Giancarlo Esposito
Acting
🎂 1958-04-26
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.
Cast credits(222)
Self
2010
2019
Self
2014
Self
2014
Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
1990
Attorney Baylor
1990
Ely Fisher
2005
Gus Fring
2008
Richard Benoit
2005
Chief Braga
2002
Antonio Gaudi
1994
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
2019
Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
2019
Ray McMurphy
1997
Gus Fring
2015
Fred Finch
2023
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
2019
El Lazo
2016
Moff Gideon
2019
Gilbert Lawson
2009
Sidewinder
2025
Jumpin' Jack
1985
James 'Junior' Bell
2000
Adonis Jackson
1984
Luther
1984
Ricky
1984
2003
Self
2000
The Grandfather
2020
Pastor Ramon Cruz
2016
Phantom Blot (voice)
2017
Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
2011
Andrés Pico
2013
Darrell Washington
2002
Narrator
2017
A.B. Wynter
2025
Alexander Moto
2008
Gustavo Fring
2017
Jacob Lenz
2001
Granite (voice)
2023
Jesse Haslim
2002
Stan Edgar (voice)
2022
Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
2024
Self
2022
Adolfo Guzman
1994
Self
2020
Father Romero
1999
Self - Guest
2019
Gracián 'Gray' Parish
2024
Gordon Ramirez
2011
1994
Charlie Baudelaire
2019
Tom Divack
2000
Tyson
1987
Harvey Williams
2012
Detective Paul Gigante
1993
Vampire
1997
Michael Giardello
1993
Orlando Ramirez
2005
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
1998
Leo Pap
2023
Self
2014
Self - Moff Gideon
2020
2006
1996
Doc
2019
2002
Major Tom Neville
2012
Dr. Pembroke
2001
Self
2012
James Lawson
2008
Lambert
2024
Charles
2017
Oscar Christoph
2015
Paris Minton
1993
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
2025
Robert Fuentes
2006
Jorge
2015
Jorge
2018
Self
2009
Jack Baer
1995
Akela (voice)
2016
Teddy Knight, Esq.
2024
Baxter Stockman (voice)
2023
Mayor Cicero
2024
Self - "Gus Fring"
2021
Cellmate #2
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Tim Sanders
2004
1996
Victor Goldsmith
2018
2025
Thomas Hayer
1992
Senator Dillings
2006
Jules
2000
Self
2020
Lance
1990
Cassius Clay, Sr.
2001
Frank Dawson
2017
self
2017
Buggin Out
1989
Captain Powell
2016
1st OTB Man / Tommy
1995
Captain Pierce
2004
Himself
2020
Inspector Hollander
2011
Detective Church
2005
Jimmy Jiles
1991
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
1981
Videoplayer
1986
Esteban
1994
Tom Volk
2019
Charlie Dunt
1997
YoYo
1991
Street Vendor
1985
(voice)
2026
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
2014
David Matthews (uncredited)
1995
Dr. Peña
2005
Bumpy Hood
1984
Daramus Holiday
2012
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2014
Auggie
2010
Reuben Escobar
1998
Hypnos
2001
Stoney
1995
Self - Guest
2021
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
1990
Little Jeff
2005
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1984
Mason Washington
2017
Elisha
1985
Archie Brubaker
2020
Louie
1998
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
1993
J.C. Reynolds
2003
Beauty's Father
2022
Bob
2020
Narrator
2017
Detective Esposito
2005
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
1988
Bugs Raplin
1992
Roberto Vega
2007
Tommy Finelli
1995
Parole Officer Hernandez
2006
Congressman Frank McClaren
2016
Bernard
2014
Taxi Driver
2022
Julio
1983
Intruder
1985
Paul
2020
Pruit Normings
2013
Benson Cooper
2005
Self
2022
Jonathan Driscoll
1996
Tip
2008
1979
Self
1989
Ken Arnold
2006
Puerto Rican Teenager
1979
Vargas
2004
Miguel Algarin
2001
Darryl
1997
Mike Giardello
2000
Rufus Buck
2013
Self
2009
Jack
1994
Father Heery
2011
Dwayne Burkhalter
2007
Self
2014
Joseph Grange
1997
Vernon Dahmer
Fred
2007
Hank
2004
The Dentist
2016
Dr. Palmer
2008
Dr. Lawrence Carver
1998
Mr. Peavey
1998
Marcus
1986
Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass
2011
Anthony Rivera
1997
Narrator
2013
Blind Man (uncredited)
1998
Paul Lamont
1995
Karl
2003
Simon Fernandes
1986
Lloyd
2019
Arthur Sistrunk
1993
Chaz Villanueva
1998
Dr. Sabian
2015
Self
1994
Self (archive footage)
2015
Oliver Ohrt
2013
Self
2021
Host Tim Timko
1995
Georgie
1997
Jamie
1981
Self
2016
Self
2013
Gang Member #1
1987
Narrator
2018
Young
2008
Nino
2007
Howie
1987
1970
Il Boss
2016
Narrator
2014
Henry Kunitz
1997
Autobiography Reading (voice)
1993
Director
2005
Lt. Garner
2004
Spike
2000
2020
Daytona LeMans
2011