Giancarlo Esposito
Acting
Born: April 26, 1958 (age 68) · Copenhagen, Denmark
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Breaking Bad
2008
The Boys
2019
The Usual Suspects
1995
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
The Mandalorian
2019
The Jungle Book
2016
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
Better Call Saul
2015
Westworld
2016
Okja
2017
Trading Places
1983
Bones
2005
Photos (9)
Movies (115)
The Electric State
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
Captain America: Brave New World
Sidewinder
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Jorge
Line of Duty
Tom Volk
By Any Means
Vernon Dahmer
The Usual Suspects
Jack Baer
The Jungle Book
Akela (voice)
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Abdul Malik
Maximum Overdrive
Videoplayer
Derailed
Detective Church
Abigail
Lambert
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Jorge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Baxter Stockman (voice)
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Jimmy Jiles
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Moff Gideon (voice)
Trading Places
Cellmate #2
Money Monster
Captain Powell
Amos & Andrew
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Waiting to Exhale
David Matthews (uncredited)
MaXXXine
Teddy Knight, Esq.
Megalopolis
Mayor Cicero
Rabbit Hole
Auggie
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Hood
Last Holiday
Senator Dillings
King of New York
Lance
Mo' Better Blues
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
The Brother from Another Planet
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Doing Hard Time
Captain Pierce
Do the Right Thing
Buggin Out
Fresh
Esteban
Ali
Cassius Clay, Sr.
Monkeybone
Hypnos
Alex Cross
Daramus Holiday
Malcolm X
Thomas Hayer
Night on Earth
YoYo
Sherrybaby
Parole Officer Hernandez
Please Don't Feed the Children
Fitz
Son of Batman
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Nothing to Lose
Charlie Dunt
Brother Nature
Congressman Frank McClaren
Jungle Fever
Homeless Man
Desperately Seeking Susan
Street Vendor
Unpregnant
Bob
Blue in the Face
Tommy Finelli
The Show
Mason Washington
7 Dogs
Roman Marks
Okja
Frank Dawson
Smoke
1st OTB Man / Tommy
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Inspector Hollander
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Little Jeff
Blind Horizon
J.C. Reynolds
Homicide: The Movie
Mike Giardello
Bob Roberts
Bugs Raplin
Taps
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
Thirst
Dr. Lawrence Carver
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Autobiography Reading (voice)
School Daze
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
Twilight
Reuben Escobar
Stargirl
Archie Brubaker
Stuck
Lloyd
Coda
Paul
Poker Night
Bernard
Back in the Day
Benson Cooper
A Killer Within
Vargas
Chupacabra Terror
Dr. Peña
Phoenix
Louie
Unacknowledged
Narrator
Five Desperate Hours
Joseph Grange
The Keeper
Paul Lamont
Kill Me
Dr. Singer
They Die by Dawn
Rufus Buck
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Chaz Villanueva
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Julio
Feel The Noise
Roberto Vega
Hate Crime
Detective Esposito
Chelsea on the Rocks
Tip
Big City Blues
Georgie
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Elisha
Mano
Nino
Where's Marlowe?
Blind Man (uncredited)
Rain
Ken Arnold
Ash Tuesday
Karl
Over/Under
Oliver Ohrt
Noise
Hank
Piñero
Miguel Algarin
Gospel Hill
Dr. Palmer
Mood Indigo
Arthur Sistrunk
Timms Valley
Pruit Normings
Beauty
Beauty's Father
Heartbeat
Gang Member #1
Euphoria
Taxi Driver
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
Il Boss
The Box
Dwayne Burkhalter
The Tomorrow Man
Jonathan Driscoll
Racing Daylight
Fred
Running
Puerto Rican Teenager
The Gentleman Bandit
Jamie
Requiem for the Big East
Narrator
I Did Not Forget You
Dr. Sabian
The Maze
Henry Kunitz
Rockabye
Marcus
Certainty
Father Heery
The Nagano Tapes
Narrator
Trouble on the Corner
Darryl
Kla$h
Stoney
Tutti a squola
1979
For NYC
2020
Sweet Lorraine
Howie
Reckless
Host Tim Timko
Finnegan Begin Again
Intruder
Loose Women
Stylist #2
Blood River Crossing
Narrator
Josephine
Spike
Stardust
Mr. Peavey
TV Shows (75)
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon · 3 eps
Law & Order
Attorney Baylor · 1 eps
Breaking Bad
Gustavo Fring · 28 eps
Bones
Richard Benoit · 1 eps
CSI: Miami
Chief Braga · 3 eps
Better Call Saul
Gus Fring · 40 eps
The Boys
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice) · 1 eps
The Boys
Stan Edgar · 12 eps
Westworld
El Lazo · 1 eps
Once Upon a Time
Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror · 14 eps
Gen V
Stan Edgar · 1 eps
The Mandalorian
Moff Gideon · 9 eps
Miami Vice
Adonis Jackson · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Luther · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Ricky · 1 eps
The Gentlemen
Uncle Stan · 12 eps
Ghost Whisperer
Ely Fisher · 1 eps
Las Vegas
Reggie Archibald · 1 eps
The Practice
Ray McMurphy · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Cherchez LaFemme · 1 eps
DuckTales
Phantom Blot (voice) · 3 eps
Third Watch
Father Romero · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Michael Giardello · 22 eps
Lie to Me
Beau Hackman · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Antonio Gaudi · 1 eps
Godfather of Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. · 14 eps
Strong Medicine
James 'Junior' Bell · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Whip Tyrell · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Arnold / Gordon Keller · 1 eps
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice) · 11 eps
Community
Gilbert Lawson · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Elisha · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Simon Fernandes · 3 eps
The Equalizer
Jumpin' Jack · 1 eps
The Division
Dr. Pembroke · 1 eps
Leverage
Alexander Moto · 1 eps
Drunk History
Andrés Pico · 1 eps
Poker Face
Fred Finch · 1 eps
Creepshow
Doc · 1 eps
New York Undercover
Adolfo Guzman · 3 eps
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Granite (voice) · 1 eps
Half & Half
Darrell Washington · 1 eps
The Hunger
Vampire · 1 eps
Revolution
Tom Neville · 42 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Orlando Ramirez · 1 eps
The Residence
A.B. Wynter · 8 eps
Fallen Angels
Paris Minton · 1 eps
Street Time
Jesse Haslim · 1 eps
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Ambassador Theodore Kelefy · 1 eps
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Stan Edgar (voice) · 1 eps
Kidnapped
1 eps
Dear White People
Narrator · 40 eps
100 Centre Street
Jacob Lenz · 1 eps
Jett
Charlie Baudelaire · 9 eps
Kaleidoscope
Leo Pap · 9 eps
Parish
Gracián 'Gray' Parish · 6 eps
Creature
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf · 2 eps
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Gordon Ramirez · 1 eps
New Amsterdam
James Lawson · 1 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Grandfather · 1 eps
The Get Down
Pastor Ramon Cruz · 11 eps
NYC 22
Harvey Williams · 1 eps
Swift Justice
Andrew Coffin · 3 eps
5ive Days to Midnight
Tim Sanders · 5 eps
Allegiance
Oscar Christoph · 7 eps
Soul Food
Jules · 2 eps
Bakersfield P.D.
Detective Paul Gigante · 17 eps
The $treet
Tom Divack · 12 eps
Leg Work
Tyson · 1 eps
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Gustavo Fring · 10 eps
Girls Club
Nicholas Hahn · 9 eps
Rebel
Charles · 9 eps
South Beach
Robert Fuentes · 8 eps
Dallas & Robo
Victor Goldsmith · 8 eps
Roanoak
Simon Fernandes · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (31)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 2 eps
Click
Self · 1 eps
Game Changer
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood Black
Self · 4 eps
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Moff Gideon · 4 eps
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
Self · 1 eps
The Game Awards
Self · 1 eps
Show Me More
Self - "Gus Fring" · 2 eps
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Self · 4 eps
Talking Bad
Self · 1 eps
Bonnie
Self
The Broken and the Bad
Self · 6 eps
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
The Haunting Of...
Self · 1 eps
Megadoc
Self
Disney 100: Remember That
Self
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Self
The Making of 'Ali'
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
PoliWood
Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
On Meditation
Self
