Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor who has achieved recognition for playing Bob Morales in 1987's La Bamba, later, he has appeared the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd. Morales also appeared as Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue, Joseph Adama in the science fiction television series Caprica, and Camino del Rio in the Netflix original series Ozark.
Morales portrayed the DC Comics villain Deathstroke/Slade Wilson in the superhero television series Titans (2018) which earned him an acclaim among comic book fans community worldwide. Morales will appear as Gabriel, the main antagonist in the upcoming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023) opposite Tom Cruise, a role which he will reprise in the sequel, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2024). Morales replaced Nicholas Hoult, who departed the projects due to scheduling conflicts.
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- Diego Lozana - Senior Moment
- Paco Moreno - Bad Boys
- Miguel Rados - ABC Afterschool Specials
- Miguel Canterra - The Equalizer
- Bob Morales - La Bamba
- Raymi Rojas - The Principal
- Felipe Cruz - Miami Vice
- Jesse Cardiff - The Twilight Zone
- Zico Borenstein - Naked Tango
- Nicholas Walker - Ultraviolet
- Jim Duran - Bay City Story
- Tony Archer - Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
- Federico Pena - Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
- Frank Kelton - The Outer Limits
- Vince Duralde - L.A. Doctors
- Noris MacKenzie - Atomic Train
- Philip Solano - Southern Cross
- Juan Miguel Gonzalez - A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
- Tony Rodriguez - NYPD Blue
- Esteban Gonzalez - American Family
- Manny Lopez - NYPD Blue
- Michael Tyner - Vanished
- Jorge Ramirez - 24: Day Six - Debrief
- Ernie Paseo - Burn Notice
- Edward Beck - Jericho
- René Pelon - La linea
- Stephen Madsen - CSI: Miami
- Joseph Adama - Caprica
- Enrique Rodriguez - Gun Hill Road
- Eduardo Valseca - We Have Your Husband
- Aaron Davidson - Fairly Legal
- Liam Butterfield - 17th Precinct
- Jimmy Vazquez - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Tom Foster - Seattle Superstorm
- Francisco d'Anconia - Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike
- Carlos Ruiz - Magic City
- Manuel Diaz - Major Crimes
- Pablo Santillan - Spare Parts
- Juan Delgado - Mozart in the Jungle