- Films
- 38
- Avg rating
- 6.12
- Peak run
- 1994’06
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Esai by the numbers
Average
6.12
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.20
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.92
rating spread
Career
45y
1982 to 2026
Total votes
912K
across every film
Best
7.6
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Worst
5.0
In the Army Now
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Beyond the Border: Latino Representation in Hollywood | Self | · | 77 |
| 2026 |  War Machine | Torres | 6.3 | 121K |
| 2025 |  Cottonmouth | Abe | · | 189 |
| 2025 |  Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Gabriel | 7.1 | 242K |
| 2024 | Crescent City | Luke Carson | 3.9 | 1,746 |
| 2023 |  Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Gabriel | 7.6 | 334K |
| 2022 |  Master Gardener | Oscar Neruda | 6.1 | 13,782 |
| 2021 | Art of Love | Professor | · | 484 |
| 2021 | Senior Moment | Diego Lozana | 5.6 | 2,451 |
| 2019 | The Wall of Mexico | Henry Arista | · | 368 |
| 2018 | Imprisoned | Governor Mandera | · | 343 |
| 2018 |  SuperFly | Adalberto Gonzalez | 5.3 | 8,150 |
| 2012 |  Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | Francisco d'Anconia | 5.3 | 8,069 |
| 2011 | Gun Hill Road | Enrique Rodriguez | 6.5 | 1,331 |
| 2010 | King of the Avenue | Natas | · | 592 |
| 2010 |  Cherry | Wes | 6.6 | 5,562 |
| 2009 | The Line | René Pelon | 5.1 | 4,111 |
| 2008 | Kill Kill Faster Faster | Markie | · | 735 |
| 2006 | The Virgin of Juarez | Father Herrera | · | 463 |
| 2006 |  Fast Food Nation | · | 6.3 | 26,250 |
Better together?
Esai Morales's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Edward James Olmos and Esai Morales movies
Takes
On Esai Morales
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