Giancarlo Esposito
Biography
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (Italian:[dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒuˈzɛppe alesˈsandro eˈspɔːzito]; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and in 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 Westworld (2016), and starred in the Netflix television series Kaleidoscope (2023) and The Gentlemen (2024). He is also known for his roles in several Spike Lee 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), The Jungle Book (2016), Okja (2017) and Captain America: Brave New World (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
YoYo
Night on Earth
Mayor Cicero
Megalopolis
Buggin Out
Do the Right Thing
Mylène Farmer: California
Julio
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1st OTB Man / Tommy
Smoke
Jack Baer
The Usual Suspects
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
The Brother from Another Planet
Thomas Hayer
Malcolm X
Bugs Raplin
Bob Roberts
Jimmy Jiles
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
Taps
For NYC
Vargas
A Killer Within
Dr. Palmer
Gospel Hill
Roberto Vega
Feel The Noise
Tommy Finelli
Blue in the Face
Self
Bonnie
Mike Giardello
Homicide: The Movie
Charlie Dunt
Nothing to Lose
Hypnos
Monkeybone
Cassius Clay, Sr.
Ali
Detective Church
Derailed
Reuben Escobar
Twilight
Little Jeff
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Dr. Peña
Chupacabra Terror
Detective Esposito
Hate Crime
Lance
King of New York
Parole Officer Hernandez
Sherrybaby
Auggie
Rabbit Hole
Benson Cooper
Back in the Day
Baxter Stockman (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Louie
Phoenix
Esteban
Fresh
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Mo' Better Blues
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
School Daze
Teddy Knight, Esq.
MaXXXine
Senator Dillings
Last Holiday
Georgie
Big City Blues
Hank
Noise
Stoney
Klash
Paul Lamont
The Keeper
Dwayne Burkhalter
The Box
Inspector Hollander
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Miguel Algarin
Piñero
Daramus Holiday
Alex Cross
Lambert
Abigail
Henry Kunitz
The Maze
Darryl
Trouble on the Corner
Et Salammbo?
Jack
Benders
Anthony Rivera
The People
Nino
Mano
Daytona LeMans
Dreaming American
Dr. Sabian
I Did Not Forget You
Director
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Young
Xenophobia
Father Heery
Certainty
Beauty's Father
Beauty
Rufus Buck
They Die by Dawn
Ken Arnold
Rain
Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Elisha
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Oliver Ohrt
Over/Under
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Son of Batman
Dr. Lawrence Carver
Thirst
Karl
Ash Tuesday
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Joseph Grange
Five Desperate Hours
Howie
Sweet Lorraine
Please Don't Feed the Children
Congressman Frank McClaren
Brother Nature
Bernard
Poker Night
Mr. Peavey
Stardust
Jorge
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Chaz Villanueva
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Akela (voice)
The Jungle Book
Bumpy Hood
The Cotton Club
Gang Member #1
Heartbeat
Videoplayer
Maximum Overdrive
Colonel Bradbury
The Electric State
Arthur Sistrunk
Mood Indigo
Jorge
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Captain Powell
Money Monster
Taxi Driver
Euphoria
Simon Fernandes
Roanoak
Pruit Normings
Timms Valley
Jamie
The Gentleman Bandit
Mason Washington
The Show
Il Boss
The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare
The Long Home
Sidewinder
Captain America: Brave New World
The Prince
Frank Dawson
Okja
Blind Man (uncredited)
Where's Marlowe?
Self
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
On Meditation
Puerto Rican Teenager
Running
Street Vendor
Desperately Seeking Susan
Narrator
Unacknowledged
Jonathan Driscoll
The Tomorrow Man
Cellmate #2
Trading Places
J.C. Reynolds
Blind Horizon
Autobiography Reading (voice)
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Amos & Andrew
Spike
Josephine
Narrator
Requiem for the Big East
Lloyd
Stuck
Intruder
Finnegan Begin Again
Paul
Coda
Tutti a squola
Host Tim Timko
Reckless
David Matthews (uncredited)
Waiting to Exhale
Archie Brubaker
Stargirl
Tom Volk
Line of Duty
Self
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self - Narrator
The Nagano Tapes
Bob
Unpregnant
Self (archive footage)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Tip
Chelsea on the Rocks
The Dentist
PAYDAY THE MOVIE
Marcus
Rockabye
Captain Pierce
Doing Hard Time
Self
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
PoliWood
self
Miracle on 42nd Street
Narrator
Blood River Crossing
Lt. Garner
NYPD 2069
Out Come the Wolves
Kill Me
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
131
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-04-26
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also Known As
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito