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:
- 104
- First Appeared:
- In the movie So Much For Love
- Latest Project:
- Movie War Machine 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Company Town | 2026 | |
| Movie | Minor Incidents | Jeremías Amestoy | 2026 |
| Series | The Americans | Lee Valenzuela | 2026 |
| Movie | War Machine | 2026 | |
| Movie | So Much For Love | Geoffrey | 2026 |
| Movie | Cottonmouth | Abe | 2026 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Gabriel | 2025-05-17 |
| Movie | Queen of Manhattan | Papi | 2025-09-12 |
| Movie | Crescent City | Luke Carson | 2024-08-16 |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Gabriel | 2023-07-08 |
| Series | Can't Go Home | Victor Castelo | 2023-12-29 |
| Movie | Master Gardener | Oscar Neruda | 2023-05-19 |
| Movie | More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self | 2021-02-01 |
| Movie | Senior Moment | Diego Lozana | 2021-03-26 |
| 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 |
| Movie | SuperFly | Adalberto Gonzalez | 2018-06-13 |
| Series | Titans | Slade Wilson / Deathstroke | 2018-10-12 |
| Movie | Love and Other Stunts | 2018-04-06 | |
| 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 |
| Series | The Brink | President Julian Navarro | 2015-06-21 |
| Movie | Spare Parts | Mr. Santillan | 2015-01-16 |
| Movie | The Journey of a Female Comic | 2014-05-16 | |
| Series | From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | Amancio Malvado | 2014-03-11 |
| Movie | Give Me Shelter | Himself - Animal Advocate | 2014-06-24 |
| Movie | Jarhead 2: Field of Fire | Cpt. Jones | 2014-08-14 |
| Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Jorge Castillo | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | Saving Westbrook High | Manny | 2013-10-20 |
| Series | Major Crimes | Deputy Manuel Diaz | 2012-08-13 |
| Movie | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | Francisco d'Anconia | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | Seattle Superstorm | Tom Foster | 2012-03-31 |
| Series | Fairly Legal | Aaron Davidson | 2011-01-20 |
| Movie | We Have Your Husband | Eduardo Valseca | 2011-11-12 |
| Movie | Gun Hill Road | Enrique Rodriguez | 2011-08-05 |
| Movie | The Town | FBI Taskforce Agent Marcus | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | Cherry | Wes | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | King of the Avenue | Natas | 2010-09-17 |
| Series | Caprica | Joseph Adama | 2010-01-22 |
| Movie | Celebrity Habla | Self | 2009-09-25 |
| Movie | The Line | Pelon | 2009-05-11 |
| Movie | Kill Kill Faster Faster | Markie | 2008-04-16 |
| Movie | The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' | Self | 2007-02-07 |
| Series | Burn Notice | Unknown | 2007-06-28 |
| Movie | Fast Food Nation | Tony | 2006-11-17 |
| Series | Jericho | Unknown | 2006-09-20 |
| Movie | The Virgin of Juarez | Father Herrera | 2006-03-13 |
| Series | Vanished | Unknown | 2006-08-21 |
| Movie | How to Go Out on a Date in Queens | Frankie | 2006-07-28 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Section Chief Mateo Cruz | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Wedding | Pineda | 2005-07-22 |
| Movie | American Fusion | Jose | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Lethal Seduction | Rick Benes / David Lopez | 2005-05-05 |
| Series | Freddie | Unknown | 2005-10-12 |
| Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Vargas Mouse (voice) | 2003-08-08 |
| Series | George Lopez | Unknown | 2002-03-27 |
| Movie | Paid in Full | Lulu | 2002-10-25 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema | 2002-06-06 | |
| 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 | Scorpion Spring | Astor | 1996-10-10 |
| Movie | Death in Granada | Ricardo | 1996-11-09 |
| Movie | Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story | Federico Pena | 1996-11-24 |
| Movie | The Real Thing | Collin | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Somos un solo pueblo | Self | 1995-12-03 |
| Movie | My Family | Chucho | 1995-05-03 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 | Tony Archer | 1995-05-08 |
| Movie | The Burning Season | Jair | 1994-09-17 |
| Movie | Don't Do It | Charles | 1994-11-10 |
| Movie | Rapa Nui | Make | 1994-06-03 |
| Movie | In the Army Now | Sgt. Stern | 1994-08-12 |
| Movie | Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun | Kenny | 1993-01-30 |
| 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 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Handsome Jack | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Morales | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | The Principal | Raymi Rojas | 1987-09-18 |
| Series | On Wings of Eagles | Rashid | 1986-05-18 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Rainy Day Friends | Neekos Valdez | 1985-12-20 |
| 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 |