Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

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: Acting

Born: Copenhagen, Denmark, 1958-04-26

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Et Salammbo?		0
2	1979	Running	Puerto Rican Teenager	66
3	1981	The Gentleman Bandit	Jamie	48
4	1983	Trading Places	Cellmate #2	72
5	1984	The Cotton Club	Bumpy Hood	65
6	1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Street Vendor	61
7	1986	Roanoak	Simon Fernandes	0
8	1986	Maximum Overdrive	Videoplayer	58
9	1987	Sweet Lorraine	Howie	0
10	1987	Heartbeat	Gang Member #1	55
11	1989	Making 'Do the Right Thing'	Self	67
12	1993	Mood Indigo	Arthur Sistrunk	0
13	1996	The Tomorrow Man	Jonathan Driscoll	46
14	1998	Stardust	Mr. Peavey	40
15	1998	Where's Marlowe?	Blind Man (uncredited)	57
16	1998	Naked City: Justice with a Bullet	Chaz Villanueva	37
17	2003	Blind Horizon	J.C. Reynolds	57
18	2013	Timms Valley	Pruit Normings	62
19	2014	Poker Night	Bernard	59
20	2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Jorge	67
21	2016	The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare	Il Boss	57
22	2016	The Jungle Book	Akela (voice)	69
23	2016	Money Monster	Captain Powell	64
24	2016	On Meditation	Self	70
25	2016	Brother Nature	Congressman Frank McClaren	51
26	2017	Unacknowledged	Narrator	63
27	2017	Okja	Frank Dawson	74
28	2017	The Show	Mason Washington	57
29	2018	Maze Runner: The Death Cure	Jorge	71
30	2022	Euphoria	Taxi Driver	0
31	2025	Captain America: Brave New World	Sidewinder	61
32	2025	The Electric State	Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall	65
33	2025	Please Don't Feed the Children		45
34		The Long Home		0
35		The Prince		0
36	1979	Tutti a squola		41
37	1981	Taps	Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce	68
38	1983	Enormous Changes at the Last Minute	Julio	38
39	1984	The Brother from Another Planet	Man Being Arrested (uncredited)	66
40	1985	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Elisha	64
41	1985	Finnegan Begin Again	Intruder	63
42	1986	Rockabye	Marcus	80
43	1988	School Daze	Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves	57
44	1989	Do the Right Thing	Buggin Out	78
45	1990	King of New York	Lance	67
46	1990	Mo' Better Blues	Left Hand Lacey (Piano)	65
47	1991	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man	Jimmy Jiles	63
48	1991	Night on Earth	YoYo	75
49	1992	Bob Roberts	Bugs Raplin	65
50	1992	Malcolm X	Thomas Hayer	75
51	1993	Amos & Andrew	The Reverend Fenton Brunch	54
52	1993	Seven Songs for Malcolm X	Autobiography Reading (voice)	0
53	1994	Benders	Jack	0
54	1994	Fresh	Esteban	72
55	1994	Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool	Self	0
56	1995	Kla$h	Stoney	62
57	1995	Smoke	1st OTB Man / Tommy	72
58	1995	The Usual Suspects	Jack Baer	82
59	1995	Blue in the Face	Tommy Finelli	65
60	1995	The Keeper	Paul Lamont	50
61	1995	Reckless	Host Tim Timko	64
62	1995	Waiting to Exhale	David Matthews (uncredited)	63
63	1997	The Maze	Henry Kunitz	50
64	1997	The People	Anthony Rivera	0
65	1997	Nothing to Lose	Charlie Dunt	66
66	1997	Big City Blues	Georgie	41
67	1997	Five Desperate Hours	Joseph Grange	52
68	1997	Trouble on the Corner	Darryl	15
69	1998	Twilight	Reuben Escobar	61
70	1998	Phoenix	Louie	53
71	1998	Thirst	Dr. Lawrence Carver	44
72	2000	Josephine	Spike	0
73	2000	Homicide: The Movie	Mike Giardello	68
74	2001	Monkeybone	Hypnos	51
75	2001	Piñero	Miguel Algarin	62
76	2001	Ali	Cassius Clay, Sr.	68
77	2003	Ash Tuesday	Karl	58
78	2004	Noise	Hank	70
79	2004	NYPD 2069	Lt. Garner	0
80	2004	A Killer Within	Vargas	50
81	2004	Doing Hard Time	Captain Pierce	50
82	2005	Hate Crime	Detective Esposito	58
83	2005	Chupacabra Terror	Dr. Peña	51
84	2005	I Will Avenge You, Iago!	Director	10
85	2005	Back in the Day	Benson Cooper	47
86	2005	Carlito's Way: Rise to Power	Little Jeff	46
87	2005	Derailed	Detective Church	64
88	2006	Last Holiday	Senator Dillings	72
89	2006	Rain	Ken Arnold	56
90	2006	Sherrybaby	Parole Officer Hernandez	61
91	2007	The Box	Dwayne Burkhalter	49
92	2007	Racing Daylight	Fred	33
93	2007	Feel The Noise	Roberto Vega	44
94	2007	Mano	Nino	0
95	2008	Xenophobia	Young	0
96	2008	Gospel Hill	Dr. Palmer	49
97	2008	Chelsea on the Rocks	Tip	56
98	2009	PoliWood	Self	65
99	2010	Rabbit Hole	Auggie	67
100	2011	S.W.A.T.: Firefight	Inspector Hollander	57
101	2011	Dreaming American	Daytona LeMans	0
102	2011	Certainty	Father Heery	0
103	2011	Once Upon A Time	Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass	0
104	2012	Alex Cross	Daramus Holiday	52
105	2013	Over/Under	Oliver Ohrt	38
106	2013	Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal	Self	100
107	2013	Blood River Crossing	Narrator	0
108	2013	They Die by Dawn	Rufus Buck	30
109	2014	Requiem for the Big East	Narrator	70
110	2014	Son of Batman	Ra's al Ghul (voice)	71
111	2014	Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee	Self	15
112	2014	Batman: Assault on Arkham	Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)	73
113	2015	I Did Not Forget You	Dr. Sabian	0
114	2015	Enzian: When the Lights Go Up	Self (archive footage)	0
115	2016	PAYDAY THE MOVIE	The Dentist	40
116	2017	Miracle on 42nd Street	self	0
117	2018	The Nagano Tapes	Narrator	87
118	2019	Stuck	Lloyd	71
119	2019	Line of Duty	Tom Volk	59
120	2020	Coda	Paul	60
121	2020	Stargirl	Archie Brubaker	74
122	2020	For NYC		0
123	2020	Unpregnant	Bob	70
124	2021	Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood	Self	0
125	2022	Beauty	Beauty's Father	53
126	2022	Bonnie	Self	50
127	2023	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	Baxter Stockman (voice)	72
128	2024	Abigail	Lambert	67
129	2024	MaXXXine	Teddy Knight, Esq.	64
130	2024	Megalopolis	Mayor Cicero	52
131		Out Come the Wolves		0
132		Kill Me		0
133		Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother		0
134		By Any Means	Vernon Dahmer	0
135		The Only Living Pickpocket in New York		0
136		Karoshi		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Miami Vice	Adonis Jackson	75
2	1984	Miami Vice	Luther	75
3	1984	Miami Vice	Ricky	75
4	1985	The Equalizer	Jumpin' Jack	72
5	1987	Leg Work	Tyson	50
6	1990	Law & Order	Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon	74
7	1990	Law & Order	Attorney Baylor	74
8	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Michael Giardello	80
9	1993	Fallen Angels	Paris Minton	59
10	1993	Bakersfield P.D.	Detective Paul Gigante	80
11	1994	New York Undercover	Adolfo Guzman	71
12	1994	Chicago Hope		72
13	1994	Touched by an Angel	Antonio Gaudi	72
14	1996	Swift Justice		70
15	1996	Nash Bridges		67
16	1997	The Practice	Ray McMurphy	77
17	1997	The Hunger	Vampire	58
18	1998	Creature	Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf	48
19	1999	Third Watch	Father Romero	79
20	2000	Click	Self	61
21	2000	Soul Food	Jules	70
22	2000	Strong Medicine	James 'Junior' Bell	71
23	2000	The $treet	Tom Divack	57
24	2001	The Division	Dr. Pembroke	70
25	2001	100 Centre Street	Jacob Lenz	77
26	2002	Street Time	Jesse Haslim	25
27	2002	Half & Half	Darrell Washington	83
28	2002	CSI: Miami	Chief Braga	77
29	2002	Girls Club		75
30	2003	Las Vegas		70
31	2004	5ive Days to Midnight	Tim Sanders	65
32	2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Orlando Ramirez	81
33	2005	Bones	Richard Benoit	82
34	2005	Ghost Whisperer	Ely Fisher	81
35	2006	South Beach	Robert Fuentes	57
36	2006	Kidnapped		71
37	2008	Breaking Bad	Gus Fring	89
38	2008	New Amsterdam	James Lawson	73
39	2008	Leverage	Alexander Moto	76
40	2009	Community	Gilbert Lawson	80
41	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
42	2010	Conan	Self	71
43	2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Gordon Ramirez	71
44	2011	Once Upon a Time	Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror	74
45	2012	NYC 22	Harvey Williams	62
46	2012	Revolution	Major Tom Neville	64
47	2012	The Haunting Of...	Self	72
48	2013	Drunk History	Andrés Pico	68
49	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
50	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
51	2014	The Game Awards	Self	67
52	2015	Allegiance	Oscar Christoph	69
53	2015	Better Call Saul	Gus Fring	87
54	2016	The Get Down	Pastor Ramon Cruz	73
55	2016	Westworld	El Lazo	80
56	2017	Rebel	Charles	69
57	2017	Better Call Saul Employee Training	Gustavo Fring	77
58	2017	Dear White People	Narrator	61
59	2017	DuckTales	Phantom Blot (voice)	78
60	2018	Dallas & Robo	Victor Goldsmith	60
61	2019	Jett	Charlie Baudelaire	69
62	2019	The Boys	Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)	85
63	2019	The Boys	Stanford 'Stan' Edgar	85
64	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
65	2019	Game Changer	Self - Guest	82
66	2019	Creepshow	Doc	75
67	2019	Godfather of Harlem	Adam Clayton Powell Jr.	81
68	2019	The Mandalorian	Moff Gideon	84
69	2019	Harley Quinn	Lex Luthor (voice)	83
70	2020	Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian	Self - Moff Gideon	75
71	2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	The Grandfather	75
72	2020	The Broken and the Bad	Self	60
73	2020	Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys	Self	61
74	2020	By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem	Himself	33
75	2021	The Eisen Hour	Self - Guest	50
76	2021	Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine	Self - Narrator (voice)	74
77	2021	Show Me More	Self - "Gus Fring"	0
78	2022	The Boys Presents: Diabolical	Stan Edgar (voice)	72
79	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	62
80	2023	Kaleidoscope	Leo Pap	69
81	2023	Poker Face	Fred Finch	76
82	2023	Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Granite (voice)	78
83	2024	The Gentlemen	Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)	79
84	2024	Parish	Gracián 'Gray' Parish	66
85	2025	The Residence	A.B. Wynter	74

Giancarlo Esposito

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