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
Law & Order
CSI: Miami
Once Upon a Time
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Boys
Las Vegas
DuckTales
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Fallen Angels
Bones
Community
Ghost Whisperer
Westworld
Allegiance
The Hunger
Miami Vice
Nash Bridges
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Equalizer
Drunk History
The Practice
Third Watch
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Soul Food
Street Time
Chicago Hope
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Kidnapped
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
Harley Quinn
The Gentlemen
The Mandalorian
Trading Places
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Malcolm X
Maximum Overdrive
The Get Down
The Residence
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Captain America: Brave New World
Godfather of Harlem
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Dear White People
The Jungle Book
The Usual Suspects
MaXXXine
Better Call Saul
Abigail
Do the Right Thing
Okja
The Fantastic Four
Twilight
Money Monster
Breaking Bad
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Stargirl
Son of Batman
Last Holiday
Ultra City Smiths
Derailed
Revolution
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Night on Earth
Homicide: Life on the Street
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Megalopolis
Bob Roberts
Parish
Kaleidoscope
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Euphoria
Line of Duty
The Broken and the Bad
Production Credits
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