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 (111)
Captain America: Brave New World
Sidewinder
The Usual Suspects
Jack Baer
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Jorge
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Jorge
The Jungle Book
Akela (voice)
The Electric State
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
7 Dogs
Roman Marks
Trading Places
Cellmate #2
Abigail
Lambert
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Baxter Stockman (voice)
MaXXXine
Teddy Knight, Esq.
Megalopolis
Mayor Cicero
Malcolm X
Thomas Hayer
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Last Holiday
Senator Dillings
Do the Right Thing
Buggin Out
Nothing to Lose
Charlie Dunt
Derailed
Detective Church
Okja
Frank Dawson
Money Monster
Captain Powell
King of New York
Lance
Night on Earth
YoYo
Fresh
Esteban
Maximum Overdrive
Videoplayer
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Jimmy Jiles
Alex Cross
Daramus Holiday
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Hood
Line of Duty
Tom Volk
Ali
Cassius Clay, Sr.
Desperately Seeking Susan
Street Vendor
Jungle Fever
Homeless Man
Rabbit Hole
Auggie
Son of Batman
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Taps
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
Monkeybone
Hypnos
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Inspector Hollander
Waiting to Exhale
David Matthews (uncredited)
Amos & Andrew
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Smoke
1st OTB Man / Tommy
Please Don't Feed the Children
Fitz
Poker Night
Bernard
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Little Jeff
Twilight
Reuben Escobar
Stargirl
Archie Brubaker
Coda
Paul
The Show
Mason Washington
Kill Me
Dr. Singer
Mo' Better Blues
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Blind Horizon
J.C. Reynolds
Phoenix
Louie
School Daze
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
Doing Hard Time
Captain Pierce
Blue in the Face
Tommy Finelli
Brother Nature
Congressman Frank McClaren
The Brother from Another Planet
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Unpregnant
Bob
Bob Roberts
Bugs Raplin
Chupacabra Terror
Dr. Peña
Mano
Nino
Gospel Hill
Dr. Palmer
Homicide: The Movie
Mike Giardello
Piñero
Miguel Algarin
Euphoria
Taxi Driver
Feel The Noise
Roberto Vega
Unacknowledged
Narrator
Hate Crime
Detective Esposito
They Die by Dawn
Rufus Buck
Sherrybaby
Parole Officer Hernandez
Back in the Day
Benson Cooper
A Killer Within
Vargas
Timms Valley
Pruit Normings
Finnegan Begin Again
Intruder
Sweet Lorraine
Howie
Beauty
Beauty's Father
The Maze
Henry Kunitz
Where's Marlowe?
Blind Man (uncredited)
Rain
Ken Arnold
The Box
Dwayne Burkhalter
Running
Puerto Rican Teenager
Racing Daylight
Fred
Five Desperate Hours
Joseph Grange
Mood Indigo
Arthur Sistrunk
Big City Blues
Georgie
Tutti a squola
1979
I Did Not Forget You
Dr. Sabian
Certainty
Father Heery
Over/Under
Oliver Ohrt
Heartbeat
Gang Member #1
Trouble on the Corner
Darryl
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Elisha
Ash Tuesday
Karl
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Chaz Villanueva
The Nagano Tapes
Narrator
The Tomorrow Man
Jonathan Driscoll
Chelsea on the Rocks
Tip
The Keeper
Paul Lamont
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Julio
Reckless
Host Tim Timko
Stuck
Lloyd
The Gentleman Bandit
Jamie
Thirst
Dr. Lawrence Carver
Kla$h
Stoney
Requiem for the Big East
Narrator
Noise
Hank
Rockabye
Marcus
For NYC
2020
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
Il Boss
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Autobiography Reading (voice)
Stardust
Mr. Peavey
Blood River Crossing
Narrator
Josephine
Spike
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
The Boys
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice) · 1 eps
The Boys
Stan Edgar · 12 eps
Once Upon a Time
Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror · 14 eps
Better Call Saul
Gus Fring · 40 eps
Miami Vice
Adonis Jackson · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Luther · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Ricky · 1 eps
Ghost Whisperer
Ely Fisher · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Cherchez LaFemme · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Michael Giardello · 22 eps
Las Vegas
Reggie Archibald · 1 eps
Third Watch
Father Romero · 1 eps
Westworld
El Lazo · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Elisha · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Simon Fernandes · 3 eps
The Gentlemen
Uncle Stan · 12 eps
The Mandalorian
Moff Gideon · 9 eps
The Practice
Ray McMurphy · 1 eps
Strong Medicine
James 'Junior' Bell · 1 eps
Lie to Me
Beau Hackman · 1 eps
Community
Gilbert Lawson · 2 eps
Touched by an Angel
Antonio Gaudi · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Whip Tyrell · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Arnold / Gordon Keller · 1 eps
DuckTales
Phantom Blot (voice) · 3 eps
The Division
Dr. Pembroke · 1 eps
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice) · 11 eps
Gen V
Stan Edgar · 1 eps
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Granite (voice) · 1 eps
Godfather of Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. · 14 eps
The Equalizer
Jumpin' Jack · 1 eps
Leverage
Alexander Moto · 1 eps
New York Undercover
Adolfo Guzman · 3 eps
Poker Face
Fred Finch · 1 eps
Drunk History
Andrés Pico · 1 eps
The Residence
A.B. Wynter · 8 eps
Creepshow
Doc · 1 eps
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Stan Edgar (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
Fallen Angels
Paris Minton · 1 eps
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Ambassador Theodore Kelefy · 1 eps
Kaleidoscope
Leo Pap · 9 eps
Dear White People
Narrator · 40 eps
Street Time
Jesse Haslim · 1 eps
Jett
Charlie Baudelaire · 9 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Grandfather · 1 eps
100 Centre Street
Jacob Lenz · 1 eps
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Gordon Ramirez · 1 eps
Kidnapped
1 eps
Parish
Gracián 'Gray' Parish · 6 eps
Swift Justice
Andrew Coffin · 3 eps
Soul Food
Jules · 2 eps
Bakersfield P.D.
Detective Paul Gigante · 17 eps
Allegiance
Oscar Christoph · 7 eps
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Gustavo Fring · 10 eps
The $treet
Tom Divack · 12 eps
South Beach
Robert Fuentes · 8 eps
5ive Days to Midnight
Tim Sanders · 5 eps
New Amsterdam
James Lawson · 1 eps
The Get Down
Pastor Ramon Cruz · 11 eps
NYC 22
Harvey Williams · 1 eps
Creature
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf · 2 eps
Leg Work
Tyson · 1 eps
Dallas & Robo
Victor Goldsmith · 8 eps
Rebel
Charles · 9 eps
Girls Club
9 eps
Roanoak
Simon Fernandes · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (31)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Game Changer
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Click
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Moff Gideon · 4 eps
Hollywood Black
Self · 4 eps
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
Self · 1 eps
Show Me More
Self - "Gus Fring" · 2 eps
The Game Awards
Self · 1 eps
Talking Bad
Self · 1 eps
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Self · 4 eps
Bonnie
Self
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Haunting Of...
Self · 1 eps
The Broken and the Bad
Self · 6 eps
Megadoc
Self
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
Disney 100: Remember That
Self
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
The Making of 'Ali'
Self
PoliWood
Self
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
On Meditation
Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Self
