Giancarlo Esposito
- Acting
- April 26, 1958 · 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 · Mr. Hoogeboom (Voice)
- ...And Out Comes the Wolf
- The Only Living Pickpocket in New York · Detective Warren
- Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother · Abdul Malik
- By Any Means · Vernon Dahmer
- LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian · Moff Gideon (Voice)
- 7 Dogs · Roman Marks
- Kill Me · Dr. Singer, Executive producer
- Megadoc · Self
- Please Don't Feed the Children · Fitz
- The Residence · A.B. Wynter
- The Electric State · Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
- Captain America: Brave New World · Sidewinder
- Megalopolis · Mayor Cicero
- Hollywood Black · Self
- MaXXXine · Teddy Knight, Esq.
- Abigail · Lambert
- Parish · Gracián 'Gray' Parish, Executive producer
- The Gentlemen · Uncle Stan
- Disney 100: Remember That · Self
- Gen V · Stan Edgar
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem · Baxter Stockman (Voice)
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur · Granite (Voice)
- Poker Face · Fred Finch
- Kaleidoscope · Leo Pap
- Euphoria · Taxi Driver
- Bonnie · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Beauty · Beauty's Father
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical · Stan Edgar (Voice)
- Show Me More · Self
- Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood · Self
- Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine · Self
- The Eisen Hour · Self
- By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem · Self
- Unpregnant · Bob
- Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys · Self
- The Broken and the Bad · Self, Executive producer
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · The Grandfather
- For NYC
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian · Self
- Stargirl · Archie Brubaker
- Coda · Paul
- Line of Duty · Tom Volk
- Harley Quinn · Lex Luthor (Voice)
- The Mandalorian · Moff Gideon
- Godfather of Harlem · Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
- Creepshow · Doc
- Game Changer · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- The Boys · Meerkat Stan Edgar (Voice), Stan Edgar
- Jett · Charlie Baudelaire
- Stuck · Lloyd
- Dallas & Robo · Victor Goldsmith
- The Nagano Tapes · Narrator
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure · Jorge
- Miracle on 42nd Street · Self
- The Show · Mason Washington, Director
- DuckTales · Phantom Blot (Voice)
- Okja · Frank Dawson
- Unacknowledged · Narrator
- Dear White People · Narrator
- Better Call Saul Employee Training · Gustavo Fring
- Rebel · Charles
- Westworld · El Lazo
- Brother Nature · Congressman Frank McClaren
- The Get Down · Pastor Ramon Cruz
- On Meditation · Self
- Money Monster · Captain Powell
- The Jungle Book · Akela (Voice)
- The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare · Il Boss
- Enzian: When the Lights Go Up · Self
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials · Jorge
- Better Call Saul · Gus Fring, Director
- Allegiance · Oscar Christoph
- I Did Not Forget You · Dr. Sabian
- Poker Night · Bernard
- The Game Awards · Self
- Batman: Assault on Arkham · Black Spider / Eric Needham (Voice)