
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 Residence

The Get Down

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Batman: Assault on Arkham

The Usual Suspects

Godfather of Harlem

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

The Jungle Book

MaXXXine

Abigail

Dear White People

Breaking Bad

Captain America: Brave New World

Twilight

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Okja

Stargirl

Money Monster

The Electric State

Ultra City Smiths

Do the Right Thing

Derailed

Last Holiday

Son of Batman

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Line of Duty

Revolution

Unpregnant

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Homicide: Life on the Street

Night on Earth

NYPD 2069

Bob Roberts

Megalopolis

Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine

Kaleidoscope

The Broken and the Bad

Better Call Saul Employee Training

Euphoria

Third Watch

Parish
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