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Giancarlo Esposito
1 FOLLOWER • 81 CREDITS • APR 26, 1958 • 66
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).
Known For
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Law & Order
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CSI: Miami
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Once Upon a Time
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Gg1oM8Us8gCS5aJA8e0ZRuIHnf.jpg)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2zmTngn1tYC1AvfnrFLhxeD82hz.jpg)
The Boys
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dDPJmvgbs1nMqFBbIdB67w9YCHe.jpg)
Las Vegas
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3klapeIKLp9IBy4uHo7szTeMTdQ.jpg)
DuckTales
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fnbdv4uSFUGJ2jp9Gf99fYtlIu3.jpg)
Fallen Angels
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eyTu5c8LniVciRZIOSHTvvkkgJa.jpg)
Bones
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Community
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Ghost Whisperer
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Allegiance
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The Hunger
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Miami Vice
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Nash Bridges
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The Boys Presents: Diabolical
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The Boys Presents: Diabolical
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Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
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The Equalizer
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Drunk History
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The Practice
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Third Watch
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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
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Soul Food
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Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
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Street Time
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Chicago Hope
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Kidnapped
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Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/abDkDGruscppQ2zBb2qcrdkRzzH.jpg)
Harley Quinn
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The Gentlemen
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Westworld
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The Mandalorian
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Better Call Saul
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8mBuLCOcpWnmYtZc4aqtvDXslv6.jpg)
Trading Places
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Home Movie: The Princess Bride
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o2s9ow0uRRm1BcF3teznk5twd90.jpg)
Malcolm X
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sUC3o1BWQ8QhrwZcDj7x2VsWjtG.jpg)
Maximum Overdrive
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The Get Down
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The Residence
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Captain America: Brave New World
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
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No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
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Godfather of Harlem
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
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The Jungle Book
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Do the Right Thing
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Abigail
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MaXXXine
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The Usual Suspects
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Dear White People
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pHlRr2MfjK77VIIAO7p0R4jhsJI.jpg)
Okja
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jepRBZNXgsINrbtSiSEdtCYbRMM.jpg)
Twilight
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sMKUqSj3qrq86cOdP23pSqpUIC3.jpg)
The Fantastic Four
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ztkUQFLlC19CCMYHW9o1zWhJRNq.jpg)
Breaking Bad
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Stargirl
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Money Monster
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
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Son of Batman
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Last Holiday
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Derailed
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Ultra City Smiths
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Revolution
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S.W.A.T.: Firefight
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Homicide: Life on the Street
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Night on Earth
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Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
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Megalopolis
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Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
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Bob Roberts
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Euphoria
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Kaleidoscope
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Better Call Saul Employee Training
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Line of Duty
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Parish
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The Broken and the Bad
Production Credits
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