Giancarlo Esposito
Born April 26, 1958 (Age: 67)
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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.
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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Filmography
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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
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The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
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as Detective Warren
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Age: 67
Megadoc
2025
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as Self
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Age: 67
Please Don't Feed the Children
2025
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as Fitz
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Age: 67
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
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as Sidewinder
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Age: 66
Megalopolis
2024
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as Mayor Cicero
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Age: 66
MaXXXine
2024
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as Teddy Knight, Esq.
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Age: 66
Abigail
2024
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as Lambert
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Age: 65
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
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as Baxter Stockman (voice)
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Age: 65
Line of Duty
2019
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as Tom Volk
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Age: 61
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
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as Jorge
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Age: 59
Okja
2017
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as Frank Dawson
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Age: 59
Money Monster
2016
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as Captain Powell
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Age: 58
The Jungle Book
2016
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as Akela (voice)
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Age: 57
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 57
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
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as Jorge
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Age: 57
I Did Not Forget You
2015
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as Dr. Sabian
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Age: 56
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
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as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
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Age: 56
Alex Cross
2012
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as Daramus Holiday
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Age: 54
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Dreaming American
2011
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as Daytona LeMans
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Age: 53
Rabbit Hole
2010
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as Auggie
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Age: 52
Mano
2007
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as Nino
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Age: 49
Sherrybaby
2006
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as Parole Officer Hernandez
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Age: 48
Last Holiday
2006
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as Senator Dillings
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Age: 47
Derailed
2005
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as Detective Church
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Age: 47
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I Will Avenge You, Iago!
2005
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as Director
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Age: 46
Hate Crime
2005
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as Detective Esposito
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Age: 46
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NYPD 2069
2004
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as Lt. Garner
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Age: 46
Ali
2001
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as Cassius Clay, Sr.
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Age: 43
Monkeybone
2001
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as Hypnos
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Age: 42
Homicide: The Movie
2000
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as Mike Giardello
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Age: 41
Josephine
2000
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as Spike
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Age: 41
Thirst
1998
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as Dr. Lawrence Carver
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Age: 40
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
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as Chaz Villanueva
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Age: 40
Where's Marlowe?
1998
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as Blind Man (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Phoenix
1998
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as Louie
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Age: 40
Twilight
1998
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as Reuben Escobar
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Age: 39
Stardust
1998
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as Mr. Peavey
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Age: 39
Trouble on the Corner
1997
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as Darryl
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Age: 39
Five Desperate Hours
1997
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as Joseph Grange
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Age: 39
Big City Blues
1997
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as Georgie
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Age: 39
Nothing to Lose
1997
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as Charlie Dunt
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Age: 39
The Maze
1997
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as Henry Kunitz
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Age: 38
The Tomorrow Man
1996
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as Jonathan Driscoll
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Age: 38
Mylène Farmer: California
1996
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as Rich Man/Pimp
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Age: 37
Waiting to Exhale
1995
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as David Matthews (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Blue in the Face
1995
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as Tommy Finelli
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Age: 37
The Usual Suspects
1995
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as Jack Baer
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Age: 37
Smoke
1995
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as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
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Age: 37
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
1994
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as Self
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Age: 36
Fresh
1994
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as Esteban
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Age: 36
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Benders
1994
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as Jack
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Age: 35
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
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as Autobiography Reading (voice)
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Age: 35
Amos & Andrew
1993
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as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
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Age: 34
Mood Indigo
1993
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as Arthur Sistrunk
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Age: 34
Malcolm X
1992
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as Thomas Hayer
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Age: 34
Bob Roberts
1992
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as Bugs Raplin
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Age: 34
Night on Earth
1991
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as YoYo
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Age: 33
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
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as Jimmy Jiles
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Age: 33
Jungle Fever
1991
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as Homeless Man
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Age: 33
Mo' Better Blues
1990
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as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
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Age: 32
King of New York
1990
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as Lance
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Age: 32
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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
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as Self
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Age: 31
Do the Right Thing
1989
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as Buggin Out
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Age: 31
School Daze
1988
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as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
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Age: 29
Sweet Lorraine
1987
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as Howie
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Age: 29
Maximum Overdrive
1986
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as Videoplayer
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Age: 28
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
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as Street Vendor
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Age: 26
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
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as Intruder
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Age: 26
The Cotton Club
1984
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as Bumpy Hood
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Age: 26
Trading Places
1983
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as Cellmate #2
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Age: 25
Taps
1981
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as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
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Age: 23
The Gentleman Bandit
1981
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as Jamie
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Age: 23
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Et Salammbo?
1970
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Age: 12