Giancarlo Esposito
Acting
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.
The Cat in the Hat
Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
Kill Me
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Detective Warren
Megadoc
Self
Please Don't Feed the Children
Fitz
The Electric State
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
Captain America: Brave New World
Sidewinder
Megalopolis
Mayor Cicero
MaXXXine
Teddy Knight, Esq.
Abigail
Lambert
Disney 100: Remember That
Self
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Baxter Stockman (voice)
Euphoria
Taxi Driver
Bonnie
Self
Beauty
Beauty's Father
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
Unpregnant
Bob
For NYC
Stargirl
Archie Brubaker
Coda
Paul
Line of Duty
Tom Volk
Stuck
Lloyd
The Nagano Tapes
Narrator
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Jorge
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
The Show
Mason Washington
Okja
Frank Dawson
Unacknowledged
Narrator
Brother Nature
Congressman Frank McClaren
On Meditation
Self
Money Monster
Captain Powell
The Jungle Book
Akela (voice)
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
Il Boss
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Self (archive footage)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Jorge
I Did Not Forget You
Dr. Sabian
Poker Night
Bernard
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Son of Batman
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Requiem for the Big East
Narrator
Timms Valley
Pruit Normings
They Die by Dawn
Rufus Buck
Blood River Crossing
Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
Over/Under
Oliver Ohrt
Alex Cross
Daramus Holiday
Certainty
Father Heery
Dreaming American
Daytona LeMans
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Inspector Hollander
Rabbit Hole
Auggie
PoliWood
Self
Chelsea on the Rocks
Tip
Gospel Hill
Dr. Palmer
Xenophobia
Young
Mano
Nino
Feel The Noise
Roberto Vega
Racing Daylight
Fred
The Box
Dwayne Burkhalter
Sherrybaby
Parole Officer Hernandez
Rain
Ken Arnold
Last Holiday
Senator Dillings
Derailed
Detective Church
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Little Jeff
Back in the Day
Benson Cooper
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Director
Chupacabra Terror
Dr. Peña
Hate Crime
Detective Esposito
Doing Hard Time
Captain Pierce
A Killer Within
Vargas
NYPD 2069
Lt. Garner
Noise
Hank
Blind Horizon
J.C. Reynolds
Ash Tuesday
Karl
Ali
Cassius Clay, Sr.
Piñero
Miguel Algarin
Monkeybone
Hypnos
Homicide: The Movie
Mike Giardello
Josephine
Spike
Thirst
Dr. Lawrence Carver
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Chaz Villanueva
Where's Marlowe?
Blind Man (uncredited)
Phoenix
Louie
Twilight
Reuben Escobar
Stardust
Mr. Peavey
Trouble on the Corner
Darryl
Five Desperate Hours
Joseph Grange
Big City Blues
Georgie
Nothing to Lose
Charlie Dunt
The Maze
Henry Kunitz
The Tomorrow Man
Jonathan Driscoll
Mylène Farmer: California
Rich Man/Pimp
Waiting to Exhale
David Matthews (uncredited)
Reckless
Host Tim Timko
The Keeper
Paul Lamont
Blue in the Face
Tommy Finelli
The Usual Suspects
Jack Baer
Smoke
1st OTB Man / Tommy
Kla$h
Stoney
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Self
Fresh
Esteban
Benders
Jack
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Autobiography Reading (voice)
Amos & Andrew
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Mood Indigo
Arthur Sistrunk
Malcolm X
Thomas Hayer
Bob Roberts
Bugs Raplin
Night on Earth
YoYo
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Jimmy Jiles
Jungle Fever
Homeless Man
Mo' Better Blues
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
King of New York
Lance
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
Do the Right Thing
Buggin Out
School Daze
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
Heartbeat
Gang Member #1
Sweet Lorraine
Howie
Maximum Overdrive
Videoplayer
Roanoak
Simon Fernandes
Rockabye
Marcus
Desperately Seeking Susan
Street Vendor
Finnegan Begin Again
Intruder
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Hood
The Brother from Another Planet
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Elisha
Trading Places
Cellmate #2
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Julio
Taps
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
The Gentleman Bandit
Jamie
Running
Puerto Rican Teenager
Tutti a squola
Et Salammbo?