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Esai Manuel Morales Jr. is an American actor. He played Bob Morales in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd. He is best known for his roles 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.
Birth Name
Esai Manuel Morales
Born
Monday, 01 October 1962
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | Gabriel | 2025 |
| Can't Go Home | Victor Castelo | 2023 |
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Gabriel | 2023 |
| Master Gardener | Oscar Neruda | 2023 |
| Shadow | Henry | 2023 |
| Art of Love | Professor / Writer | 2021 |
| Senior Moment | Diego Lozana | 2021 |
| More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self - Actor - La Bamba, Ozark / Self | 2021 |
| The Wall of Mexico | Henry Arista | 2020 |
| Find Your Groove | Self | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | Gabriel | 2025 |
| Can't Go Home | Victor Castelo | 2023 |
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Gabriel | 2023 |
| Master Gardener | Oscar Neruda | 2023 |
| Shadow | Henry | 2023 |
| Art of Love | Professor / Writer | 2021 |
| Senior Moment | Diego Lozana | 2021 |
| More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self - Actor - La Bamba, Ozark / Self | 2021 |
| The Wall of Mexico | Henry Arista | 2020 |
| Find Your Groove | Self | 2020 |
| Danger God | Self | 2019 |
| Imprisoned | Governor Mandera | 2019 |
| Titans | Slade Wilson / Deathstroke | 2018 |
| SuperFly | Adalberto Gonzalez | 2018 |
| Ozark | Del | 2017 |
| Mars | Roland St. John | 2016 |
| Never Back Down: No Surrender | Hugo Vega | 2016 |
| Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Section Chief Mateo Cruz | 2016 |
| Casa Vita | Rodrigo Vita | 2016 |
| Adam Ruins Everything | Alfonso | 2015 |
| The Brink | President Julian Navarro | 2015 |
| Spare Parts | Pablo Santillan / Mr. Santillan | 2015 |
| Playin' for Love | Principle Jose Marti | 2015 |
| How to Get Away with Murder | Jorge Castillo | 2014 |
| Jarhead 2: Field of Fire | Captain Jones / Cpt. Jones | 2014 |
| The Daily Helpline | Self - Co-Host | 2014 |
| Give Me Shelter | Animal Advocate / Himself - Animal Advocate | 2014 |
| Journey of a Female Comic | Self | 2014 |
| From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | Lord Amancio Malvado / Amancio Malvado | 2014 |
| Mozart in the Jungle | Juan Delgado | 2014 |
| Chicago P.D. | Chief Lugo | 2014 |
| Create Option C: My Journey with Cancer | Self | 2014 |
| Teachers | Manny | 2013 |
| Cleaners | Father Brooks | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| Hit the Floor | Joe Desario | 2013 |
| Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | Francisco d'Anconia | 2012 |
| Major Crimes | Deputy Manuel Diaz | 2012 |
| Seattle Superstorm | Tom Foster / Tom | 2012 |
| Magic City | Carlos 'El Tiburon' Ruiz | 2012 |
| We Have Your Husband | Eduardo Valseca | 2011 |
| Gun Hill Road | Enrique Rodriguez | 2011 |
| 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Out | Self - William Rodriguez's friend | 2011 |
| Fairly Legal | D.A. Aaron Davidson | 2011 |
| Los Americans | Lee Valenzuela / Lee | 2011 |
| Cherry | Wes | 2010 |
| Blue Bloods | Sgt. Trey Delgado | 2010 |
| King of the Avenue | Natas | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| The Brian McKnight Show | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Celebrity Habla | Self | 2009 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | NCIS Deputy Director Louis Ochoa | 2009 |
| The Line | René Pelon / Pelon | 2009 |
| Caprica | Joseph Adama | 2009 |
| Celebrity Ghost Stories | Himself | 2008 |
| Kill Kill Faster Faster | Markie | 2008 |
| Más vale tarde | Self | 2007 |
| Burn Notice | Ernie Paseo | 2007 |
| 24: Day Six - Debrief | Agent Jorge Ramirez | 2007 |
| Your Mommy Kills Animals! | Self - Actor | 2007 |
| Fast Food Nation | Tony | 2006 |
| Jericho | Major Edward Beck | 2006 |
| Vanished | Agent Michael Tyner / Michael Tyner / Supervisor Kyle Tyner / Supervisor Michael Tyner | 2006 |
| How to Go Out on a Date in Queens | Frankie | 2006 |
| The Virgin of Juarez | Father Herrera | 2006 |
| Freddie | Carlos | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | Section Chief Mateo Cruz | 2005 |
| Once Upon a Wedding | Pineda | 2005 |
| The 59th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2005 |
| Heartless | Rick Benes / David Lopez | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| American Fusion | Jose | 2005 |
| The Drop | Self | 2004 |
| The Simple Life | Self | 2003 |
| Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003 |
| Paid in Full | Lulu | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | Stephen Madsen | 2002 |
| The Wayne Brady Show | Self | 2002 |
| The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina | Vargas Mouse (voice) / Vargas Mouse | 2002 |
| Storyline Online | Self | 2002 |
| The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | Self | 2002 |
| George Lopez | Manny Lopez | 2002 |
| American Family | Esteban Gonzalez | 2002 |
| Opening Soon | Self - Investor / Actor | 2001 |
| The Test | Self - Panelist | 2001 |
| Lifestyle Magazine | Self | 2001 |
| Doomsday Man | Mike | 2000 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Francisco | 2000 |
| A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story | Juan Miguel Gonzalez | 2000 |
| Dora the Explorer | Papi | 2000 |
| Resurrection Blvd. | Paco Corrales | 2000 |
| American Virgin | Jim the Director | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jimmy Vasquez | 1999 |
| Family Law | Mr. Santiago | 1999 |
| Southern Cross | Philip Solano | 1999 |
| Atomic Train | Noris MacKenzie | 1999 |
| L.A. Doctors | Vince Duralde | 1998 |
| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Dominguez | 1998 |
| The Hunger | Tony | 1997 |
| Death in Granada | Ricardo | 1996 |
| Scorpion Spring | Astor | 1996 |
| Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Guillermo | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Dog Watch | Murrow | 1996 |
| The Real Thing | Collin | 1996 |
| Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 | Tony Archer | 1995 |
| My Family/Mi familia | Chucho | 1995 |
| Don't Do It | Charles | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Frank Kelton | 1995 |
| The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story | Jair | 1994 |
| In the Army Now | Sgt. Stern | 1994 |
| Rapa Nui | Make | 1994 |
| NYPD Blue | Lt. Tony Rodriguez / Tony Rodriguez | 1993 |
| Ultraviolet | Nicholas Walker | 1992 |
| Freejack | Ripper | 1992 |
| Bay City Story | Jim Duran | 1992 |
| The Legend of Prince Valiant | Stefan of Albans / Sir Geoffrey / Knight | 1991 |
| Naked Tango | Zico Borenstein | 1991 |
| Amazon | 1990 | |
| Bloodhounds of Broadway | Handsome Jack | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Puck | 1989 |
| American Experience | Self - Reader | 1988 |
| The Principal | Raymi Rojas | 1987 |
| La Bamba | Bob Morales | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self - Actor | 1986 |
| On Wings of Eagles | Rashid | 1986 |
| The Twilight Zone | Jesse Cardiff | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Officer Miguel Canterra | 1985 |
| Rainy Day Friends | Neekos Valdez | 1985 |
| Miami Vice | Felipe Cruz / Pete Romano | 1984 |
| Bad Boys | Paco Moreno | 1983 |
| Forty Deuce | Mitchell | 1982 |
| Fame | George | 1982 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Miguel Rados | 1972 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Create Option C: My Journey with Cancer | 2014 |
| Teachers | 2013 |
| Gun Hill Road | 2011 |
| Los Americans | 2011 |
