Esau is originally from Saginaw, MI. He earned a BA in Performing Arts/Theatre from Oakland University in Rochester, MI in 1998. He moved to NYC shortly thereafter to pursue a professional career as a performing Artist. He has worked all over the country in Regional Theatre playing a variety of roles ranging from many plays in the Shakespeare canon to roles written by the American Titan of playwriting, August Wilson. Previous theatrical roles include: Antony in Julius Caesar, Anthony in Anthony & Cleopatra, Othello in Othello, Prospero in The Tempest, Aaron in Titus Andronicus Theseus and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Troy Maxson in Fences and King Hedley in King Hedley II among many others. His TV credits include: CBS’s “FBI”, NBC’s “The Blacklist”, NBC’s “Chicago PD”, HBO’s “The Night Of”, Netflix/Marvel’s “Iron Fist”, Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black, Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States