Esai Morales

October 1, 1962 (age 63) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Last updated: June 14, 2026

61 titles
Community avg: 8.01 /10
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    2023July 2023 by Christopher McQuarrie
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
    8.43 Excellent++
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    2025May 2025 by Christopher McQuarrie
    Action, Thriller, Adventure
    Action, Thriller, Adventure
    8.09 Excellent
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    3
    2026February 2026 by Patrick Hughes
    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
    8.32 Excellent++
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    4
    1987July 1987 by Luis Valdez
    Drama, Music
    Drama, Music
    8.21 Excellent+
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    5
    2010 by Remi Aubuchon
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    7.85 Excellent-
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    6
    2023May 2023 by Paul Schrader
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
    7.09 Good
  • 7
    7
    2018June 2018 by Director X.
    Action, Crime
    Action, Crime
    7.66 Excellent--
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    2016June 2016 by Michael Jai White
    Drama, Action
    Drama, Action
    7.98 Excellent
  • 9
    9
    1983March 1983 by Rick Rosenthal
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
    7.90 Excellent
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    10
    2006November 2006 by Richard Linklater
    Drama, Comedy
    Drama, Comedy
    7.14 Good+
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    2014August 2014 by Don Michael Paul
    War, Action
    War, Action
    7.24 Good+
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    12
    1987September 1987 by Christopher Cain
    Action, Adventure, Crime
    Action, Adventure, Crime
    7.46 Good++
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    1994June 1994 by Kevin Reynolds
    Adventure
    Adventure
    7.47 Good++
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    1992January 1992 by Geoff Murphy
    Science Fiction, Action, Crime
    Science Fiction, Action, Crime
    6.64 Good--
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    2016–2018 by Ron Howard
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
    7.97 Excellent
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    1994August 1994 by Daniel Petrie Jr.
    Comedy
    Comedy
    6.40 Decent++
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    2002October 2002 by Charles Stone III
    Action, Crime, Drama
    Action, Crime, Drama
    7.76 Excellent-
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    2012October 2012 by John Putch
    Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
    Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
    6.66 Good--
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    2015January 2015 by Sean McNamara
    Drama
    Drama
    8.11 Excellent+
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    2015 by Kim Benabib
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.96 Excellent
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    2024August 2024 by Raja Collins
    Crime, Thriller, Mystery
    Crime, Thriller, Mystery
    7.36 Good++
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    2012March 2012 by Jason Bourque
    Action, Science Fiction
    Action, Science Fiction
    6.85 Good-
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    1995May 1995 by Gregory Nava
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    8.16 Excellent+
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    2009May 2009 by James Cotten
    Action, Crime, Drama
    Action, Crime, Drama
    6.62 Good--
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    2010October 2010 by Jeffrey Fine
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    7.41 Good++
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    1999 by David Jackson
    Drama, Action & Adventure
    Drama, Action & Adventure
    6.89 Good-
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    2011August 2011 by Rashaad Ernesto Green
    Drama
    Drama
    7.48 Good++
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    2021February 2021 by Kayvon Derak Shanian
    Documentary
    Documentary
    7.95 Excellent
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    2003August 2003 by Glenn Chaika
    Family, Animation
    Family, Animation
    7.11 Good+
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    2021October 2021 by Betty Kaplan
    Drama, Romance, Spanish
    Drama, Romance, Spanish
    7.22 Good+
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    1997August 1997 by John Langley
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    Action, Crime, Thriller
    7.44 Good++
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    2016February 2016 by Ernie Barbarash
    Family
    Family
    7.79 Excellent-
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    1989November 1989 by Howard Brookner
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
    7.44 Good++
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    2005July 2005 by Matia Karrell
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    7.50 Excellent--
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    2021March 2021 by Giorgio Serafini
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    7.47 Good++
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    1994September 1994 by John Frankenheimer
    Drama
    Drama
    7.65 Excellent--
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    1990September 1990 by Leonard Schrader
    Romance, Drama
    Romance, Drama
    7.73 Excellent-
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    38
    2019September 2019 by Paul Kampf
    Thriller
    Thriller
    7.41 Good++
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    2008April 2008 by Gareth Maxwell Roberts
    Drama, Thriller
    Drama, Thriller
    7.37 Good++
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    1998January 1998 by Stuart Gordon
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family
    7.88 Excellent-
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    1999September 1999 by James Becket
    Action, Drama, Thriller
    Action, Drama, Thriller
    7.63 Excellent--
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    2000June 2000 by Jean-Pierre Marois
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.02 Good
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    2006March 2006 by Kevin James Dobson
    Drama, Thriller
    Drama, Thriller
    7.86 Excellent-
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    1982October 1982 by Paul Morrissey
    Drama
    Drama
    7.60 Excellent--
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    1996October 1996 by Brian Cox
    Crime, Drama
    Crime, Drama
    7.85 Excellent-
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    1998January 1998 by Alan Metzger
    Thriller
    Thriller
    7.68 Excellent--
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    2005May 2005 by Robert Markowitz
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.40 Good++
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    1986
    War & Politics, Drama
    War & Politics, Drama
    7.78 Excellent-
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    2013October 2013 by Gary Wheeler
    Family
    Family
    Needs more reviews
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    1996January 1996 by James Merendino
    Crime, Action
    Crime, Action
    7.90 Excellent-
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    2004January 2004 by Bryan Spicer
    Drama, Fantasy
    Drama, Fantasy
    7.81 Excellent-
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    1993January 1993 by Rob Mikuriya
    Family, Comedy
    Family, Comedy
    Needs more reviews
  • 53
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    2020March 2020 by Michael J. Kirk
    Documentary
    Documentary
    Needs more reviews
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    2027February 2027 by Dito Montiel
    Drama
    Drama
    Not released yet
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    2025September 2025 by Thomas Mignone
    Drama
    Drama
    Needs more reviews
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    2025June 2025 by Brock Harris
    Western, Thriller, Action
    Western, Thriller, Action
    Needs more reviews
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    2017December 2017 by Rick Rosenthal
    Comedy
    Comedy
    Needs more reviews
  • 58
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    Airing since 2023 by Amy Mariano
    Crime, Action & Adventure
    Crime, Action & Adventure
    Needs more reviews
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    Air date unknown by Elwood Reid
    no additional tags
    no additional tags
    Needs more reviews
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    2026September 2026 by Cyrus Nowrasteh
    Drama, Crime
    Drama, Crime
    Not released yet
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    2007February 2007 by Kevin Ford
    Documentary
    Documentary
    Needs more reviews