
Esai Morales
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).…
Filmography

24: Day six Debrief
2007 · 10.0

Rainy Day Friends
1985 · 10.0

Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
1995 · 9.5

American Family
2002 · 9.0

L.A. Doctors
1998 · 8.5

Chicago P.D.
2014 · 8.4

Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3

Ozark
2017 · 8.2

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · 8.1

Family Law
1999 · 8.1

Tales from the Crypt
1989 · 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

Titans
2018 · 7.8

How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · 7.8

The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7

The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7

CSI: Miami
2002 · 7.7

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · 7.5

War Machine
2026 · 7.5

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · 7.5

Burn Notice
2007 · 7.5

Mozart in the Jungle
2014 · 7.5

George Lopez
2002 · 7.5

Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4

Adam Ruins Everything
2015 · 7.4

Jericho
2006 · 7.4

Major Crimes
2012 · 7.4

My Family
1995 · 7.4

La Bamba
1987 · 7.3

Spare Parts
2015 · 7.2

The Equalizer
1985 · 7.2

The Real Thing
1996 · 7.2

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · 7.2

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
1996 · 7.1

NYPD Blue
1993 · 7.1

Mars
2016 · 7.1

Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016 · 7.0

Bad Boys
1983 · 7.0

The Brink
2015 · 7.0

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998 · 7.0

The Cure
2007 · 7.0
Bay City Story
1992 · 7.0

Caprica
2010 · 6.9

Paid in Full
2002 · 6.9

Fame
1982 · 6.8

SuperFly
2018 · 6.7

Casa Vita
2016 · 6.7

American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6

Fairly Legal
2011 · 6.6

Naked Tango
1990 · 6.5

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002 · 6.5

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014 · 6.4

The Principal
1987 · 6.4

Scorpion Spring
1996 · 6.4

Rapa Nui
1994 · 6.4

The Burning Season
1994 · 6.3

Cherry
2010 · 6.3

The Virgin of Juarez
2006 · 6.3

Dora the Explorer
2000 · 6.2

The Hunger
1997 · 6.2

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
2014 · 6.2

The Journey of a Female Comic
2014 · 6.2

Crescent City
2024 · 6.1

Master Gardener
2023 · 6.0

On Wings of Eagles
1986 · 6.0

Fast Food Nation
2006 · 6.0

Saving Westbrook High
2013 · 6.0

American Fusion
2005 · 6.0

Side Quest
2025 · 5.8

Gun Hill Road
2011 · 5.8

A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
2000 · 5.8

Sudbury
2004 · 5.7

We Have Your Husband
2011 · 5.7

Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989 · 5.7

Senior Moment
2021 · 5.6

Death in Granada
1996 · 5.6

Return to Babylon
2013 · 5.6

Freejack
1992 · 5.5

Doomsday Man
2000 · 5.5

Vanished
2006 · 5.4

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
2003 · 5.3

Cottonmouth
2025 · 5.3

Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012 · 5.2

In the Army Now
1994 · 5.1

Forty Deuce
1982 · 5.1

Don't Do It
1994 · 5.0

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993 · 5.0

Playin' for Love
2015 · 5.0

Atomic Train
1999 · 4.9

Dog Watch
1997 · 4.9

The Line
2009 · 4.8

Seattle Superstorm
2012 · 4.8

Freddie
2005 · 4.7

Imprisoned
2019 · 4.5
The Waiter
1993 · 4.5

King of the Avenue
2010 · 4.4

Once Upon a Wedding
2005 · 4.4

The Wall of Mexico
2020 · 4.2

Kill Kill Faster Faster
2008 · 4.2

17th Precinct
2011 · 4.0

Art of Love
2021 · 3.6

American Virgin
2000 · 3.4

Lethal Seduction
2005 · 3.3

Ultraviolet
1992 · 3.3

Southern Cross
1999 · 3.2

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
2006 · 2.6

Queen of Manhattan
2025 · 2.2

Halfway There
2017 · 2.0

From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season
2014 · 2.0

Dark Horse
2027 · 0.0

Coyote
— · 0.0
The Americans
— · 0.0

Can't Go Home
2023 · 0.0
Tumor
— · 0.0
Company Town
— · 0.0
The Great Love Experiment
1984 · 0.0
His Heart
— · 0.0
Live 2 Die
— · 0.0
So Much for Love
— · 0.0

Live Like That
2027 · 0.0

Love and Other Stunts
2018 · 0.0

Persephone
— · 0.0