
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

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Miami Vice

The Boys

Las Vegas

DuckTales

Poker Face

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Bones

Fallen Angels

Community

Ghost Whisperer

Westworld

The Mandalorian

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

Chicago Hope

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

NYC 22

Street Time

Kidnapped

Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys

The Game Awards

Harley Quinn

The Gentlemen

Better Call Saul

Trading Places

Malcolm X

Maximum Overdrive

The Get Down

The Residence

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Batman: Assault on Arkham

The Usual Suspects

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

Godfather of Harlem

The Jungle Book

Abigail

MaXXXine

Dear White People

Captain America: Brave New World

Breaking Bad

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Twilight

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Okja

Money Monster

Stargirl

The Electric State

Son of Batman

Ultra City Smiths

Last Holiday

Derailed

Do the Right Thing

Revolution

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Line of Duty

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

Unpregnant

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Night on Earth

Homicide: Life on the Street

NYPD 2069

Megalopolis

Bob Roberts

Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine

Third Watch

The Broken and the Bad

Kaleidoscope

Euphoria

Better Call Saul Employee Training

Parish
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