Giancarlo Esposito
Acting
- Born:
- 1958-04-26
- Place of birth:
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and its prequel series Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022. He won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series twice for this role. He earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His other television roles include federal agent Mike Giardello in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix series Dear White People (2017–2021), Stan Edgar in the Amazon series The Boys (2019–present) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present), acted in the HBO drama series Westworld (2016), and starred in the Netflix television series Kaleidoscope (2023), The Gentlemen (2024), and The Residence (2025). He is also known for his collaboration with Spike Lee, acting in several of his films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). His other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Bob Roberts (1992), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Monkeybone (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010), Okja (2017), Megalopolis (2024), MaXXXine (2024), and Captain America: Brave New World (2025). He voiced Akela in the live-action remake of The Jungle Book (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Karoshi
The Cat in the Hat
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
...And Out Comes the Wolf
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
By Any Means
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
7 Dogs
Kill Me
Megadoc
Please Don't Feed the Children
The Residence
The Electric State
Captain America: Brave New World
Megalopolis
Hollywood Black
MaXXXine
Abigail
Parish
The Gentlemen
Disney 100: Remember That
Gen V
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Poker Face
Kaleidoscope
Euphoria
Bonnie
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Beauty
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Show Me More
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
The Eisen Hour
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Unpregnant
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
The Broken and the Bad
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
For NYC
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Stargirl
Coda
Line of Duty
Harley Quinn
The Mandalorian
Godfather of Harlem
Creepshow
Game Changer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Boys
Jett
Stuck
Dallas & Robo
The Nagano Tapes
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Miracle on 42nd Street
The Show
DuckTales
Okja
Unacknowledged
Dear White People
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Rebel
Westworld
Brother Nature
The Get Down
On Meditation
Money Monster
The Jungle Book
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Better Call Saul
Allegiance
I Did Not Forget You
Poker Night
The Game Awards
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Son of Batman
Requiem for the Big East
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Timms Valley
They Die by Dawn
Talking Bad
Drunk History
Blood River Crossing
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Over/Under
The Haunting Of...
Alex Cross
Revolution
NYC 22
Once Upon a Time
Certainty
Dreaming American
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Rabbit Hole
Conan
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Community
PoliWood
Lie to Me
Leverage
Chelsea on the Rocks
New Amsterdam
Gospel Hill
Breaking Bad
Xenophobia
Mano
Feel The Noise
Racing Daylight
The Box
Kidnapped
Sherrybaby
Rain
Last Holiday
South Beach
Derailed
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Ghost Whisperer
Bones
Back in the Day
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Chupacabra Terror
Hate Crime
Doing Hard Time
A Killer Within
5ive Days to Midnight
NYPD 2069
Noise
Blind Horizon
Las Vegas
Ash Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Girls Club
Half & Half
CSI: Miami
Street Time
The Making of 'Ali'
Ali
Piñero
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Monkeybone
100 Centre Street
The Division
The $treet
Strong Medicine
Soul Food
Click
Homicide: The Movie
Josephine
Third Watch
Thirst
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Where's Marlowe?
Phoenix
Creature
Twilight
Stardust
Trouble on the Corner
Five Desperate Hours
Big City Blues
The Hunger
Nothing to Lose
Loose Women
The Practice
The Maze
The Tomorrow Man
Nash Bridges
Swift Justice
Waiting to Exhale
Reckless
Kla$h
Blue in the Face
The Keeper
The Usual Suspects
Smoke
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Touched by an Angel
Chicago Hope
New York Undercover
Fresh
Peace and Quiet
Benders
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Bakersfield P.D.
Fallen Angels
Amos & Andrew
Homicide: Life on the Street
Mood Indigo
Malcolm X
Bob Roberts
Night on Earth
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Jungle Fever
Law & Order
Mo' Better Blues
King of New York
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Do the Right Thing
School Daze
Leg Work
Heartbeat
Sweet Lorraine
Maximum Overdrive
Roanoak
Rockabye
The Equalizer
Desperately Seeking Susan
Finnegan Begin Again
The Cotton Club
Miami Vice
The Brother from Another Planet
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Trading Places
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
American Playhouse
Taps
The Gentleman Bandit
Running
Tutti a squola
Et Salammbo?
The Long Home
The Prince
Weird Party
The Official Mistress