Giancarlo Esposito
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
225
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-04-26 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Giancarlo Esposito
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
Breaking Bad
Law & Order
Law & Order
The Boys
The Boys
Bones
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
CSI: Miami
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Better Call Saul
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Conan
Gen V
Once Upon a Time
Ghost Whisperer
The Mandalorian
Westworld
Chicago Hope
Community
The Practice
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Captain America: Brave New World
Las Vegas
Leverage
Strong Medicine
Third Watch
Homicide: Life on the Street
DuckTales
Godfather of Harlem
Trading Places
Touched by an Angel
The Gentlemen
The Equalizer
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Abigail
Harley Quinn
Poker Face
The Usual Suspects
The Residence
The Division
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Game Changer
New York Undercover
The Electric State
Creepshow
Kla$h
The Jungle Book
MaXXXine
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Drunk History
Half & Half
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Revolution
The Hunger
Last Holiday
Street Time
Fallen Angels
Ali
Rain
Noise
Brother Nature
Karoshi
Click
Jett
The Keeper
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Megalopolis
School Daze
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Kaleidoscope
Kidnapped
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Malcolm X
Euphoria
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Josephine
Parish
Okja
Certainty
Stargirl
Stuck
Benders
Racing Daylight
The Prince
Unpregnant
Taps
Monkeybone
King of New York
Sherrybaby
The Cat in the Hat
Waiting to Exhale
Dear White People
Xenophobia
Coda
Nothing to Lose
Phoenix
Fresh
Poker Night
Chupacabra Terror
Please Don't Feed the Children
Over/Under
100 Centre Street
Money Monster
Thirst
Son of Batman
The $treet
Twilight
Reckless
The Get Down
Amos & Andrew
Beauty
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Running
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Dreaming American
New Amsterdam
Kill Me
Allegiance
Bonnie
Bob Roberts
Soul Food
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Rockabye
For NYC
Maximum Overdrive
The Long Home
The Maze
Roanoak
Doing Hard Time
Alex Cross
Do the Right Thing
The Cotton Club
Gospel Hill
Night on Earth
Desperately Seeking Susan
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
Line of Duty
Derailed
Mo' Better Blues
Mood Indigo
Bakersfield P.D.
Mano
5ive Days to Midnight
Chelsea on the Rocks
Stardust
South Beach
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Creature
Feel The Noise
NYC 22
The Show
PoliWood
Swift Justice
Requiem for the Big East
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Blue in the Face
Blind Horizon
...And Out Comes the Wolf
Leg Work
They Die by Dawn
Megadoc
Timms Valley
Show Me More
Rebel
The Game Awards
Dallas & Robo
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Trouble on the Corner
Back in the Day
Rabbit Hole
A Killer Within
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Homicide: The Movie
Mylène Farmer: California
The Tomorrow Man
The Eisen Hour
Girls Club
Where's Marlowe?
Jungle Fever
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
The Box
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sweet Lorraine
Big City Blues
Smoke
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
I Did Not Forget You
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Brother from Another Planet
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
Tutti a squola
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
The Nagano Tapes
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Unacknowledged
The Haunting Of...
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Ash Tuesday
Hate Crime
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
The Broken and the Bad
The Gentleman Bandit
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Piñero
The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare
By Any Means
NYPD 2069
Heartbeat
Five Desperate Hours
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Miracle on 42nd Street
Et Salammbo?
Finnegan Begin Again
On Meditation
Blood River Crossing
