Biography
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and the prequel series Better Call Saul (2017–2022). For this role he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science fiction series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series Dear White People (2017–present), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series The Boys (2019–present), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ space western drama series The Mandalorian (2019–present), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed American Baptist pastor and politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present). Esposito also portrays Antón Castillo, the main antagonist of the video game Far Cry 6, released in 2021.
He is also known for his appearances in several Spike Lee films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). Esposito's other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Gospel Hill (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), Money Monster (2016), Okja (2017), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and Stargirl (2020).
Filmography
all 201
Movies 127
TV Shows 74
self 26
Voice 10
Director 3
Narrator 2
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)
Breaking Kitchen (2022)
Bonnie (2022)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Beauty (2022)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)
Show Me More (2021)
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood (2021)
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine (2021)
The Eisen Hour (2021)
The Long Home (2021)
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
Unpregnant (2020)
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys (2020)
The Broken and the Bad (2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
For NYC (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 Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
The Boys (2019)
Jett (2019)
Stuck (2019)
Dallas & Robo (2018)
The Nagano Tapes (2018)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)
The Show (2017)
DuckTales (2017)
Okja (2017)
Unacknowledged (2017)
Dear White People (2017)
Better Call Saul Employee Training (2017)
Rebel (2017)
Breaking Bad - The Movie (2017)
PAYDAY THE MOVIE (2016)
Westworld (2016)
Brother Nature (2016)
The Get Down (2016)
On Meditation (2016)
Money Monster (2016)
The Jungle Book (2016)
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare (2016)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up (2015)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
Better Call Saul (2015)
Allegiance (2015)
I Did Not Forget You (2015)
Poker Night (2014)
The Game Awards (2014)
Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Son of Batman (2014)
Requiem for the Big East (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Timms Valley (2013)
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013)
They Die by Dawn (2013)
Drunk History (2013)
Blood River Crossing (2013)
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013)
Over/Under (2013)
The Haunting Of... (2012)
Alex Cross (2012)
Revolution (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)
Conan (2010)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Community (2009)
PoliWood (2009)
Leverage (2008)
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
New Amsterdam (2008)
Gospel Hill (2008)
Breaking Bad (2008)
Xenophobia (2008)
Mano (2007)
Feel The Noise (2007)
The Box (2007)
Kidnapped (2006)
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)
I Will Avenge You, Iago! (2005)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Chupacabra Terror (2005)
Hate Crime (2005)
Doing Hard Time (2004)
A Killer Within (2004)
5ive Days to Midnight (2004)
Noise (2004)
Blind Horizon (2003)
Las Vegas (2003)
Ash Tuesday (2003)
Girls Club (2002)
Half & Half (2002)
CSI: Miami (2002)
Street Time (2002)
Ali (2001)
Piñero (2001)
Monkeybone (2001)
The Division (2001)
The $treet (2000)
Soul Food (2000)
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
Josephine (2000)
Third Watch (1999)
Thirst (1998)
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (1998)
Phoenix (1998)
Creature (1998)
Twilight (1998)
Stardust (1998)
Trouble on the Corner (1997)
Five Desperate Hours (1997)
The Hunger (1997)
Nothing to Lose (1997)
The Practice (1997)
Big City Blues (1997)
The Maze (1997)
The People (1997)
The Tomorrow Man (1996)
Nash Bridges (1996)
Swift Justice (1996)
Mylène Farmer: California (1996)
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Reckless (1995)
The Keeper (1995)
Blue in the Face (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Smoke (1995)
Klash (1995)
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994)
Chicago Hope (1994)
New York Undercover (1994)
Fresh (1994)
Benders (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)
Night on Earth (1991)
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Law & Order (1990)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
King of New York (1990)
Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
School Daze (1988)
Heartbeat (1987)
Sweet Lorraine (1987)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Roanoak (1986)
Rockabye (1986)
The Equalizer (1985)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Miami Vice (1984)
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
Trading Places (1983)
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
Taps (1981)
The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
Running (1979)
Tutti a squola (1979)
Et Salammbo? (1970)
Please Don’t Feed the Children
The Residence
The Electric State
Megalopolis
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1958-04-26 (65 years old)
Birth NameGiancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
Birth PlaceCopenhagen, Denmark
CitizenshipsKingdom of Denmark, Italy, United States of America
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
Also Known AsGiancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, 吉安卡罗·埃斯波西托, 지안카를로 에스포지토
AwardsTheatre World Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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