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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Law & Order
Touched by an Angel
CSI: Miami
Once Upon a Time
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Strong Medicine
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Miami Vice
The Boys
DuckTales
Las Vegas
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Poker Face
Bones
Fallen Angels
Community
Ghost Whisperer
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
Third Watch
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
Westworld
Better Call Saul
Trading Places
Malcolm X
Maximum Overdrive
The Residence
The Get Down
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Batman: Assault on Arkham
The Cat in the Hat
The Usual Suspects
Godfather of Harlem
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
MaXXXine
The Jungle Book
Abigail
Dear White People
Captain America: Brave New World
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Breaking Bad
Twilight
Smoke
Stargirl
Okja
Money Monster
The Electric State
Ultra City Smiths
Derailed
Son of Batman
Do the Right Thing
Revolution
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Line of Duty
Last Holiday
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Homicide: Life on the Street
Night on Earth
The Gentlemen
Unpregnant
NYPD 2069
Megalopolis
Bob Roberts
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Euphoria
Kaleidoscope
The Broken and the Bad
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Parish
Production Credits
Parish
The Broken and the Bad
Better Call Saul
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