Biography
Esai Morales
Acting
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 Com…
Career works
129
Movies
84
Series
45
Career average
6.4/10
Birth date
10/01/1962
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Dark Horse
2026
War Machine
2026 · 7.4
Queen of Manhattan
2025
Cottonmouth
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · 7.2
Crescent City
2024 · 6.1
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · 7.5
Master Gardener
2023 · 6.0
Art of Love
2021 · 3.6
Senior Moment
2021 · 5.6
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
2021 · 7.1
The Wall of Mexico
2020 · 4.2
Find Your Groove
2020 · 10.0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Imprisoned
2019 · 4.6
Series
Side Quest
2025 · 5.5
Can't Go Home
2023
Titans
2018 · 7.9
Ozark
2017 · 8.2
Mars
2016 · 7.1
Adam Ruins Everything
2015 · 7.5
The Brink
2015 · 7.0
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · 7.8
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014 · 6.4
Mozart in the Jungle
2014 · 7.5
Chicago P.D.
2014 · 8.4
Major Crimes
2012 · 7.4
Fairly Legal
2011 · 6.6
Caprica
2010 · 6.9
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · 7.3