Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and the prequel series Better Call Saul (2017–2022). For this role he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science fiction series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series Dear White People (2017–present), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series The Boys (2019–present), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ space western drama series The Mandalorian (2019–present), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed American Baptist pastor and politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present). Esposito also portrays Antón Castillo, the main antagonist of the video game Far Cry 6, released in 2021. He is also known for his appearances in several Spike Lee films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). Esposito's other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Gospel Hill (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), Money Monster (2016), Okja (2017), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and Stargirl (2020).
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- Born:
- Apr 26, 1958 In Copenhagen, Denmark
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 203
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Residence
- Latest Project:
- Movie Captain America: Brave New World 2025-02-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Electric State | Marshall | 2025 |
| Movie | The Prince | 2025 | |
| Series | The Residence | A.B. Wynter | 2025 |
| Movie | Please Don’t Feed the Children | 2025 | |
| Movie | Captain America: Brave New World | Seth Voelker / Sidewinder | 2025-02-12 |
| Series | The Gentlemen | Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan) | 2024-03-07 |
| Movie | Abigail | Lambert | 2024-04-16 |
| Movie | MaXXXine | Teddy Knight, Esq. | 2024-07-04 |
| Movie | Megalopolis | Mayor Franklyn Cicero | 2024-09-25 |
| Series | Parish | Gracián 'Gray' Parish | 2024-03-31 |
| Series | Kaleidoscope | Leo Pap | 2023-01-01 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Baxter Stockman (voice) | 2023-07-31 |
| Series | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Granite (voice) | 2023-02-10 |
| Series | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Stan Edgar (voice) | 2022-03-03 |
| Series | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022-09-12 |
| Movie | Beauty | Beauty's Father | 2022-06-11 |
| Movie | Bonnie | Self | 2022-11-12 |
| Movie | Euphoria | Taxi Driver | 2022-11-29 |
| Series | Show Me More | Self - "Gus Fring" | 2021-10-20 |
| Movie | The Long Home | 2021-01-01 | |
| Series | Ultra City Smiths | Pruit Normings | 2021-09-13 |
| Movie | Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood | Self | 2021-08-02 |
| Series | The Eisen Hour | Himself - Guest | 2021-01-23 |
| Series | Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-02-21 |
| Movie | Coda | Paul | 2020-01-31 |
| Movie | Stargirl | Archie Brubaker | 2020-03-10 |
| Series | Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Self - Moff Gideon | 2020-05-04 |
| Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | The Grandfather | 2020-06-29 |
| Movie | Unpregnant | Bob | 2020-09-10 |
| Series | Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys | Self | 2020-08-27 |
| Movie | For NYC | 2020-06-01 | |
| Series | The Broken and the Bad | Self | 2020-07-09 |
| Series | Jett | Charlie Baudelaire | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | Stuck | Lloyd | 2019-04-19 |
| Series | The Boys | Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice) | 2019-07-25 |
| Series | Game Changer | Self - Guest | 2019-09-20 |
| Series | Harley Quinn | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2019-11-29 |
| Movie | Line of Duty | Tom Volk | 2019-12-25 |
| Series | The Mandalorian | Moff Gideon | 2019-11-12 |
| Series | Godfather of Harlem | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | 2019-09-29 |
| Series | Creepshow | Doc | 2019-09-26 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Unknown | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | The Nagano Tapes | Self - Narrator | 2018-02-22 |
| Movie | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Jorge | 2018-01-10 |
| Series | Dallas & Robo | Victor Goldsmith | 2018-05-30 |
| Movie | The Show | Mason Washington | 2017-09-21 |
| Series | DuckTales | Phantom Blot (voice) | 2017-08-12 |
| Series | Rebel | Charles | 2017-03-28 |
| Movie | Okja | Frank Dawson | 2017-06-28 |
| Series | Better Call Saul Employee Training | Gustavo Fring | 2017-04-10 |
| Movie | Unacknowledged | Narrator | 2017-05-23 |
| Series | Dear White People | Narrator | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare | Il Boss | 2016-01-21 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book | Akela (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
| Series | Westworld | El Lazo | 2016-10-02 |
| Movie | Brother Nature | Congressman Frank McClaren | 2016-09-09 |
| Series | The Get Down | Pastor Ramon Cruz | 2016-08-12 |
| Movie | PAYDAY THE MOVIE | The Dentist | 2016-10-21 |
| Movie | Money Monster | Captain Powell | 2016-05-12 |
| Movie | On Meditation | Self | 2016-07-27 |
| Movie | I Did Not Forget You | Dr. Sabian | 2015-01-01 |
| Series | Allegiance | Oscar Christoph | 2015-02-05 |
| Movie | Enzian: When the Lights Go Up | Self (archive footage) | 2015-12-17 |
| Movie | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Jorge | 2015-09-09 |
| Series | Better Call Saul | Gus Fring | 2015-02-08 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | Requiem for the Big East | Narrator | 2014-03-16 |
| Movie | Son of Batman | Ra's al Ghul (voice) | 2014-05-13 |
| Movie | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | Batman: Assault on Arkham | Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice) | 2014-08-12 |
| Series | The Game Awards | Self | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Poker Night | Bernard | 2014-12-20 |
| Movie | Over/Under | Oliver Ohrt | 2013-01-04 |
| Series | Drunk History | Andrés Pico | 2013-07-09 |
| Movie | Timms Valley | Pruit Normings | 2013-12-31 |
| Movie | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013-11-26 |
| Movie | They Die by Dawn | Rufus Buck | 2013-09-20 |
| Movie | Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal | Self | 2013-02-01 |
| Series | NYC 22 | Harvey Williams | 2012-04-15 |
| Movie | Alex Cross | Daramus Holiday | 2012-10-18 |
| Series | Revolution | Major Tom Neville | 2012-09-17 |
| Series | The Haunting Of... | Self | 2012-10-27 |
| Series | Once Upon a Time | Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror | 2011-10-23 |
| Movie | S.W.A.T.: Firefight | Inspector Hollander | 2011-03-01 |
| Movie | Certainty | Father Heery | 2011-09-16 |
| Movie | Dreaming American | Daytona LeMans | 2011-06-20 |
| Series | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Gordon Ramirez | 2011-02-16 |
| Series | Conan | Self | 2010-11-08 |
| Movie | Rabbit Hole | Auggie | 2010-12-16 |
| Movie | PoliWood | Self | 2009-07-03 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009-10-03 |
| Series | Community | Gilbert Lawson | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | Xenophobia | Young | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Chelsea on the Rocks | Tip | 2008-05-23 |
| Series | Breaking Bad | Gus Fring | 2008-01-20 |
| Series | New Amsterdam | James Lawson | 2008-03-04 |
| Series | Leverage | Alexander Moto | 2008-12-07 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Dr. Palmer | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | The Box | Dwayne Burkhalter | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Feel The Noise | Roberto Vega | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | Mano | Nino | 2007-10-22 |
| Series | South Beach | Robert Fuentes | 2006-01-11 |
| Movie | Last Holiday | Senator Dillings | 2006-01-13 |
| Movie | Rain | Ken Arnold | 2006-04-20 |
| Series | Kidnapped | Unknown | 2006-09-20 |
| Movie | Sherrybaby | Parole Officer Hernandez | 2006-09-08 |
| Movie | Hate Crime | Detective Esposito | 2005-01-14 |
| Movie | Derailed | Detective Church | 2005-11-11 |
| Series | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Orlando Ramirez | 2005-03-03 |
| Movie | Chupacabra Terror | Dr. Peña | 2005-01-29 |
| Movie | I Will Avenge You, Iago! | Director | 2005-04-19 |
| Series | Ghost Whisperer | Ely Fisher | 2005-09-23 |
| Movie | Carlito's Way: Rise to Power | Little Jeff | 2005-09-27 |
| Movie | Back in the Day | Benson Cooper | 2005-05-24 |
| Series | Bones | Richard Benoit | 2005-09-13 |
| Series | 5ive Days to Midnight | Tim Sanders | 2004-06-07 |
| Movie | Doing Hard Time | Captain Pierce | 2004-11-23 |
| Movie | A Killer Within | Vargas | 2004-11-06 |
| Movie | Noise | Hank | 2004-01-31 |
| Movie | Blind Horizon | J.C. Reynolds | 2003-12-14 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Ash Tuesday | Karl | 2003-05-09 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Chief Braga | 2002-09-23 |
| Series | Street Time | Unknown | 2002-06-23 |
| Series | Half & Half | Darrell Washington | 2002-09-23 |
| Series | Girls Club | 2002-10-21 | |
| Movie | Monkeybone | Hypnos | 2001-02-23 |
| Movie | Ali | Cassius Clay, Sr. | 2001-12-10 |
| Movie | Piñero | Miguel Algarin | 2001-10-05 |
| Series | The Division | Unknown | 2001-01-07 |
| Movie | Josephine | Spike | 2000-01-01 |
| Series | Soul Food | Jules | 2000-06-28 |
| Series | The $treet | Tom Divack | 2000-11-01 |
| Series | Strong Medicine | James 'Junior' Bell | 2000-07-23 |
| Movie | Homicide: The Movie | Mike Giardello | 2000-02-13 |
| Series | Third Watch | Father Romero | 1999-09-23 |
| Movie | Stardust | Mr. Peavey | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Twilight | Reuben Escobar | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | Thirst | Dr. Lawrence Carver | 1998-10-24 |
| Movie | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Chaz Villanueva | 1998-10-04 |
| Movie | Where's Marlowe? | Blind Man (uncredited) | 1998-10-01 |
| Series | Creature | Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf | 1998-05-18 |
| Movie | Phoenix | Louie | 1998-09-04 |
| Movie | The Maze | Henry Kunitz | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | The People | Anthony Rivera | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Nothing to Lose | Charlie Dunt | 1997-07-18 |
| Movie | Big City Blues | Georgie | 1997-10-01 |
| Movie | Five Desperate Hours | Joseph Grange | 1997-10-05 |
| Movie | Trouble on the Corner | Darryl | 1997-10-09 |
| Series | The Hunger | Vampire | 1997-07-20 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Movie | Mylène Farmer: California | 1996-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Tomorrow Man | Jonathan Driscoll | 1996-09-01 |
| Series | Swift Justice | Unknown | 1996-03-13 |
| Series | Nash Bridges | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
| Movie | Klash | Stoney | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Smoke | 1st OTB Man / Tommy | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | David Matthews (uncredited) | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Blue in the Face | Tommy Finelli | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Reckless | Host Tim Timko | 1995-11-17 |
| Movie | The Usual Suspects | FBI Agent Jack Baer | 1995-07-19 |
| Movie | The Keeper | Paul Lamont | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Benders | Jack | 1994-02-01 |
| Movie | Fresh | Esteban | 1994-06-15 |
| Movie | Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool | Self | 1994-10-31 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Antonio Gaudi | 1994-09-21 |
| Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Adolfo Guzman | 1994-09-08 |
| Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Michael Giardello | 1993-01-31 |
| Movie | Mood Indigo | Arthur Sistrunk | 1993-01-11 |
| Series | Fallen Angels | Paris Minton | 1993-08-01 |
| Movie | Amos & Andrew | The Reverend Fenton Brunch | 1993-03-05 |
| Movie | Seven Songs for Malcolm X | Autobiography Reading (voice) | 1993-10-01 |
| Series | Bakersfield P.D. | Detective Paul Gigante | 1993-09-14 |
| Movie | Bob Roberts | Bugs Raplin | 1992-09-04 |
| Movie | Malcolm X | Thomas Hayer | 1992-11-18 |
| Movie | Night on Earth | YoYo | 1991-12-12 |
| Movie | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Jimmy Jiles | 1991-08-23 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Left Hand Lacey (Piano) | 1990-08-03 |
| Series | Law & Order | Attorney Baylor | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | King of New York | Lance | 1990-07-18 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | Do the Right Thing | Buggin Out | 1989-06-14 |
| Movie | School Daze | Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves | 1988-02-12 |
| Movie | Heartbeat | Gang Member #1 | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | Sweet Lorraine | Howie | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Roanoak | Simon Fernandes | 1986-05-26 |
| Movie | Rockabye | Marcus | 1986-01-11 |
| Movie | Maximum Overdrive | Videoplayer | 1986-07-25 |
| Movie | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Elisha | 1985-01-14 |
| Movie | Desperately Seeking Susan | Street Vendor | 1985-03-29 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Jumpin' Jack | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Finnegan Begin Again | Intruder | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | The Brother from Another Planet | Man Being Arrested (uncredited) | 1984-09-07 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Ricky | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | The Cotton Club | Bumpy Hood | 1984-12-14 |
| Movie | Trading Places | Cellmate #2 | 1983-06-07 |
| Movie | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Julio | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | Taps | Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce | 1981-12-20 |
| Movie | The Gentleman Bandit | Jamie | 1981-05-06 |
| Movie | Running | Puerto Rican Teenager | 1979-10-30 |
| Movie | Tutti a squola | 1979-09-01 | |
| Movie | Et Salammbo? | 1970-05-01 |