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Esai Morales
Birthday: October 1, 1962

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Esai Morales. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

A New York-born actor of Puerto Rican descent whose performances in such efforts as La Bamba and Rapa Nui offered a lingering, devastating sense of depth, Esai Morales found success on screens both large and small. Frequently challenging stereotypes and always imbuing his characters with individuality, he was first inspired at the age of 12 by Al Pacino's searing performance in Dog Day Afternoon in 1975. Speaking only Spanish until the age of five, Morales showed talent in a series of stage roles in and around New York City. He graduated from New York's prestigious High School of the Performing Arts before appearing in productions at the Ensemble Theater Studio (El Hermano) and New York's Shakespeare Festival in the Park (The Tempest). In 1982, the actor made his screen debut in the Paul Morrissey film Forty Deuce. His role as Sean Penn's imposing nemesis in the following year's Bad Boys offered a horrific glimpse of the violence of juvenile detention facilities, and, in 1987, Morales cemented his reputation as a talent to watch when he played ill-fated rock & roll singer Ritchie Valens' brother in La Bamba. Equally adept at playing menacing tough guys or more sensitive characters, Morales eschewed stereotypes with roles as an Irish bootlegger in Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and an Argentine gangster in Naked Tango (1991). A memorable role as an Easter Island native involved in a painful civil war in 1994's Rapa Nui earned him rave reviews, despite going largely unseen, and the handsome actor was again impressive as a Mexican-American youth in My Family the following year. Morales also drew praise in 1997 for his top-billed role in The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, and after portraying the father of Cuban refugee Elian Gonzales in the made-for-TV feature A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story, Morales stood out with an ALMA-nominated role as Lt. Tony Rodriguez in the enduring police drama NYPD Blue. He also appeared in such features as Paid in Full (2002) and Isla Bella (2004), and had a recurring role in PBS's eagerly anticipated Mexican-American-themed series American Family. In addition to his TV and film work, the self-described activist volunteers time to such organizations as the Earth Communications Office, the Wildlife Preservation Fund in Costa Rica, and the Health Education AIDS Liaison.

Movie Credits
The Koi Keeper (2007)
[ Tom Sizemore ][ Christopher Plummer ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ]
Kill Kill Faster Faster (2007)
[ Gil Bellows ]
Company Town (2006)
[ Gary Cole ][ Blair Underwood ]
The Feed (2006)
[ Gale Harold ][ John Patrick Amedori ][ Robert Hoffman ][ Christopher Egan ]
Before the Flood (2006)
[ Gale Harold ][ John Patrick Amedori ][ Robert Hoffman ][ Christopher Egan ]
Drop (2006)
[ Gale Harold ][ John Patrick Amedori ][ Robert Hoffman ][ John Allen Nelson ][ Christopher Egan ]
The Tunnel (2006)
[ Gale Harold ][ John Patrick Amedori ][ Robert Hoffman ][ Christopher Egan ]
How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
[ Ron Perlman ][ Jason Alexander ][ Rob Estes ][ Enrique Murciano ]
Fast Food Nation (2006)
[ Bruce Willis ][ Ethan Hawke ][ Wilmer Valderrama ][ Greg Kinnear ][ Kris Kristofferson ]
The Virgin of Juarez (2006)
[ Angus MacFadyen ][ Jacob Vargas ]
True Crime: New York City (2005)
[ Christopher Walken ][ Mickey Rourke ][ Laurence Fishburne ][ Phil LaMarr ][ Corey Burton ]
American Fusion (2005)
[ Pat Morita ][ Collin Chou ]
Heartless (2005)
[ Gregg Henry ]
Once Upon a Wedding (2005)
[ Kuno Becker ][ A Martinez ]
You Da Bomb (2004)
Return to Babylon (2004)
Passing the Stone (2004)
Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax (2003)
And the Wenner Is... (2003)
Sudbury (2003)
Paid in Full (2002)
[ Mekhi Phifer ][ Brett Ratner ][ Chi McBride ][ Wood Harris ][ Anthony Clark ]
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (2002)
[ Elijah Wood ][ Peter Gallagher ][ Michael Chiklis ][ Robert Guillaume ]
Pilot (2002)
[ Thomas F. Wilson ][ David Proval ][ Mark Margolis ]
A Present for Santa (2001)
Super Map (2001)
Saliendo (2001)
Mano a Mano (2001)
Con Cuidado (2001)
[ Adam Rodriguez ][ Lawrence Monoson ]
American Virgin (2000)
[ Ron Jeremy ][ Bob Hoskins ][ Robert Loggia ][ Vincent Schiavelli ][ Gabriel Mann ]
Spin Cycle (2000)
[ Lochlyn Munro ][ Jeff Fahey ][ Howie Mandel ][ Richmond Arquette ]
Dos Padres (2000)
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000)
[ Miguel Sandoval ][ James Quarter ]
Atomic Train (1999)
[ Rob Lowe ][ Edward Herrmann ][ Don S. Davis ]
Southern Cross (1999)
[ Malcolm McDowell ][ Michael Ironside ]
Doomsday Man (1999)
Circle of Deceit (1998)
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
[ Edward James Olmos ][ Clifton Collins Jr. ][ Joe Mantegna ][ Sid Caesar ]
Livers Ain't Cheap (1997)
[ Jeremy Piven ][ Gary Busey ][ Rod Steiger ][ James Russo ]
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997)
[ Andy Garcia ][ Edward James Olmos ][ Miguel Ferrer ][ Giancarlo Giannini ]
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (1996)
Scorpion Spring (1996)
[ Matthew McConaughey ][ Alfred Molina ][ John Doe ][ Miguel Sandoval ][ Patrick McGaw ]
Dog Watch (1996)
[ Sam Elliott ][ Paul Sorvino ]
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 (1995)
My Family (1995)
[ Francis Ford Coppola ][ Scott Bakula ][ Edward James Olmos ][ Jimmy Smits ][ Jacob Vargas ]
In the Army Now (1994)
[ Brendan Fraser ][ Andy Dick ][ Pauly Shore ][ Keith Coogan ][ Glenn Morshower ]
Rapa Nui (1994)
[ Jason Scott Lee ][ Cliff Curtis ]
Don't Do It (1994)
[ Alexis Arquette ][ Balthazar Getty ][ James LeGros ]
The Burning Season (1994)
[ Edward James Olmos ][ Raul Julia ][ Tomas Milian ]
The Waiter (1993)
[ David Schwimmer ][ Jon Cryer ][ Paul Gleason ][ David Lascher ]
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993)
[ Billy Bob Thornton ][ Pat Morita ][ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Vincent Schiavelli ][ Jesse Ventura ]
Freejack (1992)
[ Anthony Hopkins ][ Emilio Estevez ][ Frankie Faison ][ Mike Starr ]
Ultraviolet (1992)
Bay City Story (1992)
[ William Russ ]
Naked Tango (1991)
[ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Josh Mostel ]
Amazon (1990)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
[ Steve Buscemi ][ Matt Dillon ][ Rutger Hauer ][ Randy Quaid ][ Alan Ruck ]
The Principal (1987)
[ James Belushi ][ Louis Gossett Jr. ][ Jacob Vargas ]
La Bamba (1987)
[ Joe Pantoliano ][ Lou Diamond Phillips ][ Noble Willingham ]
L.A. Bad (1986)
The Home Invaders (1985)
Bad Boys (1983)
[ Sean Penn ][ Clancy Brown ][ Alan Ruck ][ Jason Gedrick ]
The Great Love Experiment (1982)
Forty Deuce (1982)
[ Kevin Bacon ]
Click (0)

Trivia

  • Is co-founder, with Sonia Braga and Jimmy Smits, of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.
  • Spoke only Spanish until age 5.
  • Studied at Manhattan's High School for the Performing Arts.
  • Esai first became interesting in an acting career when he saw Al Pacino in the movie "Dog Day Afternoon" at the age of 12.
  • Esai's immigrant parents divorced when he was a baby.
  • As a child, Esai was so concerned about his mother's smoking that he hid her cigarettes.
  • Originally auditioned for the role of Richie Valens in La Bamba, and Lou Diamond Phillips originally auditioned for the role of Bob.

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