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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
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
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Chicago Hope
Street Time
NYC 22
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
Abigail
Dear White People
MaXXXine
The Jungle Book
Breaking Bad
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Captain America: Brave New World
Twilight
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
The Electric State
Stargirl
Okja
Money Monster
Son of Batman
Derailed
Do the Right Thing
Ultra City Smiths
Last Holiday
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Revolution
Line of Duty
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
NYPD 2069
Homicide: Life on the Street
Night on Earth
Unpregnant
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Megalopolis
Bob Roberts
Kaleidoscope
Euphoria
The Broken and the Bad
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Third Watch
Parish
Production Credits
The Broken and the Bad
Parish
Better Call Saul
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