
ACTING
Giancarlo Esposito
- Born
- Apr 26, 1958 in 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.
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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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MOST-RATED TMDB CREDITS
Known for

Breaking Bad
TV · 2008
Gustavo Fring

The Boys
TV · 2019
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice) · Stan Edgar

The Usual Suspects
Movie · 1995
Jack Baer

The Mandalorian
TV · 2019
Moff Gideon

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Movie · 2015
Jorge

The Jungle Book
Movie · 2016
Akela (voice)

Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Movie · 2018
Jorge

Better Call Saul
TV · 2015
Gus Fring · Director

Westworld
TV · 2016
El Lazo

Okja
Movie · 2017
Frank Dawson

Trading Places
Movie · 1983
Cellmate #2

Bones
TV · 2005
Richard Benoit
FILMOGRAPHY
233 movie & TV credits
- 2027KarōshiMovie
- 2026The Cat in the HatMovie · Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
- 2026...And Out Comes the WolfMovie
- 2026The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkMovie · Detective Warren
- 2026Your Mother Your Mother Your MotherMovie · Abdul Malik
- 2026By Any MeansMovie · Vernon Dahmer
- 2026LEGO Star Wars: The MandalorianMovie · Moff Gideon (voice)
- 20267 DogsMovie · Roman Marks
- 2026Kill MeMovie · Dr. Singer, Executive Producer
- 2025MegadocMovie · Self
- 2025Please Don't Feed the ChildrenMovie · Fitz
- 2025The ResidenceTV · A.B. Wynter
- 2025The Electric StateMovie · Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
- 2025Captain America: Brave New WorldMovie · Sidewinder
- 2024MegalopolisMovie · Mayor Cicero
- 2024Hollywood BlackTV · Self
- 2024
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