Esai Morales

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.

Esai Morales has built a filmography of 20 credits over a career spanning from 1983 to 2026.

Esai Morales's most notable role to date came in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), where he played Gabriel. He also appeared in Criminal Minds (2005) as Mateo Cruz. Most recently appeared in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) as Gabriel.

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