
Giancarlo Esposito
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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

Law & Order

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Touched by an Angel

CSI: Miami

Once Upon a Time

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Miami Vice

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Boys

Las Vegas

DuckTales

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Bones

Fallen Angels

Community

Ghost Whisperer

Westworld

Leverage

Allegiance

The Hunger

Nash Bridges

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

The Equalizer

Drunk History

Leg Work

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

The Practice

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Soul Food

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Chicago Hope

Street Time

NYC 22

Kidnapped

Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys

The Game Awards

Harley Quinn

The Gentlemen

The Mandalorian

Trading Places

Malcolm X

Maximum Overdrive

The Get Down

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Ultra City Smiths

Batman: Assault on Arkham

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

Godfather of Harlem

The Usual Suspects

Abigail

MaXXXine

Dear White People

The Jungle Book

Better Call Saul

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Twilight

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Okja

Breaking Bad

Stargirl

Money Monster

The Electric State

Captain America: Brave New World

Derailed

Do the Right Thing

Last Holiday

Son of Batman

Revolution

Line of Duty

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

NYPD 2069

Night on Earth

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Unpregnant

Homicide: Life on the Street

Bob Roberts

Megalopolis

The Residence

Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine

Parish

Third Watch

The Broken and the Bad

Kaleidoscope

Better Call Saul Employee Training

Euphoria
Production Credits
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