Giancarlo Esposito
Known for Acting · 228 credits
- Born
- 1958-04-26 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Also known as
- Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito · جانکارلو اسپوزیتو
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (88)
The Boys
2019
as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon / Attorney Baylor
Breaking Bad
2008
as Gus Fring
Bones
2005
as Richard Benoit
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
CSI: Miami
2002
as Chief Braga
Better Call Saul
2015
as Gus Fring
The Mandalorian
2019
as Moff Gideon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Westworld
2016
as El Lazo
Conan
2010
as Self
Once Upon a Time
2011
as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Ely Fisher
Miami Vice
1984
as Adonis Jackson / Luther / Ricky
Third Watch
1999
as Father Romero
The Practice
1997
as Ray McMurphy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Chicago Hope
1994
as Cherchez LaFemme
Gen V
2023
as Stan Edgar
Strong Medicine
2000
as James 'Junior' Bell
Community
2009
as Gilbert Lawson
Las Vegas
2003
as Reggie Archibald
The Equalizer
1985
as Jumpin' Jack
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Antonio Gaudi
Nash Bridges
1996
as Whip Tyrell / Arnold / Gordon Keller
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Michael Giardello
Lie to Me
2009
as Beau Hackman
Leverage
2008
as Alexander Moto
The Division
2001
as Dr. Pembroke
Harley Quinn
2019
as Lex Luthor (voice)
DuckTales
2017
as Phantom Blot (voice)
Godfather of Harlem
2019
as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
New York Undercover
1994
as Adolfo Guzman
Drunk History
2013
as Andrés Pico
Poker Face
2023
as Fred Finch
Click
2000
as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
as Stan Edgar (voice)
The Gentlemen
2024
as Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
Creepshow
2019
as Doc
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Granite (voice)
Fallen Angels
1993
as Paris Minton
Half & Half
2002
as Darrell Washington
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Orlando Ramirez
Game Changer
2019
as Self - Guest
Revolution
2012
as Tom Neville
The Hunger
1997
as Vampire
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as The Grandfather
The Residence
2025
as A.B. Wynter
Dear White People
2017
as Narrator
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Ambassador Theodore Kelefy
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - Moff Gideon
Street Time
2002
as Jesse Haslim
100 Centre Street
2001
as Jacob Lenz
New Amsterdam
2008
as James Lawson
Jett
2019
as Charlie Baudelaire
Kidnapped
2006
Parish
2024
as Gracián 'Gray' Parish
Movies (140)
7 Dogs
2026
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
as Sidewinder
Trading Places
1983
as Cellmate #2
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Jack Baer
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
as Jorge
Abigail
2024
as Lambert
The Jungle Book
2016
as Akela (voice)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
as Jorge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
as Baxter Stockman (voice)
The Electric State
2025
as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
MaXXXine
2024
as Teddy Knight, Esq.
Okja
2017
as Frank Dawson
Megalopolis
2024
as Mayor Cicero
Malcolm X
1992
as Thomas Hayer
Ali
2001
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
Please Don't Feed the Children
2025
as Fitz
Last Holiday
2006
as Senator Dillings
Maximum Overdrive
1986
as Videoplayer
Derailed
2005
as Detective Church
Money Monster
2016
as Captain Powell
Monkeybone
2001
as Hypnos
Nothing to Lose
1997
as Charlie Dunt
Do the Right Thing
1989
as Buggin Out
King of New York
1990
as Lance
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as David Matthews (uncredited)
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
as Jimmy Jiles
Son of Batman
2014
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Alex Cross
2012
as Daramus Holiday
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Smoke
1995
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
The Cat in the Hat
2026
as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
The Cotton Club
1984
as Bumpy Hood
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Street Vendor
Rabbit Hole
2010
as Auggie
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
as Detective Warren
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
2011
as Inspector Hollander
Fresh
1994
as Esteban
Night on Earth
1991
as YoYo
Taps
1981
as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
Line of Duty
2019
as Tom Volk
Twilight
1998
as Reuben Escobar
Jungle Fever
1991
as Homeless Man
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Bob Roberts
1992
as Bugs Raplin
Stargirl
2020
as Archie Brubaker
The Show
2017
as Mason Washington
The Long Home
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Mike Giardello
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005
as Little Jeff
Unpregnant
2020
as Bob
Megadoc
2025
as Self
Sherrybaby
2006
as Parole Officer Hernandez
Blind Horizon
2003
as J.C. Reynolds
School Daze
1988
as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
PoliWood
2009
as Self
Blue in the Face
1995
as Tommy Finelli
Bonnie
2022
as Self
Kill Me
2026
as Dr. Singer
Gospel Hill
2008
as Dr. Palmer
Coda
2020
as Paul
Chupacabra Terror
2005
as Dr. Peña
Amos & Andrew
1993
as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Phoenix
1998
as Louie
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
Reckless
1995
as Host Tim Timko
Doing Hard Time
2004
as Captain Pierce
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
as Self
Hate Crime
2005
as Detective Esposito
Beauty
2022
as Beauty's Father
Brother Nature
2016
as Congressman Frank McClaren
The Box
2007
as Dwayne Burkhalter
Piñero
2001
as Miguel Algarin
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Chaz Villanueva
A Killer Within
2004
as Vargas
Rain
2006
as Ken Arnold
They Die by Dawn
2013
as Rufus Buck
Back in the Day
2005
as Benson Cooper
Trouble on the Corner
1997
as Darryl
By Any Means
2026
as Vernon Dahmer
Where's Marlowe?
1998
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Miracle on 42nd Street
2017
as Self
Feel The Noise
2007
as Roberto Vega
Rockabye
1986
as Marcus
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Julio
Stuck
2019
as Lloyd
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Poker Night
2014
as Bernard
The Gentleman Bandit
1981
as Jamie
Kla$h
1995
as Stoney
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Tip
Running
1979
as Puerto Rican Teenager
Unacknowledged
2017
as Narrator
Ash Tuesday
2003
as Karl
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self
Certainty
2011
as Father Heery
The Prince
The Keeper
1995
as Paul Lamont
Timms Valley
2013
as Pruit Normings
Over/Under
2013
as Oliver Ohrt
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Elisha
NYPD 2069
2004
as Lt. Garner
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
Heartbeat
1987
as Gang Member #1
Karoshi
Thirst
1998
as Dr. Lawrence Carver
For NYC
2020
Euphoria
2022
as Taxi Driver
Sweet Lorraine
1987
as Howie
Big City Blues
1997
as Georgie
Mood Indigo
1993
as Arthur Sistrunk
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021
as Self
Benders
1994
as Jack
Racing Daylight
2007
as Fred
Roanoak
1986
as Simon Fernandes
The Tomorrow Man
1996
as Jonathan Driscoll
Mano
2007
as Nino
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Intruder
Five Desperate Hours
1997
as Joseph Grange
The Maze
1997
as Henry Kunitz
About 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:… With 228 credits spanning from 1970 to 2026, Giancarlo Esposito has appeared in 140 films and 88 TV shows.
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- 7 Dogs (2026)
- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) — as Sidewinder
- Trading Places (1983) — as Cellmate #2
- The Usual Suspects (1995) — as Jack Baer
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) — as Jorge
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