Giancarlo Esposito
male
Born on April 26, 1958 (67 years old)
From Copenhagen, Denmark
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
For NYC
2020
Coda
as
Paul
2020
Stargirl
as
Archie Brubaker
2020
Unpregnant
as
Bob
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as
The Grandfather
2020
The Broken and the Bad
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Self
2020
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
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Self
2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
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Self - Moff Gideon
2020
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
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Himself
2020
- 2019
Stuck
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Lloyd
2019
Line of Duty
as
Tom Volk
2019
Game Changer
as
Self - Guest
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Boys
as
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
2019
Godfather of Harlem
as
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
2019
Jett
as
Charlie Baudelaire
2019
Creepshow
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Doc
2019
Harley Quinn
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Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
The Boys
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Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
2019
The Mandalorian
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Moff Gideon
2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
Son of Batman
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Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham
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Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
2014
Poker Night
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Bernard
2014
Requiem for the Big East
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Narrator
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Self
2014
The Game Awards
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Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Self
2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
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- 2006
- 2005
Derailed
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Detective Church
2005
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
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Little Jeff
2005
Chupacabra Terror
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Dr. Peña
2005
Hate Crime
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Detective Esposito
2005
Back in the Day
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Benson Cooper
2005
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I Will Avenge You, Iago!
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Director
2005
Ghost Whisperer
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Ely Fisher
2005
Bones
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Richard Benoit
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
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Orlando Ramirez
2005
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