Esai Morales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Esai Manuel Morales, Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor known for his role as Bob Valenzuela in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd.. Although in television, he would perhaps be best known for his roles as Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue and Joseph Adama in Caprica. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esai Morales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 1, 1962 In Brooklyn - New York - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 108
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Dark Horse
- Latest Project:
- Movie War Machine 2026-02-12
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Americans | Lee Valenzuela | 2027 |
| Movie | Dark Horse | Paulo Pontes | 2027 |
| Series | Company Town | 2027 | |
| Movie | So Much For Love | Geoffrey | 2027 |
| Movie | War Machine | 2026-02-12 | |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Gabriel | 2025-05-17 |
| Movie | Queen of Manhattan | Papi | 2025-09-12 |
| Movie | Cottonmouth | Abe | 2025-06-07 |
| Movie | Crescent City | Luke Carson | 2024-08-16 |
| Series | Can't Go Home | Victor Castelo | 2023-12-29 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Gabriel | 2023-07-08 |
| Movie | Master Gardener | Oscar Neruda | 2023-05-19 |
| Movie | Senior Moment | Diego Lozana | 2021-03-26 |
| Movie | More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self | 2021-02-01 |
| Movie | The Wall of Mexico | Henry Arista | 2020-10-13 |
| Movie | Find Your Groove | Self | 2020-03-24 |
| Movie | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self | 2019-09-13 |
| Movie | Imprisoned | Governor Mandera | 2019-09-12 |
| Series | Titans | Slade Wilson / Deathstroke | 2018-10-12 |
| Movie | Love and Other Stunts | 2018-04-06 | |
| Movie | SuperFly | Adalberto Gonzalez | 2018-06-13 |
| Series | Ozark | Del | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Halfway There | Ian Sanchez | 2017-12-12 |
| Series | Mars | Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn | 2016-11-14 |
| Movie | Never Back Down: No Surrender | Hugo Vega | 2016-06-07 |
| Movie | Casa Vita | Rodrigo Vita | 2016-02-06 |
| Movie | Playin' for Love | Principle Jose Marti | 2015-01-16 |
| Movie | Spare Parts | Mr. Santillan | 2015-01-16 |
| Series | The Brink | President Julian Navarro | 2015-06-21 |
| Movie | From Dusk Till Dawn: Making the First Season | 2014-03-11 | |
| Movie | Give Me Shelter | Himself - Animal Advocate | 2014-06-24 |
| Movie | The Journey of a Female Comic | 2014-05-16 | |
| Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Jorge Castillo | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | Jarhead 2: Field of Fire | Cpt. Jones | 2014-08-14 |
| Series | From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | Amancio Malvado | 2014-03-11 |
| Movie | Saving Westbrook High | Manny | 2013-10-20 |
| Movie | Seattle Superstorm | Tom Foster | 2012-03-31 |
| Movie | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | Francisco d'Anconia | 2012-10-12 |
| Series | Major Crimes | Deputy Manuel Diaz | 2012-08-13 |
| Movie | Gun Hill Road | Enrique Rodriguez | 2011-08-05 |
| Movie | We Have Your Husband | Eduardo Valseca | 2011-11-12 |
| Series | Fairly Legal | Aaron Davidson | 2011-01-20 |
| Movie | Cherry | Wes | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | King of the Avenue | Natas | 2010-09-17 |
| Movie | The Town | FBI Taskforce Agent Marcus | 2010-09-15 |
| Series | Caprica | Joseph Adama | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | The Line | Pelon | 2009-05-11 |
| Movie | Celebrity Habla | Self | 2009-09-25 |
| Movie | Kill Kill Faster Faster | Markie | 2008-04-16 |
| Series | Burn Notice | Unknown | 2007-06-28 |
| Movie | The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' | Self | 2007-02-07 |
| Movie | The Virgin of Juarez | Father Herrera | 2006-03-13 |
| Series | Jericho | Unknown | 2006-09-20 |
| Series | Vanished | Unknown | 2006-08-21 |
| Movie | How to Go Out on a Date in Queens | Frankie | 2006-07-28 |
| Movie | Fast Food Nation | Tony | 2006-11-17 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Section Chief Mateo Cruz | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | American Fusion | Jose | 2005-01-01 |
| Series | Freddie | Unknown | 2005-10-12 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Wedding | Pineda | 2005-07-22 |
| Movie | Lethal Seduction | Rick Benes / David Lopez | 2005-05-05 |
| Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
| Movie | ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2003-05-19 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Vargas Mouse (voice) | 2003-08-08 |
| Movie | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | 2002-06-06 | |
| Movie | Paid in Full | Lulu | 2002-10-25 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Series | George Lopez | Unknown | 2002-03-27 |
| Movie | A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story | Juan Miguel Gonzalez | 2000-09-17 |
| Movie | Doomsday Man | Mike | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | American Virgin | Jim the Director | 2000-06-02 |
| Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Southern Cross | Philip Solano | 1999-09-09 |
| Series | Atomic Train | Noris MacKenzie | 1999-05-16 |
| Movie | Circle of Deceit | Jeff Silva | 1998-01-29 |
| Movie | The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Dominguez | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | Dog Watch | Murrow | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story | Federico Pena | 1996-11-24 |
| Movie | Scorpion Spring | Astor | 1996-10-10 |
| Movie | The Real Thing | Collin | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Death in Granada | Ricardo | 1996-11-09 |
| Movie | My Family | Chucho | 1995-05-03 |
| Movie | Somos un solo pueblo | Self | 1995-12-03 |
| Movie | Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 | Tony Archer | 1995-05-08 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | The Burning Season | Jair | 1994-09-17 |
| Movie | In the Army Now | Sgt. Stern | 1994-08-12 |
| Movie | Don't Do It | Charles | 1994-11-10 |
| Movie | Rapa Nui | Make | 1994-06-03 |
| Movie | Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun | Kenny | 1993-01-30 |
| Movie | The Waiter | Julius | 1993-06-01 |
| Movie | Bay City Story | 1992-01-01 | |
| Movie | Ultraviolet | Nicholas Walker | 1992-02-26 |
| Movie | Freejack | Ripper | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | Amazon | 1990-12-14 | |
| Movie | Naked Tango | Zico Borenstein | 1990-09-27 |
| Movie | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Handsome Jack | 1989-11-03 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | The Principal | Raymi Rojas | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Morales | 1987-07-24 |
| Series | On Wings of Eagles | Rashid | 1986-05-18 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | Rainy Day Friends | Neekos Valdez | 1985-12-20 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Paco Moreno | 1983-03-25 |
| Movie | Forty Deuce | Mitchell | 1982-10-01 |
| Series | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |