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),
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.
Born
Oct 01, 1962
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
87 acting
3 crew
Popularity
2.3
Known For
War Machine
2026
as Army Officer Torres
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Gabriel
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
as Gabriel
Bad Boys
1983
as Paco Moreno
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
as Hugo Vega
La Bamba
1987
as Bob Morales
SuperFly
2018
as Adalberto Gonzalez
The Principal
1987
as Raymi Rojas
Freejack
1992
as Ripper
Master Gardener
2023
as Oscar Neruda
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