Esai Morales

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July 7, 2011
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In 2005, Esai Morales (along with Mercedes Ruehl) received the Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA)

Esai Manuel Morales, Jr. (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor known for his role as Bob Valenzuela in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd..

Esai Morales was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents Iris Margarita (née Declet), a union activist involved with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, and Esai Morales, Sr., a welder. Morales began his pursuit of an acting career by attending the School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. His first professional performances were in theater and television in New York, and his first film—Bad Boys, about teenagers in prison—was released in 1983.

Morales has described himself as an “actorvist”, primarily as one of the founders of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, taking inspiration from his mother. He is also interested in environmental issues and was a founding board member of E.C.O. (Earth Communications Office).

Esai Morales is a vegetarian. He and girlfriend Elvimar Silva welcomed a little girl, Mariana Oiveira, in September 2010.

Esai Morales Movie list
Filmography

2011 Lives of the Saints

2011 Gun Hill Road

2010 King of the Avenue

2010 Cherry

2009 La Linea – The Line

2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster

2006 How to Go Out on a Date in Queens

2006 Fast Food Nation

2006 The Virgin of Juarez

2005 American Fusion

2005 Once Upon a Wedding

2002 Paid in Full

2000 Doomsday Man

2000 Spin Cycle

1999 American Virgin

1999 Southern Cross

1998 The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1996 The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca

1996 Scorpion Spring

1996 Livers Ain’t Cheap

1995 My Family

1994 In the Army Now
1994 Don’t Do It
1994 Rapa Nui

1993 The Waiter
1992 Freejack

1992 Ultraviolet

1990 Amazon (uncredited)

1990 Naked Tango

1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway
1987 The Principal

1987 La Bamba

1986 L.A. Bad
1983 Bad Boys

1982 Forty Deuce

Morales is a vegetarian.^[11] He and girlfriend Elvimar Silva welcomed a little girl, Mariana Oiveira, in September 2010.

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