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Esai Morales

Also Known As: 에사이 모레일스, ایسای مورالس, إساي مورالس

Birth Date

October 1, 1962

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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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.

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

CSI: Miami

Chicago P.D.

Real Time with Bill Maher

NCIS: Los Angeles

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Major Crimes

NYPD Blue

War Machine

Miami Vice

Titans

How to Get Away with Murder

Ozark

Dora the Explorer

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Burn Notice

The Equalizer

The Twilight Zone

The Outer Limits