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Esai Morales
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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 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.
Notable films
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War Machine
As Torres
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
As Gabriel
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
As Gabriel
Never Back Down: No Surrender
As Hugo Vega
Paid in Full
As Lulu
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
As Francisco d'Anconia
Once Upon a Wedding
As Pineda
The Wall of Mexico
As Henry Arista
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Acted
War Machine
2026 · Torres
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Gabriel
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · Gabriel
The Wall of Mexico
2020 · Henry Arista
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016 · Hugo Vega
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012 · Francisco d'Anconia
Once Upon a Wedding
2005 · Pineda
Paid in Full
2002 · Lulu