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Aliases: Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito , جانکارلو اسپوزیتو

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

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Movie Involvements: 103

TV Involvements: 55


Most Famous Work

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Electric State
Average
7

The Electric State

(2025) Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Attorney Baylor
Breaking Bad
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9

Breaking Bad

(2008) Gus Fring
Captain America: Brave New World
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6
Click
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6

Click

(2000) Self
Godfather of Harlem
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8

Godfather of Harlem

(2019) Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
The Boys
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8

The Boys

(2019) Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
The Usual Suspects
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8

The Usual Suspects

(1995) Jack Baer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 N/A
A.B. Wynter
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
Sidewinder
2024 N/A
Mayor Cicero
Teddy Knight, Esq.
Lambert
Gracián 'Gray' Parish
Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
2023 Baxter Stockman (voice)
Granite (voice)
Leo Pap
2022 Taxi Driver
Self
Self
Beauty's Father
Stan Edgar (voice)
2021 Self - "Gus Fring"
Pruit Normings
Self
Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Guest
2020 Himself
Bob
Self
Self
The Grandfather
N/A
Self - Moff Gideon
Archie Brubaker
Paul
2019 Tom Volk
Lex Luthor (voice)
Moff Gideon
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Doc
Self - Guest
N/A
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
Charlie Baudelaire
Lloyd
2018 Victor Goldsmith
Self - Narrator
Jorge
2017 self
Mason Washington
Phantom Blot (voice)
Frank Dawson
Narrator
Narrator
Gustavo Fring
Charles
2016 The Dentist
El Lazo
Congressman Frank McClaren
Pastor Ramon Cruz
Self
Captain Powell
Akela (voice)
Il Boss
2015 Self (archive footage)
Jorge
Gus Fring
Oscar Christoph
Dr. Sabian
2014 Bernard
Self
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Self
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Narrator
Self
Self
2013 Pruit Normings
Rufus Buck
Andrés Pico
Narrator
Self
Oliver Ohrt
2012 Self
Daramus Holiday
Major Tom Neville
Harvey Williams
2011 Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
Father Heery
Daytona LeMans
Inspector Hollander
Gordon Ramirez
2010 Auggie
Self
2009 Self
Gilbert Lawson
Self
2008 Alexander Moto
Tip
James Lawson
Dr. Palmer
Gus Fring
Young
2007 Nino
Roberto Vega
Fred
Dwayne Burkhalter
2006 N/A
Parole Officer Hernandez
Ken Arnold
Senator Dillings
Robert Fuentes
2005 Detective Church
Little Jeff
Ely Fisher
Richard Benoit
Benson Cooper
Director
Orlando Ramirez
Dr. Peña
Detective Esposito
2004 Captain Pierce
Vargas
Tim Sanders
Lt. Garner
Hank
2003 J.C. Reynolds
N/A
Karl
2002 N/A
Darrell Washington
Chief Braga
Jesse Haslim
2001 Cassius Clay, Sr.
Miguel Algarin
Hypnos
Jacob Lenz
N/A
2000 Tom Divack
James 'Junior' Bell
Jules
Self
Mike Giardello
Spike
1999 Father Romero
1998 Dr. Lawrence Carver
Chaz Villanueva
Blind Man (uncredited)
Louie
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
Reuben Escobar
Mr. Peavey
1997 Darryl
Joseph Grange
Georgie
Vampire
Charlie Dunt
N/A
Henry Kunitz
Anthony Rivera
1996 Jonathan Driscoll
N/A
N/A
Self
1995 David Matthews (uncredited)
Host Tim Timko
Tommy Finelli
Paul Lamont
Jack Baer
1st OTB Man / Tommy
Stoney
1994 Self
Antonio Gaudi
N/A
Adolfo Guzman
Esteban
Jack
1993 Autobiography Reading (voice)
Detective Paul Gigante
Paris Minton
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Michael Giardello
Arthur Sistrunk
1992 Thomas Hayer
Bugs Raplin
1991 YoYo
Jimmy Jiles
1990 Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
Attorney Baylor
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Lance
1989 Self
Buggin Out
1988 Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
1987 Tyson
Gang Member #1
Howie
1986 Videoplayer
Simon Fernandes
Marcus
1985 Jumpin' Jack
Street Vendor
Intruder
Elisha
1984 Bumpy Hood
N/A
Luther
Ricky
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1983 Cellmate #2
Julio
1981 Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
Jamie
1979 Puerto Rican Teenager
N/A
1970 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Executive Producer
2020 Executive Producer
2017 Producer
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2017 Director
2015 Director
2008 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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