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:
- 71
- First Appeared:
- In the series Fame 1982-01-07
- Latest Project:
- Movie War Machine 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | War Machine | 2026 | |
| Movie | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Gabriel | 2025-05-17 |
| Movie | Cottonmouth | Abe | 2025-06-07 |
| Movie | Master Gardener | Oscar Neruda | 2023-05-19 |
| Movie | More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self | 2021-02-01 |
| Movie | Imprisoned | Governor Mandera | 2019-09-12 |
| Movie | Love and Other Stunts | 2018-04-06 | |
| Movie | SuperFly | Adalberto Gonzalez | 2018-06-13 |
| Series | Ozark | Del | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Casa Vita | Rodrigo Vita | 2016-02-06 |
| Movie | Never Back Down: No Surrender | Hugo Vega | 2016-06-07 |
| Series | Mars | Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn | 2016-11-14 |
| Movie | Spare Parts | Mr. Santillan | 2015-01-16 |
| Series | The Brink | President Julian Navarro | 2015-06-21 |
| Movie | Give Me Shelter | Himself - Animal Advocate | 2014-06-24 |
| Movie | The Journey of a Female Comic | 2014-05-16 | |
| Movie | Jarhead 2: Field of Fire | Cpt. Jones | 2014-08-14 |
| Movie | Saving Westbrook High | Manny | 2013-10-20 |
| Movie | Seattle Superstorm | Tom Foster | 2012-03-31 |
| Series | Major Crimes | Deputy Manuel Diaz | 2012-08-13 |
| Movie | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | Francisco d'Anconia | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | We Have Your Husband | Eduardo Valseca | 2011-11-12 |
| Movie | King of the Avenue | Natas | 2010-09-17 |
| Movie | The Town | FBI Taskforce Agent Marcus | 2010-09-15 |
| Movie | Cherry | Wes | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | The Line | Pelon | 2009-05-11 |
| Movie | Kill Kill Faster Faster | Markie | 2008-04-16 |
| Series | Burn Notice | Unknown | 2007-06-28 |
| Movie | The Virgin of Juarez | Father Herrera | 2006-03-13 |
| Movie | How to Go Out on a Date in Queens | Frankie | 2006-07-28 |
| Movie | Fast Food Nation | Tony | 2006-11-17 |
| Series | Vanished | Unknown | 2006-08-21 |
| Series | Jericho | Unknown | 2006-09-20 |
| Movie | American Fusion | Jose | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Lethal Seduction | Rick Benes / David Lopez | 2005-05-05 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Wedding | Pineda | 2005-07-22 |
| Series | Freddie | Unknown | 2005-10-12 |
| 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 |
| 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 | American Virgin | Jim the Director | 2000-06-02 |
| Movie | Doomsday Man | Mike | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | Atomic Train | Noris MacKenzie | 1999-05-16 |
| Movie | Southern Cross | Philip Solano | 1999-09-09 |
| Movie | The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Dominguez | 1998-01-23 |
| Movie | Dog Watch | Murrow | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | Death in Granada | Ricardo | 1996-11-09 |
| Movie | The Real Thing | Collin | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Scorpion Spring | Astor | 1996-10-10 |
| 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 | Somos un solo pueblo | Self | 1995-12-03 |
| Movie | The Burning Season | Jair | 1994-09-17 |
| Movie | Rapa Nui | Make | 1994-06-03 |
| Movie | Don't Do It | Charles | 1994-11-10 |
| Movie | The Waiter | Julius | 1993-06-01 |
| Movie | Freejack | Ripper | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | Ultraviolet | Nicholas Walker | 1992-02-26 |
| Movie | Naked Tango | Zico Borenstein | 1990-09-27 |
| Movie | Amazon | 1990-12-14 | |
| 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 | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Paco Moreno | 1983-03-25 |
| Series | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
| Movie | Forty Deuce | Mitchell | 1982-10-01 |