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