
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?







