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Esai Morales
1962Oct, 1

Esai Morales

Esai Morales, American actor
Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor. He has had notable roles in the films La Bamba with Lou Diamond Phillips (1987), and as Francisco d'Anconia in the drama film Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012). His television roles include the PBS 2002 drama series American Family, the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd. (2000–2002), portraying Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue (2001–2004), Joseph Adama in the science fiction series Caprica (2009–2010), Camino del Rio in the Netflix original series Ozark (2017) and as the DC Comics villain Deathstroke / Slade Wilson in the superhero series Titans (2018).

Morales will appear as the main antagonist in the 2023 spy action film Mission: Impossible 7 opposite Tom Cruise, a role which he will reprise in the 2024 sequel Mission: Impossible 8.

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Events on 1962

  • 5Feb

    Charles de Gaulle

    French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
  • 5Aug

    Nelson Mandela

    Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
  • 15Sep

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • 18Sep

    Jamaica

    Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
  • 6Nov

    Apartheid

    The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.