
Esai Morales
Acting
Born: 1962-10-01 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Live Like That
2027

Dark Horse
2026
Paulo Pontes

War Machine
2026
Army Officer Torres

Queen of Manhattan
2025
Papi

Cottonmouth
2025
Abe

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
Gabriel

Crescent City
2024
Luke Carson

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
Gabriel

Master Gardener
2023
Oscar Neruda

Art of Love
2021

Senior Moment
2021
Diego Lozana

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021
Self

The Wall of Mexico
2020
Henry Arista

Find Your Groove
2020
Self

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Self

Imprisoned
2019
Governor Mandera

SuperFly
2018
Adalberto Gonzalez

Love and Other Stunts
2018

Halfway There
2017
Ian Sanchez

Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
Hugo Vega
📺 TV Shows (20)

Side Quest
2025
Gustavo

Can't Go Home
2023
Victor Castelo

Titans
2018
Slade Wilson / Deathstroke

Ozark
2017
Camino 'Del' Del Rio

Mars
2016
Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn

Adam Ruins Everything
2015

The Brink
2015
President Julian Navarro

How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Jorge Castillo

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014
Amancio Malvado

Mozart in the Jungle
2014
Juan Delgado

Chicago P.D.
2014
Chief Lugo

Major Crimes
2012
Deputy Manuel Diaz

Fairly Legal
2011
Aaron Davidson

Caprica
2010
Joseph Adama

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Self

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Louis Ochoa

Burn Notice
2007
Ernie Paseo

24: Day six Debrief
2007
Agent Jorge Ramirez

Jericho
2006
Major Edward Beck

Vanished
2006