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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 26, 1958
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also Known As
- Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
- جانکارلو اسپوزیتو
Giancarlo Esposito
3.7 Popularity
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
0.0
Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
The Cat in the Hat
2026
0.0
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
7.4
Self
Megadoc
2025
6.0
Fitz
Please Don't Feed the Children
2025
7.6
A.B. Wynter
The Residence
2025
6.5
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
The Electric State
2025
6.0
Sidewinder
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
5.2
Mayor Cicero
Megalopolis
2024
6.3
Teddy Knight, Esq.
MaXXXine
2024
6.7
Lambert
Abigail
2024
Credits
The Cat in the Hat
as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
2026
0.0
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
0.0
Megadoc
as Self
2025
7.4
Please Don't Feed the Children
as Fitz
2025
6.0
The Residence
as A.B. Wynter
2025
7.6
The Electric State
as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
2025
6.5
Captain America: Brave New World
as Sidewinder
2025
6.0
Megalopolis
as Mayor Cicero
2024
5.2
MaXXXine
as Teddy Knight, Esq.
2024
6.3
Abigail
as Lambert
2024
6.7
Parish
as Gracián 'Gray' Parish
2024
6.6
The Gentlemen
as Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
2024
7.9
Gen V
as Stan Edgar
2023
7.7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as Baxter Stockman (voice)
2023
7.2
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Granite (voice)
2023
7.7
Poker Face
as Fred Finch
2023
7.5
Kaleidoscope
as Leo Pap
2023
6.8
Euphoria
as Taxi Driver
2022
0.0
Bonnie
as Self
2022
5.3
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
as Self
2022
10.0
Beauty
as Beauty's Father
2022
4.8
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Stan Edgar (voice)
2022
7.1
Show Me More
as Self - "Gus Fring"
2021
0.0
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
as Self
2021
0.0
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
6.8
The Eisen Hour
as Self - Guest
2021
5.0
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
as Self
2020
3.3
Unpregnant
as Bob
2020
6.9
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
as Self
2020
6.1
The Broken and the Bad
as Self
2020
6.0
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as The Grandfather
2020
7.5
For NYC
2020
0.0
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self - Moff Gideon
2020
7.4
Stargirl
as Archie Brubaker
2020
7.4
Coda
as Paul
2020
6.0
Line of Duty
as Tom Volk
2019
5.9
Harley Quinn
as Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
8.3
The Mandalorian
as Moff Gideon
2019
8.4
Godfather of Harlem
as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
2019
8.1
Creepshow
as Doc
2019
7.5
Game Changer
as Self - Guest
2019
8.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Boys
as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
2019
8.4
The Boys
as Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
2019
8.4
Jett
as Charlie Baudelaire
2019
6.8
Stuck
as Lloyd
2019
7.1
Dallas & Robo
as Victor Goldsmith
2018
6.0
The Nagano Tapes
as Narrator
2018
8.7
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
as Jorge
2018
7.1
Miracle on 42nd Street
as self
2017
0.0
The Show
as Mason Washington
2017
5.7
DuckTales
as Phantom Blot (voice)
2017
7.8
Okja
as Frank Dawson
2017
7.3
Unacknowledged
as Narrator
2017
6.3
Dear White People
as Narrator
2017
5.9
Better Call Saul Employee Training
as Gustavo Fring
2017
7.8
Rebel
as Charles
2017
6.9
Westworld
as El Lazo
2016
8.0
Brother Nature
as Congressman Frank McClaren
2016
5.1
The Get Down
as Pastor Ramon Cruz
2016
7.3
On Meditation
as Self
2016
7.0
Money Monster
as Captain Powell
2016
6.4
The Jungle Book
as Akela (voice)
2016
6.9
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
as Il Boss
2016
5.7
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
2015
0.0
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
as Jorge
2015
6.7
Better Call Saul
as Gus Fring
2015
8.7
Allegiance
as Oscar Christoph
2015
6.8
I Did Not Forget You
as Dr. Sabian
2015
0.0
Poker Night
as Bernard
2014
5.9
The Game Awards
as Self
2014
6.7
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
2014
7.3
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
2014
1.5
Son of Batman
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2014
7.1
Requiem for the Big East
as Narrator
2014
7.0
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Timms Valley
as Pruit Normings
2013
6.2
They Die by Dawn
as Rufus Buck
2013
2.7
Talking Bad
as Self
2013
5.7
Drunk History
as Andrés Pico
2013
6.8
Blood River Crossing
as Narrator
2013
7.0
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
2013
10.0
Over/Under
as Oliver Ohrt
2013
3.8
The Haunting Of...
as Self
2012
7.2
Alex Cross
as Daramus Holiday
2012
5.1
Revolution
as Tom Neville
2012
6.4
NYC 22
as Harvey Williams
2012
6.2
Once Upon a Time
as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
2011
7.4
Certainty
as Father Heery
2011
0.0
🎬
Dreaming American
as Daytona LeMans
2011
0.0
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
as Inspector Hollander
2011
5.7
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Gordon Ramirez
2011
7.1
Rabbit Hole
as Auggie
2010
6.7
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Community
as Gilbert Lawson
2009
8.0
PoliWood
as Self
2009
6.5
Leverage
as Alexander Moto
2008
7.6
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Tip
2008
5.6
New Amsterdam
as James Lawson
2008
7.2
Gospel Hill
as Dr. Palmer
2008
4.7
Breaking Bad
as Gus Fring
2008
8.9
🎬
Xenophobia
as Young
2008
0.0
Mano
as Nino
2007
0.0
Feel The Noise
as Roberto Vega
2007
4.5
Racing Daylight
as Fred
2007
3.3
The Box
as Dwayne Burkhalter
2007
5.1
Kidnapped
2006
7.2
Sherrybaby
as Parole Officer Hernandez
2006
6.1
Rain
as Ken Arnold
2006
5.6
Last Holiday
as Senator Dillings
2006
7.2
South Beach
as Robert Fuentes
2006
5.7
Derailed
as Detective Church
2005
6.4
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
as Little Jeff
2005
4.8
Ghost Whisperer
as Ely Fisher
2005
8.1
Bones
as Richard Benoit
2005
8.2
Back in the Day
as Benson Cooper
2005
4.9
🎬
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
as Director
2005
1.0
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Orlando Ramirez
2005
8.1
Chupacabra Terror
as Dr. Peña
2005
5.1
Hate Crime
as Detective Esposito
2005
5.6
Doing Hard Time
as Captain Pierce
2004
5.0
A Killer Within
as Vargas
2004
4.9
5ive Days to Midnight
as Tim Sanders
2004
6.4
🎬
NYPD 2069
as Lt. Garner
2004
0.0
Noise
as Hank
2004
7.0
Blind Horizon
as J.C. Reynolds
2003
5.7
Las Vegas
as Reggie Archibald
2003
7.0
Ash Tuesday
as Karl
2003
5.8
Girls Club
2002
6.7
CSI: Miami
as Chief Braga
2002
7.7
Half & Half
as Darrell Washington
2002
8.2
Street Time
as Jesse Haslim
2002
2.5
Ali
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
2001
6.8
Piñero
as Miguel Algarin
2001
5.9
Monkeybone
as Hypnos
2001
5.2
100 Centre Street
as Jacob Lenz
2001
7.7
The Division
as Dr. Pembroke
2001
7.1
The $treet
as Tom Divack
2000
5.4
Strong Medicine
as James 'Junior' Bell
2000
7.3
Soul Food
as Jules
2000
7.0
Click
as Self
2000
6.1
Homicide: The Movie
as Mike Giardello
2000
6.8
Josephine
as Spike
2000
0.0
Third Watch
as Father Romero
1999
7.9
Thirst
as Dr. Lawrence Carver
1998
4.4
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Chaz Villanueva
1998
3.0
Where's Marlowe?
as Blind Man (uncredited)
1998
5.3
Phoenix
as Louie
1998
5.3
Creature
as Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
1998
4.8
Twilight
as Reuben Escobar
1998
6.1
Stardust
as Mr. Peavey
1998
4.0
Trouble on the Corner
as Darryl
1997
1.7
Five Desperate Hours
as Joseph Grange
1997
5.2
Big City Blues
as Georgie
1997
3.9
The Hunger
as Vampire
1997
5.9
Nothing to Lose
as Charlie Dunt
1997
6.6
The Practice
as Ray McMurphy
1997
7.6
The Maze
as Henry Kunitz
1997
5.0
The Tomorrow Man
as Jonathan Driscoll
1996
4.8
Nash Bridges
as Whip Tyrell
1996
6.7
Nash Bridges
as Arnold / Gordon Keller
1996
6.7
Mylène Farmer: California
as Rich Man/Pimp
1996
1.0
Swift Justice
1996
7.0
Waiting to Exhale
as David Matthews (uncredited)
1995
6.2
Reckless
as Host Tim Timko
1995
6.4
The Keeper
as Paul Lamont
1995
5.0
Blue in the Face
as Tommy Finelli
1995
6.5
The Usual Suspects
as Jack Baer
1995
8.2
Smoke
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
1995
7.2
Kla$h
as Stoney
1995
6.2
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
as Self
1994
0.0
Touched by an Angel
as Antonio Gaudi
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Cherchez LaFemme
1994
7.2
New York Undercover
as Adolfo Guzman
1994
7.2
Fresh
as Esteban
1994
7.2
🎬
Benders
as Jack
1994
0.0
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
as Autobiography Reading (voice)
1993
0.0
Bakersfield P.D.
as Detective Paul Gigante
1993
8.0
Fallen Angels
as Paris Minton
1993
5.9
Amos & Andrew
as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
1993
5.4
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Michael Giardello
1993
8.1
Mood Indigo
as Arthur Sistrunk
1993
0.0
Malcolm X
as Thomas Hayer
1992
7.5
Bob Roberts
as Bugs Raplin
1992
6.5
Night on Earth
as YoYo
1991
7.5
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
as Jimmy Jiles
1991
6.3
Jungle Fever
as Homeless Man
1991
6.4
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Attorney Baylor
1990
7.4
Mo' Better Blues
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
1990
6.5
King of New York
as Lance
1990
6.8
🎬
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
1989
6.7
Do the Right Thing
as Buggin Out
1989
7.8
School Daze
as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
1988
5.7
Leg Work
as Tyson
1987
5.0
Heartbeat
as Gang Member #1
1987
5.5
Sweet Lorraine
as Howie
1987
0.0
Maximum Overdrive
as Videoplayer
1986
5.8
Roanoak
as Simon Fernandes
1986
0.0
Rockabye
as Marcus
1986
8.0
The Equalizer
as Jumpin' Jack
1985
7.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Street Vendor
1985
6.1
Finnegan Begin Again
as Intruder
1985
6.3
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Hood
1984
6.5
Miami Vice
as Adonis Jackson
1984
7.5
Miami Vice
as Luther
1984
7.5
Miami Vice
as Ricky
1984
7.5
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1984
6.6
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Elisha
1984
6.4
Trading Places
as Cellmate #2
1983
7.2
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Julio
1983
3.8
Taps
as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
1981
6.8
The Gentleman Bandit
as Jamie
1981
4.8
Running
as Puerto Rican Teenager
1979
6.6
Tutti a squola
1979
3.7
🎬
Et Salammbo?
1970
0.0
🎬
The Prince
N/A
0.0
Kill Me
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Long Home
N/A
0.0
🎬
Karoshi
N/A
0.0
...And Out Comes the Wolf
N/A
0.0
🎬
By Any Means
as Vernon Dahmer
N/A
0.0
🎬
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
N/A
0.0