Giancarlo Esposito
Acteur, Regisseur, Producer
26 april 1958 (67 years)
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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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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| 2026 | The Cat in the Hat · as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice) |
| 2026 | The Only Living Pickpocket in New York · as Detective Warren |
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| 2025 | The Residence · as A.b. Wynter |
| 2025 | The Electric State · as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall |
| 2025 | Captain America: Brave New World · as Sidewinder |
| 2024 | Please Don't Feed the Children · as Fitz |
| 2024 | Megalopolis · as Mayor Cicero |
| 2024 | MaXXXine · as Teddy Knight, Esq. |
| 2024 | Abigail · as Lambert |
| 2024 | Parish · as Gracián 'gray' Parish |
| 2024 | The Gentlemen · as Stanley Johnston (uncle Stan) |
| 2023 | Gen V · as Stan Edgar |
| 2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem · as Baxter Stockman (voice) |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur · as Granite (voice) |
| 2023 | Poker Face · as Fred Finch |
| 2023 | Kaleidoscope (2023) · as Leo Pap |
| 2022 | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners · as Faraday |
| 2022 | Beauty · as Beauty's Father |
| 2022 | The Boys Presents: Diabolical · as Stan Edgar (voice) |
| 2021 | The Boys: VNN (Seven on 7) · as Stan Edgar |
| 2020 | Unpregnant · as Bob |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride · as The Grandfather |
| 2020 | Stargirl · as Archie Brubaker |
| 2019 | Coda · as Paul |
| 2019 | Line of Duty · as Tom VolkOp Plex |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian · as Moff Gideon |
| 2019 | Godfather of Harlem · as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. |
| 2019 | Creepshow · as DocOp Plex |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn · as Lex Luthor (voice) |
| 2019 | The Boys · as Stanford 'stan' Edgar |
| 2019 | Jett · as Charlie Baudelaire |
| 2018 | Dallas & Robo · as Victor Goldsmith |
| 2018 | The Nagano Tapes: Rewound, Replayed & Reviewed · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure · as Jorge |
| 2017 | MFKZ · as Mr. K |
| 2017 | This Is Your Death · as Mason Washington |
| 2017 | DuckTales (2017) · as Phantom Blot (voice) |
| 2017 | Okja · as Frank Dawson |
| 2017 | Unacknowledged · as NarratorOp Plex |
| 2017 | Dear White People · as Narrator |
| 2017 | Stuck · as Lloyd |
| 2017 | Better Call Saul: Employee Training · as Gustavo Fring |
| 2017 | Rebel (2017) · as Charles |
| 2016 | Westworld · as El Lazo |
| 2016 | Brother Nature · as Congressman Frank Mcclaren |
| 2016 | The Get Down · as Pastor Ramon Cruz |
| 2016 | Money Monster · as Captain Powell |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book · as Akela (voice) |
| 2016 | Talking Saul · as Gus Fring |
| 2016 | The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare · as Il Boss |
| 2015 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials · as Jorge |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul · as Gus Fring |
| 2015 | Allegiance · as Oscar Christoph |
| 2014 | Poker Night · as BernardOp Plex |
| 2014 | Batman: Assault on Arkham · as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice) |
| 2014 | Son of Batman · as Ra's Al Ghul (voice) |
| 2014 | Requiem for the Big East · as Narrator |
| 2013 | They Die by Dawn · as Rufus Buck |
| 2013 | Drunk History · as Andrés Pico |
| 2013 | Blood River Crossing · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Over/Under · as Oliver Ohrt |
| 2012 | Axe Cop · as Army Chihuahua |
| 2012 | Alex Cross · as Daramus Holiday |
| 2012 | Revolution · as Tom Neville |
| 2012 | NYC 22 · as Harvey Williams |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time (2011) · as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror |
| 2011 | Certainty · as Father Heery |
| 2011 | S.W.A.T.: Firefight · as Inspector Hollander |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior · as Gordon Ramirez |
| 2010 | Rabbit Hole · as Auggie |
| 2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 · as Eddie Henderson |
| 2009 | Community · as Gilbert Lawson |
| 2009 | Lie to Me · as Beau Hackman |
| 2008 | Leverage · as Alexander Moto |
| 2008 | Chelsea on the Rocks · as Tip |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam · as James Lawson |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill · as Dr. Palmer |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad · as Gus Fring |
| 2007 | Feel the Noise · as Roberto Vega |
| 2007 | Racing Daylight · as Fred |
| 2007 | The Box · as Dwayne Burkhalter |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Sherrybaby · as Parole Officer Hernandez |
| 2006 | Rain · as Ken Arnold |
| 2006 | Last Holiday · as Senator Dillings |
| 2006 | South Beach · as Robert Fuentes |
| 2005 | Carlito's Way: Rise to Power · as Little Jeff |
| 2005 | Derailed · as Detective ChurchOp Plex |
| 2005 | Back in the Day · as Benson Cooper |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer · as Ely Fisher |
| 2005 | Bones · as Richard Benoit |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury · as Orlando Ramirez |
| 2005 | Chupacabra Terror · as Dr. PeñaOp Plex |
| 2005 | Hate Crime · as Detective EspositoOp Plex |
| 2004 | Doing Hard Time · as Captain Pierce |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s · as Cast |
| 2004 | A Killer Within · as Vargas |
| 2004 | Dr. Vegas · as Cast |
| 2004 | 5ive Days to Midnight · as Tim Sanders |
| 2004 | NYPD 2069 · as Lt. Garner |
| 2004 | Noise · as Hank |
| 2003 | Blind Horizon · as J.c. ReynoldsOp Plex |
| 2003 | Las Vegas · as Reggie Archibald |
| 2003 | Ash Tuesday · as Karl |
| 2003 | Lucky (2003) · as Lord Marion |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Half & Half · as Darrell Washington |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami · as Chief Braga |
| 2002 | Street Time · as Jesse Haslim |
| 2001 | Ali · as Cassius Clay, Sr. |
| 2001 | Piñero · as Miguel Algarin |
| 2001 | Nero Wolfe (2001) · as Ambassador Theodore Kelefy |
| 2001 | Monkeybone · as Hypnos |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street · as Jacob Lenz |
| 2001 | The Division · as Dr. Pembroke |
| 2000 | The $treet · as Tom Divack |
| 2000 | The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power · as Various |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine · as James 'junior' Bell |
| 2000 | Soul Food · as Jules |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie · as Mike Giardello |
| 2000 | Josephine · as Spike |
| 1999 | Third Watch · as Father Romero |
| 1998 | Thirst · as Dr. Lawrence Carver |
| 1998 | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet · as Chaz Villanueva |
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? · as Blind Man (uncredited) |
| 1998 | Lulu on the Bridge · as Black (dvd Deleted Scene)Op Plex |
| 1998 | Phoenix · as LouieOp Plex |
| 1998 | Peter Benchley's Creature · as Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf |
| 1998 | Twilight · as Reuben Escobar |
| 1998 | Stardust · as Mr. Peavey |
| 1997 | Trouble on the Corner · as Darryl |
| 1997 | Five Desperate Hours · as Joseph Grange |
| 1997 | Big City Blues · as Georgie |
| 1997 | The Hunger · as Vampire |
| 1997 | Nothing to Lose · as Charlie Dunt |
| 1997 | Loose Women · as Stylist #2 |
| 1997 | The Practice · as Ray Mcmurphy |
| 1997 | The Maze · as Henry Kunitz |
| 1996 | The Tomorrow Man · as Jonathan Driscoll |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges · as Whip TyrellOp Plex |
| 1996 | Swift Justice · as Andrew Coffin |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale · as David Matthews (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Reckless · as Host Tim Timko |
| 1995 | Blue in the Face · as Tommy Finelli |
| 1995 | Klash · as StoneyOp Plex |
| 1995 | The Keeper · as Paul Lamont |
| 1995 | The Usual Suspects · as Jack Baer |
| 1995 | Smoke · as 1st Otb Man / Tommy |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel · as Antonio Gaudi |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope · as Cherchez Lafemme |
| 1994 | New York Undercover · as Adolfo Guzman |
| 1994 | Fresh · as Esteban |
| 1993 | Seven Songs for Malcolm X · as Autobiography Reading (voice) |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue · as Ferdinand Hollie |
| 1993 | Bakersfield, P.D. · as Detective Paul Gigante |
| 1993 | Living Single · as Jackson Turner |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels · as Paris Minton |
| 1993 | Amos & Andrew · as The Reverend Fenton Brunch |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street · as Michael Giardello |
| 1993 | Relentless: Mind of a Killer · as Arthur Sistrunk |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Thomas Hayer |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts · as Bugs Raplin |
| 1991 | Night on Earth · as Yoyo |
| 1991 | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man · as Jimmy Jiles |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever · as Homeless Man |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues · as Left Hand Lacey (piano) |
| 1990 | King of New York · as LanceOp Plex |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing · as Buggin Out |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Dr. Kenneth Clark |
| 1988 | School Daze · as Julian 'dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves |
| 1987 | Leg Work · as Tyson |
| 1987 | Heartbeat · as Gang Member #1 |
| 1987 | Sweet Lorraine · as Howie |
| 1986 | Maximum Overdrive · as VideoplayerOp Plex |
| 1986 | Rockabye · as Marcus |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire · as Ramos |
| 1985 | The Equalizer · as Jumpin' Jack |
| 1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan · as Street Vendor |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain · as ElishaOp Plex |
| 1984 | Finnegan Begin Again · as Intruder |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club · as Bumpy HoodOp Plex |
| 1984 | Miami Vice · as Luther |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet · as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)Op Plex |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special · as KyleOp Plex |
| 1983 | Trading Places · as Cellmate #2 |
| 1983 | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute · as Julio |
| 1981 | Taps · as Cadet Captain J.c. Pierce |
| 1981 | The Gentleman Bandit · as Jamie |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Elisha |
| 1980 | The Changeling · as ExtraOp Plex |
| 1979 | Running · as Puerto Rican Teenager |
| 1979 | |
| 1969 | Sesame Street · as Mickey |
| 1964 | Another World · as Willie Armstrong |
| 1952 | Guiding Light · as Clay Tynan (1982-1983) |
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| 2024 | Parish · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Broken and the Bad · as Executive Producer |
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| 2017 | Stuck · as Associate Producer |
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| 1995 | The Keeper · as Co-Producer |