Esai Manuel Morales (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent perhaps best known for his role as Bob Morales in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd. Most recently, he played Major Edward Beck in the CBS drama Jericho and is spokesperson for Allstate insurance. In 2010 he will appear as Joseph Adama in Caprica, a prequel to the the re-ima...
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Esai Manuel Morales (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent perhaps best known for his role as Bob Morales in the 1987 biopic La Bamba. He also appeared in the PBS drama American Family and in the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd. Most recently, he played Major Edward Beck in the CBS drama Jericho and is spokesperson for Allstate insurance. In 2010 he will appear as Joseph Adama in Caprica, a prequel to the the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.
Morales was born in Brooklyn, New York to Puerto Rican-born parents Iris Margarita (née Declet), a union activist involved with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and Esai Morales, 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.
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