
Giancarlo Esposito
Known for Acting · 228 credits
- Born
- 1958-04-26 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Also known as
- Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito · جانکارلو اسپوزیتو
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (88)

The Boys
2019
as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)

Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon / Attorney Baylor

Bones
2005
as Richard Benoit

Breaking Bad
2008
as Gus Fring

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

CSI: Miami
2002
as Chief Braga

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

The Mandalorian
2019
as Moff Gideon

Conan
2010
as Self

Better Call Saul
2015
as Gus Fring

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self

Westworld
2016
as El Lazo

Once Upon a Time
2011
as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror

Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Ely Fisher

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Chicago Hope
1994
as Cherchez LaFemme

The Practice
1997
as Ray McMurphy

Miami Vice
1984
as Adonis Jackson / Luther / Ricky

Third Watch
1999
as Father Romero

Community
2009
as Gilbert Lawson

Las Vegas
2003
as Reggie Archibald

Strong Medicine
2000
as James 'Junior' Bell

Gen V
2023
as Stan Edgar

The Equalizer
1985
as Jumpin' Jack

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Antonio Gaudi

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Michael Giardello

Nash Bridges
1996
as Whip Tyrell / Arnold / Gordon Keller

The Division
2001
as Dr. Pembroke

Lie to Me
2009
as Beau Hackman

DuckTales
2017
as Phantom Blot (voice)

Harley Quinn
2019
as Lex Luthor (voice)

Leverage
2008
as Alexander Moto

Godfather of Harlem
2019
as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

New York Undercover
1994
as Adolfo Guzman

Poker Face
2023
as Fred Finch

Click
2000
as Self

Drunk History
2013
as Andrés Pico

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self

The Gentlemen
2024
as Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Granite (voice)

Creepshow
2019
as Doc

Game Changer
2019
as Self - Guest

Half & Half
2002
as Darrell Washington

The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
as Stan Edgar (voice)

The Hunger
1997
as Vampire

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Orlando Ramirez

Fallen Angels
1993
as Paris Minton

Revolution
2012
as Tom Neville

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as The Grandfather

Dear White People
2017
as Narrator

The Residence
2025
as A.B. Wynter

Street Time
2002
as Jesse Haslim

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - Moff Gideon

A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Ambassador Theodore Kelefy

100 Centre Street
2001
as Jacob Lenz

Kidnapped
2006

Parish
2024
as Gracián 'Gray' Parish

New Amsterdam
2008
as James Lawson

Jett
2019
as Charlie Baudelaire
Movies (140)

7 Dogs
2026

Captain America: Brave New World
2025
as Sidewinder

Trading Places
1983
as Cellmate #2

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
as Jorge

The Usual Suspects
1995
as Jack Baer

Abigail
2024
as Lambert

Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
as Jorge

MaXXXine
2024
as Teddy Knight, Esq.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
as Baxter Stockman (voice)

The Jungle Book
2016
as Akela (voice)

The Electric State
2025
as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall

King of New York
1990
as Lance

Last Holiday
2006
as Senator Dillings

Megalopolis
2024
as Mayor Cicero

Malcolm X
1992
as Thomas Hayer

Ali
2001
as Cassius Clay, Sr.

Okja
2017
as Frank Dawson

Alex Cross
2012
as Daramus Holiday

By Any Means
2026
as Vernon Dahmer

Maximum Overdrive
1986
as Videoplayer

Derailed
2005
as Detective Church

Monkeybone
2001
as Hypnos

The Cat in the Hat
2026
as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)

Waiting to Exhale
1995
as David Matthews (uncredited)

Do the Right Thing
1989
as Buggin Out

Money Monster
2016
as Captain Powell

Nothing to Lose
1997
as Charlie Dunt

The Cotton Club
1984
as Bumpy Hood

Please Don't Feed the Children
2025
as Fitz

Unpregnant
2020
as Bob

Taps
1981
as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce

Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)

Son of Batman
2014
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)

Rabbit Hole
2010
as Auggie

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
as Jimmy Jiles

Smoke
1995
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy

Fresh
1994
as Esteban

Line of Duty
2019
as Tom Volk

S.W.A.T.: Firefight
2011
as Inspector Hollander

Stargirl
2020
as Archie Brubaker

Bob Roberts
1992
as Bugs Raplin

Night on Earth
1991
as YoYo

School Daze
1988
as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves

Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Street Vendor

Coda
2020
as Paul

Bonnie
2022
as Self

They Die by Dawn
2013
as Rufus Buck

Jungle Fever
1991
as Homeless Man

Where's Marlowe?
1998
as Blind Man (uncredited)

Megadoc
2025
as Self

The Show
2017
as Mason Washington

Sherrybaby
2006
as Parole Officer Hernandez

Chupacabra Terror
2005
as Dr. Peña

Thirst
1998
as Dr. Lawrence Carver

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
as Detective Warren

Running
1979
as Puerto Rican Teenager

Twilight
1998
as Reuben Escobar

Certainty
2011
as Father Heery
The Long Home

Phoenix
1998
as Louie
The Prince

Amos & Andrew
1993
as The Reverend Fenton Brunch

Blue in the Face
1995
as Tommy Finelli

The Keeper
1995
as Paul Lamont

Blind Horizon
2003
as J.C. Reynolds

Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005
as Little Jeff

Reckless
1995
as Host Tim Timko

The Brother from Another Planet
1984
as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)

Doing Hard Time
2004
as Captain Pierce

Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Mike Giardello

Kill Me
2026
as Dr. Singer

Brother Nature
2016
as Congressman Frank McClaren

The Maze
1997
as Henry Kunitz

The Box
2007
as Dwayne Burkhalter

A Killer Within
2004
as Vargas

Poker Night
2014
as Bernard
...And Out Comes the Wolf
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
2026

Gospel Hill
2008
as Dr. Palmer

Feel The Noise
2007
as Roberto Vega

Hate Crime
2005
as Detective Esposito
Benders
1994
as Jack

Back in the Day
2005
as Benson Cooper

Beauty
2022
as Beauty's Father

PoliWood
2009
as Self

Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Tip

Euphoria
2022
as Taxi Driver

Kla$h
1995
as Stoney

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self

Noise
2004
as Hank

Ash Tuesday
2003
as Karl

The Tomorrow Man
1996
as Jonathan Driscoll

Stuck
2019
as Lloyd

Disney 100: Remember That
2023
as Self

Mood Indigo
1993
as Arthur Sistrunk

Unacknowledged
2017
as Narrator

Timms Valley
2013
as Pruit Normings

Rain
2006
as Ken Arnold

For NYC
2020

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Chaz Villanueva
NYPD 2069
2004
as Lt. Garner

Heartbeat
1987
as Gang Member #1

Sweet Lorraine
1987
as Howie
Karoshi

Over/Under
2013
as Oliver Ohrt

Trouble on the Corner
1997
as Darryl

Roanoak
1986
as Simon Fernandes

Miracle on 42nd Street
2017
as Self

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self

The Gentleman Bandit
1981
as Jamie
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self

Five Desperate Hours
1997
as Joseph Grange

Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Elisha

Piñero
2001
as Miguel Algarin

The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
2016
as Il Boss

Stardust
1998
as Mr. Peavey

Josephine
2000
as Spike

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Julio

Rockabye
1986
as Marcus
About Giancarlo Esposito
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:… With 228 credits spanning from 1970 to 2026, Giancarlo Esposito has appeared in 140 films and 88 TV shows.
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Most Popular Giancarlo Esposito Movies
- 7 Dogs (2026)
- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) — as Sidewinder
- Trading Places (1983) — as Cellmate #2
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) — as Jorge
- The Usual Suspects (1995) — as Jack Baer
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