Giancarlo Esposito
American actor celebrated for transformative villain and authority roles across film and television spanning more than four decades.
Giancarlo Esposito - Personal Information
- Name: Giancarlo Esposito
- Date of Birth: April 26, 1958
- Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Director, Executive Producer, Producer
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).
Selected Filmography
A look at Giancarlo Esposito's most recent film and television appearances.
- The Cat in the Hat (2026) as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
- Kill Me (2026)
- The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) as Detective Warren
- Megadoc (2025) as Self
- Please Don't Feed the Children (2025) as Fitz
- The Residence (TV - 2025) as A.B. Wynter
- The Electric State (2025) as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) as Sidewinder
- Megalopolis (2024) as Mayor Cicero
- MaXXXine (2024) as Teddy Knight, Esq.
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