Madsen(1 ep)
as Manny Lopez(1 ep)
as Esteban Gonzalez(1 ep)
as Mike
as Francisco(1 ep)
as Juan Miguel Gonzalez
as Papi (voice)(1 ep)
as Jim the Director
as Mr. Santiago(1 ep)
as Jimmy Vazquez(1 ep)
as Philip Solano
as Noris MacKenzie(2 eps)
as Vince Duralde(1 ep)
as Jeff Silva
as Dominguez
as Murrow
as Tony(1 ep)
as Federico Pena
as Ricardo
as Astor
as Collin
as Self
as Tony Archer
as Chucho
as Frank Kelton(1 ep)
as Charles
as Jair
as Sgt. Stern
as Make
as Tony Rodriguez(87 eps)
as Julius
as Nicholas Walker
as Ripper
as Zico Borenstein
as Handsome Jack
as Puck(1 ep)
as Raymi Rojas
as Bob Morales
as Rashid(2 eps)
as Neekos Valdez
as Officer Miguel Canterra(1 ep)
as Felipe Cruz(1 ep)
as Pete Romano(1 ep)
as Miguel Rados
as Paco Moreno
as Mitchell
as Handsome Jack(1 ep)