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Esai Manuel Morales Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor. He has had notable roles in the films Bad Boys with Sean Penn and La Bamba with Lou Diamond Phillips.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 (2001–2003), Joseph Adama in the science fiction series ...
May 9, 2024 · By Tilda Palmer September 7, 2023. Esai Morales: • Producer, director, and actor with over 100 acting credits. • Breakthrough role as Bob Morales in 1987's "La Bamba". • Well-known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Tony Rodriguez in "NYPD Blue". • Co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts. • Estimated net worth of over ...
Esai Morales. Actor: La Bamba. Award-winning actor Esai Morales is a graduate of New York's High School for the Performing Arts. He was born in Brooklyn, to Puerto Rican parents, and began his acting career on the stage, first appearing in El Hermano at the Ensemble Theatre Studio and at New York's Shakespeare Festival In The Park in The Tempest. He had his feature film debut in Bad Boys and...
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Esai Morales is an American actor best known for his roles as Bob Morales in the biopic ‘La Bamba’, Lt. Tony Rodriguez on ‘NYPD Blue’, and Joseph Adama in the television series ‘Caprica.’. He has always challenged stereotypes and imbues his characters with individuality. Inspired at the age of 12 by Al Pacino's performance in ‘Dog ...
Bob Morales, the older brother of rock 'n' roll pioneer Ritchie Valens, has died. Morales was portrayed by actor Esai Morales in the 1987 film “La Bamba,” which followed the life and career of ...
Aug 8, 2011 · Enrique, the father played by Esai Morales, is immediately confronted with the harsh reality of being absent from his family for so long and how life isn’t as plug and play as we may want it to be. Esai’s performance as the quintessential “machista” is as real as it gets.
Jul 12, 2023 · In an interview with BET, Morales talked about Latino representation in Hollywood at a time when the topic has never been more important. Born to Puerto Rican parents, Morales was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, to Esai Morales Sr., a welder, and Iris Margarita, a union activist involved with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
