Esai Morales
Biography
Esai Morales is an American actor who trained at the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan and started out in New York theater and television. His first major film role was in Bad Boys (1983), and he played Bob Morales in La Bamba (1987). On television he was Joseph Adama in Caprica, had a main role in Ozark, and played the villain Deathstroke in Titans. From 2001 to 2004 he starred for three and a half seasons on NYPD Blue as Lt. Tony Rodriguez. His other films include In the Army Now (1994), My Family (1995), Paid in Full (2002) and Gun Hill Road (2011). In 2023 he played the villain Gabriel in a Mission: Impossible film opposite Tom Cruise, returning for its 2025 sequel. He shared the Rita Moreno HOLA Award in 2005, and the Arpa Foundation honored him with a lifetime achievement award.
64years old
Turns 65 on October 1in 353 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Esai Manuel Morales
Movie Career
- Films
- 28
- Career span
- 43 years1983 to 2026
First and latest
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Esai Morales movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning2025 Action, Adventure, Thrilleras Gabriel
IMDb rating 7.1241K votes
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One2023 Action, Adventure, Thrilleras Gabriel
IMDb rating 7.6333K votes
Most often with
Christopher McQuarrie directed two of these films. Fourteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Christopher McQuarrie
Also two films together8 more actors
- Henry CzernyMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Mark GatissMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Alan RuckBloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and Bad Boys (1983)
- Hayley AtwellMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Pom KlementieffMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Alison EastwoodGive Me Shelter (2014) and How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
- Charles ParnellMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Greg Tarzan DavisMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Esai Morales's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.3 billion
14 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 14 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$599M44.7% of the total
- 2$571M42.7% of the total
- 3$54M4.0% of the total
- 4$29M2.2% of the total
- 5$21M1.5% of the total
- 6$20M1.5% of the total
- 7$17M1.3% of the total
- 8$11M0.8% of the total
$17.5 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total