Esai Morales
Film

Esai Morales

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1982	Forty Deuce	Mitchell

1983	Bad Boys	Paco Moreno

1986	On Wings Of Eagles	Rashid

Rainy Day Friends	Neekos Valdez

1987	La Bamba	Roberto "Bob" Morales

The Principal	Raymi Rojas

1989	Bloodhounds of Broadway	Handsome Jack

1990	Naked Tango	Zico Borenstein

Amazon	Jack	Uncredited

1992	Ultraviolet	Nicholas Walker

Freejack	Ripper

1993	The Waiter	Julius

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun	Kenny	Direct-to-video

1994	Rapa Nui	Make

Don't Do It	Charles

In the Army Now	Sgt. Stern

1995	My Family	Chucho

1996	Livers Ain't Cheap	Collin

Death in Granada	Ricardo

The Real Thing	Collin

Dog Watch	Murrow	Direct-to-video

Scorpion Spring	Astor

1997	The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca	Ricardo	Nominated Alma Award

1998	The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit	Dominguez

1999	Southern Cross	Philip Solano

2000	American Virgin	Jim the Director

Spin Cycle	Nickens

Doomsday Man	Mike	Also Second unit director

2002	The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina	Vergas Mouse (voice)	Direct-to-video

Paid in Full	Lulu

2005	Once Upon a Wedding	Pineda

American Fusion	Jose	VC Film Fest Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Best Actor Award Winner

2006	The Virgin of Juarez	Father Herrera

Fast Food Nation	Tony

How to Go Out on a Date in Queens	Frankie

2008	Kill Kill Faster Faster	Markie

La Linea	Pelon

2010	Cherry	Wes

King of the Avenue	Natas

The Town	FBI Taskfore Agent Marcus

2011	Gun Hill Road	Enrique	FilmOut San Diego, US Best Actor Award Winner

2012	Atlas Shrugged: Part II	Francisco d'Anconia

Seattle Superstorm	Tom Reynolds

2013	Playin' for Love	Principle Jose Martin

2014	Jarhead 2: Field of Fire	Captain Jones	Direct-to-video

2015	Spare Parts	Mr. Santillan	Nominated Imagen Foundation Award Best Supporting Actor

2016	Never Back Down: No Surrender	Hugo Vega	Direct-to-video

2018	Superfly	Adalberto Gonzalez

Rise of the Avengers	Francisco Calderon

Sentence(s)

Esai Morales appeared in the film Dogwatch (1996) and portrayed as Father Herrera in The Virgin of Juarez (2006).

final_sentence: Esai Morales appeared in the film Dogwatch (1996) and portrayed as Father Herrera in The Virgin of Juarez (2006).