Esai Manuel Morales was born on October 1, 1962. Esai was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. His parents, Iris Morales, and Esai Morales Sr., were both immigrants from Puerto Rico. Esai Morales has no siblings.
Morales grew up living with his mother after both of his parents got divorced. His mother was the one who had the biggest influence on his life while he was younger. Until the age of five years old, Esai grew up only speaking Spanish. He graduated high school in New York’s School of the Performing Arts and in 1977 co-founded the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts to advance the presence of Latinos in media. His first professional performances were in theater and television.
Esai Morales doesn’t talk about what specific religion he believes in, but he does believe that there is a God. He also believes that God works through us to create the unimaginable. In an interview with NBC News, Esai stated how he thinks that "What he said about Mexican immigrants was clearly disrespectful because he characterized them as some sort of uniform "mob"..."I find it not classy," Morales added. "I want a president who is classy, who is inspirational, who makes us all want to strive to be better, not somebody who, you know, seems like a circus barker.” Esai’s wife, Elvimar Silva, keeps her personal life private. She and Esai share a daughter named Mariana Morales who was born in 2010.…show more content… His first acting role was in “El Hermano” at the Ensemble Theater studio. His first major film was “Bad Boys” which is another one of his most popular acting roles. The movie that made Esai Morales the most famous was a movie called “La Bamba.” His role in the movie “La Bamba” made him a star which contributed to making the film the “most commercially successful Latino-themed Rock biopic of all time.” In 2005 he won the Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin
