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Esai Morales

American actor · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1962 · age 64

Esai Manuel Morales Jr. is an American actor. He has had notable roles in the films 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.

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2026War MachineFilm, Army Officer Torres2024Crescent CityFilm, Luke Carson2021Art of LoveFilm2018TitansSeries, Slade Wilson / Deathstroke2016Casa VitaFilm, Rodrigo Vita2015“People are conditioned to seeing Latinos in a certain light including our own people, and that's a problem.”In their wordsOn Hollywood’s portrayal of Latinos in “Esai Morales On Latinos, Hollywood and Trump” in NBC News (2015 Sep 17)

2014Chicago P.D.Series, Chief LugoJarhead 2: Field of FireFilm, 2014Cpt. Jones2011Gun Hill RoadFilm, Enrique Rodriguez2010CapricaSeries, Joseph Adama2009The LineFilm, Pelon2007Burn NoticeSeries, Ernie Paseo2005Lethal SeductionFilm, Rick Benes / David Lopez2003Real Time with Bill MaherSeries2002CSI: MiamiSeries, Stephen MadsenPaid in FullFilm, 2002Lulu1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries, Jimmy Vazquez1998The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitFilm, Dominguez1996Death in GranadaFilm, Ricardo1993NYPD BlueSeries, Tony Rodriguez1992FreejackFilm, Ripper1989Bloodhounds of BroadwayFilm, Handsome Jack1985The EqualizerSeries, Officer Miguel Canterra1983Bad BoysFilm, Paco Moreno1982American PlayhouseSeries, Handsome Jack1962Born1 October 1962

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  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023
  • War Machine 2026
  • My Family 1995
  • La Bamba 1987
  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025

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Television 24

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  1. Brooklyn born, Bronx bred… I felt like the dreamer/day tripper of the neighborhood with a vivid imagination and a longing to transcend the mundane through my love of the arts.

    On how activism was present in his upbringing in “Mr. Morales is currently running for SAG-AFTRA President” in Latin Heat Entertainment, Own words

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(2000-2002), portraying Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue (2001-2004), 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).

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United States
Category
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Type
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Status
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Born 1962 · age 64

In the same film or series as Esai

Simon RexAlso in King of the Avenue (2010)Terrence HowardAlso in Crescent City (2024)Alison EastwoodAlso in How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)Michael K. WilliamsAlso in SuperFly (2018)Mathilda MayAlso in Naked Tango (1990)