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Esai Morales moving from New York to Jericho

by Richard Keller, posted Jul 24th 2007 7:31PM

Esai Morales will appear on Jericho for most of its seven episode runGet ready for a new face or two when Jericho (a.k.a -- The Little Show That Could) returns to the CBS primetime schedule early next year. One of those faces will be Esai Morales'.

The former NYPD Blue and Vanished star will appear in a recurring role for six of the seven episodes that have been ordered for the new season. Hmm, in the real world that would seem like a regular rather than occurring role. Semantics aside, Morales will play Colonel Hoffman, a career military officer and Iraq War veteran who has not seen or heard from his wife since the day of the attacks.

This is good news for Morales, who could use some of it right now. According to court papers files with the Los Angeles Superior Court the 44-year-old actor is being sued by an ex-girlfriend for allegedly assaulting and passing herpes onto her. This past weekend Morales responded to the charges with an open letter to his fans on his MySpace page.

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Because just because an actor is hispanic doesn't necessarily mean he has to play hispanic characters. He played an Irish guy in Bloodhounds of Broadway, and in In The Army Now his character name was Stern, to name a few roles.

September 12 2007 at 3:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bebop

Why is he playing a Colonel Hoffman? Why not a Colonel Hernandez? I'm just curious.

July 25 2007 at 7:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Esai has a great line in La Bamba I've always remembered. When when his girlfriend tells him she is pregnant, he says, "Ain't my first. Ain't my last neither."

July 24 2007 at 10:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
La-Di-Dah

I like the idea of a tragic character as described, with his looks on the show. There, I am deep and shallow, all in one sec.

July 24 2007 at 9:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

So what will he do once Jericho is canceled... again...

July 24 2007 at 7:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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