Giancarlo Esposito
Acting
🎂 1958-04-26
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(222)
Gus Fring
2008
Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
1990
Attorney Baylor
1990
Richard Benoit
2005
Chief Braga
2002
Self
2014
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
2019
Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
2019
Gus Fring
2015
Ely Fisher
2005
Sidewinder
2025
Self
2014
Self
2019
Gilbert Lawson
2009
Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
2011
El Lazo
2016
Self
2022
Self
2010
Adonis Jackson
1984
Luther
1984
Ricky
1984
Reggie Archibald
2003
Ray McMurphy
1997
Moff Gideon
2019
Father Romero
1999
1994
Jumpin' Jack
1985
James 'Junior' Bell
2000
Alexander Moto
2008
Phantom Blot (voice)
2017
Michael Giardello
1993
Self
2000
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
2019
1996
Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
Antonio Gaudi
1994
Jorge
2015
Fred Finch
2023
Jack Baer
1995
Jorge
2018
Dr. Pembroke
2001
Self
2009
Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
2024
Doc
2019
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
2025
Andrés Pico
2013
Stan Edgar (voice)
2022
Adolfo Guzman
1994
Lambert
2024
A.B. Wynter
2025
Akela (voice)
2016
Self - Guest
2019
Teddy Knight, Esq.
2024
Vampire
1997
Baxter Stockman (voice)
2023
Orlando Ramirez
2005
Paris Minton
1993
Senator Dillings
2006
Mayor Cicero
2024
Cellmate #2
1983
Granite (voice)
2023
Darrell Washington
2002
Thomas Hayer
1992
Frank Dawson
2017
The Grandfather
2020
Major Tom Neville
2012
Lance
1990
Captain Powell
2016
Narrator
2017
Detective Church
2005
2006
Gustavo Fring
2017
Inspector Hollander
2011
Charlie Baudelaire
2019
Buggin Out
1989
Charlie Dunt
1997
Leo Pap
2023
Jimmy Jiles
1991
Jacob Lenz
2001
James Lawson
2008
Pastor Ramon Cruz
2016
Jules
2000
Gordon Ramirez
2011
Self
2025
Bumpy Hood
1984
Rich Man/Pimp
1996
Gracián 'Gray' Parish
2024
1996
Videoplayer
1986
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
1981
Cassius Clay, Sr.
2001
Street Vendor
1985
Daramus Holiday
2012
Jesse Haslim
2002
Hypnos
2001
Fitz
2025
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2014
Detective Paul Gigante
1993
Esteban
1994
Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
2026
Jamie
1981
Self
2020
YoYo
1991
Oscar Christoph
2015
Self - Moff Gideon
2020
1st OTB Man / Tommy
1995
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
2014
Mason Washington
2017
Tom Divack
2000
Louie
1998
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
1998
Self
2016
Auggie
2010
Tom Volk
2019
Dr. Sabian
2015
Autobiography Reading (voice)
1993
Paul
2020
Beauty's Father
2022
David Matthews (uncredited)
1995
Mr. Peavey
1998
Bernard
2014
Dr. Peña
2005
Tim Sanders
2004
Taxi Driver
2022
Tyson
1987
Robert Fuentes
2006
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
1990
Harvey Williams
2012
Congressman Frank McClaren
2016
Self
2014
Howie
1987
Spike
2000
Archie Brubaker
2020
Reuben Escobar
1998
Little Jeff
2005
Nino
2007
Bugs Raplin
1992
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
1988
Puerto Rican Teenager
1979
Blind Man (uncredited)
1998
Bob
2020
Self - "Gus Fring"
2021
Roberto Vega
2007
Mike Giardello
2000
Darryl
1997
Benson Cooper
2005
Self - Guest
2021
Tommy Finelli
1995
Lt. Garner
2004
Lloyd
2019
Captain Pierce
2004
Marcus
1986
J.C. Reynolds
2003
Pruit Normings
2013
Jonathan Driscoll
1996
Narrator
2013
Miguel Algarin
2001
Self
1989
Karl
2003
Intruder
1985
Self
2022
Vernon Dahmer
Victor Goldsmith
2018
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1984
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
1993
Chaz Villanueva
1998
Narrator
2017
2002
Host Tim Timko
1995
Ken Arnold
2006
Parole Officer Hernandez
2006
Self
1994
Il Boss
2016
Oliver Ohrt
2013
Georgie
1997
2020
Director
2005
Daytona LeMans
2011
Self
2013
Jack
1994
Narrator
2014
Self
2009
Self
2014
Charles
2017
Gus "Ringaling Ding" Fring
Vargas
2004
Narrator
2018
Arthur Sistrunk
1993
Stoney
1995
Dr. Lawrence Carver
1998
Detective Esposito
2005
Rufus Buck
2013
Julio
1983
Himself
2020
Joseph Grange
1997
Hank
2004
Self
2012
Henry Kunitz
1997
Elisha
1985
1970
Dr. Palmer
2008
Simon Fernandes
1986
Gang Member #1
1987
Fred
2007
Self (archive footage)
2015
Tip
2008
Paul Lamont
1995
Self
2021
1979
Self
2020
Young
2008
Father Heery
2011
self
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Dwayne Burkhalter
2007