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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Filmography
all 218
Movies 137
TV Shows 81
self 30
Voice 10
Narrator 4
Producer 3
Director 3

The Residence (2025)

The Electric State (2025)

Megalopolis (2024)

MaXXXine (2024)

Abigail (2024)

Parish (2024)

The Gentlemen (2024)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)

Kaleidoscope (2023)

Euphoria (2022)

Beauty (2022)

The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)

Show Me More (2021)

Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine (2021)

The Eisen Hour (2021)

The Broken and the Bad (2020)

Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2020)

Stargirl (2020)

Coda (2020)

Line of Duty (2019)

Harley Quinn (2019)

The Mandalorian (2019)

Godfather of Harlem (2019)

Game Changer (2019)

The Boys (2019)

Jett (2019)

Stuck (2019)

Dallas & Robo (2018)

The Nagano Tapes (2018)

The Show (2017)

DuckTales (2017)

Okja (2017)

Unacknowledged (2017)

Dear White People (2017)

Better Call Saul Employee Training (2017)

Rebel (2017)

PAYDAY THE MOVIE (2016)

Westworld (2016)

Brother Nature (2016)

The Get Down (2016)

Money Monster (2016)

The Jungle Book (2016)

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up (2015)

IMDb on the Scene (2015)

Better Call Saul (2015)

Allegiance (2015)

I Did Not Forget You (2015)

Poker Night (2014)

Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)

Son of Batman (2014)

Timms Valley (2013)

They Die by Dawn (2013)

Drunk History (2013)

Blood River Crossing (2013)

Over/Under (2013)

Alex Cross (2012)

Revolution (2012)

NYC 22 (2012)

Once Upon a Time (2011)

Certainty (2011)

Dreaming American (2011)

S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011)

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011)

Rabbit Hole (2010)

Community (2009)

Leverage (2008)

New Amsterdam (2008)

Gospel Hill (2008)

Breaking Bad (2008)

Mano (2007)

Feel The Noise (2007)

The Box (2007)

Sherrybaby (2006)

Rain (2006)

Last Holiday (2006)

South Beach (2006)

Derailed (2005)

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)

Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Bones (2005)

Back in the Day (2005)

Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)

Chupacabra Terror (2005)

Hate Crime (2005)

Doing Hard Time (2004)

5ive Days to Midnight (2004)

NYPD 2069 (2004)

Blind Horizon (2003)

Half & Half (2002)

CSI: Miami (2002)

Street Time (2002)

Ali (2001)

Piñero (2001)

100 Centre Street (2001)

The $treet (2000)

Strong Medicine (2000)

Soul Food (2000)

Click (2000)

Homicide: The Movie (2000)

Third Watch (1999)

Thirst (1998)

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (1998)

Where's Marlowe? (1998)

Phoenix (1998)

Creature (1998)

Twilight (1998)

Stardust (1998)

Five Desperate Hours (1997)

Big City Blues (1997)

The Hunger (1997)

Nothing to Lose (1997)

The People (1997)

The Maze (1997)

The Tomorrow Man (1996)

Waiting to Exhale (1995)

Reckless (1995)

The Keeper (1995)

Blue in the Face (1995)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Smoke (1995)

Klash (1995)

Touched by an Angel (1994)

New York Undercover (1994)

Fresh (1994)

Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)

Bakersfield P.D. (1993)

Fallen Angels (1993)

Amos & Andrew (1993)

Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)

Mood Indigo (1993)

Malcolm X (1992)

Bob Roberts (1992)

Law & Order (1990)

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Do the Right Thing (1989)

School Daze (1988)

Leg Work (1987)

Heartbeat (1987)

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Roanoak (1986)

Rockabye (1986)

The Equalizer (1985)

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

Finnegan Begin Again (1985)

The Cotton Club (1984)

Miami Vice (1984)

The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

Trading Places (1983)

Taps (1981)

Running (1979)

By Any Means

Kill Me
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1958-04-26 (67 years old)
Birth NameGiancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
Birth PlaceCopenhagen, Denmark
CitizenshipsItaly, United States
ResidencesNew York City, United States
Also Known AsGiancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, جانکارلو اسپوزیتو
AwardsTheatre World Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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