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Name
Giancarlo Esposito

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1958-04-26 (68 years old)

Place of Birth
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).

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1991 Night on Earth as YoYo
2024 Megalopolis as Mayor Cicero
1989 Do the Right Thing as Buggin Out
1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Julio
1995 Smoke as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
1995 The Usual Suspects as Jack Baer
1984 The Brother from Another Planet as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1992 Malcolm X as Thomas Hayer
1992 Bob Roberts as Bugs Raplin
1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Jimmy Jiles
1981 Taps as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
2020 For NYC
2004 A Killer Within as Vargas
2008 Gospel Hill as Dr. Palmer
2007 Feel The Noise as Roberto Vega
1995 Blue in the Face as Tommy Finelli
2022 Bonnie as Self
2000 Homicide: The Movie as Mike Giardello
1997 Nothing to Lose as Charlie Dunt
2001 Monkeybone as Hypnos
2001 Ali as Cassius Clay, Sr.
2005 Derailed as Detective Church
1998 Twilight as Reuben Escobar
2005 Carlito's Way: Rise to Power as Little Jeff
2005 Chupacabra Terror as Dr. Peña
2005 Hate Crime as Detective Esposito
1990 King of New York as Lance
2006 Sherrybaby as Parole Officer Hernandez
2010 Rabbit Hole as Auggie
2005 Back in the Day as Benson Cooper
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Baxter Stockman (voice)
1998 Phoenix as Louie
1994 Fresh as Esteban
1990 Mo' Better Blues as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
1988 School Daze as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
2024 MaXXXine as Teddy Knight, Esq.
2006 Last Holiday as Senator Dillings
1997 Big City Blues as Georgie
2004 Noise as Hank
1995 Kla$h as Stoney
1995 The Keeper as Paul Lamont
2007 The Box as Dwayne Burkhalter
2011 S.W.A.T.: Firefight as Inspector Hollander
2001 Piñero as Miguel Algarin
2012 Alex Cross as Daramus Holiday
2024 Abigail as Lambert
1997 The Maze as Henry Kunitz
1997 Trouble on the Corner as Darryl
1970 Et Salammbo?
1994 Benders as Jack
2007 Mano as Nino
2011 Dreaming American as Daytona LeMans
2015 I Did Not Forget You as Dr. Sabian
2005 I Will Avenge You, Iago! as Director
2008 Xenophobia as Young
2011 Certainty as Father Heery
2022 Beauty as Beauty's Father
2013 They Die by Dawn as Rufus Buck
2013 Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain as Elisha
2013 Over/Under as Oliver Ohrt
2014 Son of Batman as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
1998 Thirst as Dr. Lawrence Carver
2003 Ash Tuesday as Karl
2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
1997 Five Desperate Hours as Joseph Grange
1987 Sweet Lorraine as Howie
2025 Please Don't Feed the Children as Fitz
2016 Brother Nature as Congressman Frank McClaren
2014 Poker Night as Bernard
1998 Stardust as Mr. Peavey
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Jorge
1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet as Chaz Villanueva
2016 The Jungle Book as Akela (voice)
1984 The Cotton Club as Bumpy Hood
1987 Heartbeat as Gang Member #1
1986 Maximum Overdrive as Videoplayer
2025 The Electric State as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
1993 Mood Indigo as Arthur Sistrunk
2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Jorge
2016 Money Monster as Captain Powell
2022 Euphoria as Taxi Driver
2013 Timms Valley as Pruit Normings
1981 The Gentleman Bandit as Jamie
2017 The Show as Mason Washington
2016 The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare as Il Boss
Soon The Long Home as William Tell Oliver
2025 Captain America: Brave New World as Sidewinder
Soon The Prince
2017 Okja as Frank Dawson
1998 Where's Marlowe? as Blind Man (uncredited)
1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self
2016 On Meditation as Self
1979 Running as Puerto Rican Teenager
1985 Desperately Seeking Susan as Street Vendor
2017 Unacknowledged as Narrator
1996 The Tomorrow Man as Jonathan Driscoll
1983 Trading Places as Cellmate #2
2003 Blind Horizon as J.C. Reynolds
1993 Seven Songs for Malcolm X as Autobiography Reading (voice)
1993 Amos & Andrew as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
2000 Josephine as Spike
2014 Requiem for the Big East as Narrator
2019 Stuck as Lloyd
1985 Finnegan Begin Again as Intruder
2020 Coda as Paul
1995 Reckless as Host Tim Timko
1995 Waiting to Exhale as David Matthews (uncredited)
2020 Stargirl as Archie Brubaker
2019 Line of Duty as Tom Volk
1994 Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool as Self
2014 Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
2018 The Nagano Tapes as Narrator
2020 Unpregnant as Bob
2015 Enzian: When the Lights Go Up as Self (archive footage)
2008 Chelsea on the Rocks as Tip
1986 Rockabye as Marcus
2004 Doing Hard Time as Captain Pierce
2021 Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood as Self
2017 Miracle on 42nd Street as Self
2013 Blood River Crossing as Narrator
2004 NYPD 2069 as Lt. Garner
2026 ...And Out Comes the Wolf
2026 Kill Me as Dr. Singer
2007 Racing Daylight as Fred
2026 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother as Abdul Malik
2026 The Only Living Pickpocket in New York as Detective Warren
2027 Karoshi
2026 The Cat in the Hat as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
2006 Rain as Ken Arnold
2025 Megadoc as Self
1991 Jungle Fever as Homeless Man
2023 Disney 100: Remember That as Self
2026 By Any Means as Vernon Dahmer
2026 7 Dogs as Roman Marks
2001 The Making of 'Ali' as Self
1994 Peace and Quiet as Richard Jones
2026 LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Moff Gideon (voice)
Soon Weird Party
1997 Loose Women as Stylist #2
2009 PoliWood as Self
Soon The Official Mistress

1996 Nash Bridges ( 1 episode ) as Whip Tyrell
1999 Third Watch ( 1 episode ) as Father Romero
1990 Law & Order ( 3 episodes ) as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
2012 Revolution ( 42 episodes ) as Tom Neville
2002 Half & Half ( 1 episode ) as Darrell Washington
2006 Kidnapped ( 1 episode )
2008 New Amsterdam ( 1 episode ) as James Lawson
2000 The $treet ( 12 episodes ) as Tom Divack
2005 Ghost Whisperer ( 1 episode ) as Ely Fisher
2002 CSI: Miami ( 3 episodes ) as Chief Braga
2001 The Division ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Pembroke
1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Adonis Jackson
2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as Richard Benoit
2003 Las Vegas ( 1 episode ) as Reggie Archibald
2021 The Eisen Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2000 Soul Food ( 2 episodes ) as Jules
2021 Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
1994 New York Undercover ( 3 episodes ) as Adolfo Guzman
1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Ray McMurphy
1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Jumpin' Jack
2006 South Beach ( 8 episodes ) as Robert Fuentes
2017 DuckTales ( 3 episodes ) as Phantom Blot (voice)
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 22 episodes ) as Michael Giardello
1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Cherchez LaFemme
2002 Girls Club ( 9 episodes ) as Nicholas Hahn
1993 Bakersfield P.D. ( 17 episodes ) as Detective Paul Gigante
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior ( 1 episode ) as Gordon Ramirez
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury ( 1 episode ) as Orlando Ramirez
2004 5ive Days to Midnight ( 5 episodes ) as Tim Sanders
2002 Street Time ( 1 episode ) as Jesse Haslim
2012 The Haunting Of... ( 1 episode ) as Self
2008 Breaking Bad ( 28 episodes ) as Gustavo Fring
2009 Community ( 2 episodes ) as Gilbert Lawson
2021 Show Me More ( 2 episodes ) as Self - "Gus Fring"
2015 Allegiance ( 7 episodes ) as Oscar Christoph
2013 Drunk History ( 1 episode ) as Andrés Pico
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2016 The Get Down ( 11 episodes ) as Pastor Ramon Cruz
2019 Game Changer ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2017 Rebel ( 9 episodes ) as Charles
2023 Kaleidoscope ( 9 episodes ) as Leo Pap
2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical ( 1 episode ) as Stan Edgar (voice)
2024 Parish ( 6 episodes ) as Gracián 'Gray' Parish
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride ( 1 episode ) as The Grandfather
2015 Better Call Saul ( 40 episodes ) as Gus Fring
1998 Creature ( 2 episodes ) as Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Attorney Baylor
2014 The Game Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2016 Westworld ( 1 episode ) as El Lazo
2019 The Boys ( 1 episode ) as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
2018 Dallas & Robo ( 8 episodes ) as Victor Goldsmith
2019 Godfather of Harlem ( 14 episodes ) as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
2019 Jett ( 9 episodes ) as Charlie Baudelaire
1997 The Hunger ( 1 episode ) as Vampire
2025 The Residence ( 8 episodes ) as A.B. Wynter
2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
1993 Fallen Angels ( 1 episode ) as Paris Minton
2024 The Gentlemen ( 12 episodes ) as Uncle Stan
2023 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur ( 1 episode ) as Granite (voice)
2017 Better Call Saul Employee Training ( 10 episodes ) as Gustavo Fring
2017 Dear White People ( 40 episodes ) as Narrator
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 Creepshow ( 1 episode ) as Doc
2008 Leverage ( 1 episode ) as Alexander Moto
2019 Harley Quinn ( 11 episodes ) as Lex Luthor (voice)
2000 Strong Medicine ( 1 episode ) as James 'Junior' Bell
2011 Once Upon a Time ( 14 episodes ) as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Luther
2020 The Broken and the Bad ( 6 episodes ) as Self
1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Ricky
2012 NYC 22 ( 1 episode ) as Harvey Williams
1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Antonio Gaudi
2020 Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Boys ( 12 episodes ) as Stan Edgar
2001 100 Centre Street ( 1 episode ) as Jacob Lenz
2020 Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Moff Gideon
2010 Conan ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2019 The Mandalorian ( 9 episodes ) as Moff Gideon
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
1987 Leg Work ( 1 episode ) as Tyson
2000 Click ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2023 Poker Face ( 1 episode ) as Fred Finch
2023 Gen V ( 1 episode ) as Stan Edgar
1996 Nash Bridges ( 1 episode ) as Arnold / Gordon Keller
2013 Talking Bad ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1996 Swift Justice ( 3 episodes ) as Andrew Coffin
1986 Roanoak ( 3 episodes ) as Simon Fernandes
2009 Lie to Me ( 1 episode ) as Beau Hackman
2024 Hollywood Black ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2001 A Nero Wolfe Mystery ( 1 episode ) as Ambassador Theodore Kelefy
1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Elisha
1982 American Playhouse ( 3 episodes ) as Simon Fernandes

Name
Giancarlo Esposito

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1958-04-26 (68 years old)

Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark

Biography

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Known For Acting

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Biography

Known For

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Name
Giancarlo Esposito

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1958-04-26 (68 years old)

Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark