Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and the prequel series Better Call Saul (2017–2022). For this role he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science fiction series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series Dear White People (2017–present), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series The Boys (2019–present), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ space western drama series The Mandalorian (2019–present), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed American Baptist pastor and politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present). Esposito also portrays Antón Castillo, the main antagonist of the video game Far Cry 6, released in 2021.
He is also known for his appearances in several Spike Lee films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). Esposito's other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Gospel Hill (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), Money Monster (2016), Okja (2017), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and Stargirl (2020).
Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science fiction series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series Dear White People (2017–present), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series The Boys (2019–present), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ space western drama series The Mandalorian (2019–present), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed American Baptist pastor and politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present). Esposito also portrays Antón Castillo, the main antagonist of the video game Far Cry 6, released in 2021.
He is also known for his appearances in several Spike Lee films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). Esposito's other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Gospel Hill (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), Money Monster (2016), Okja (2017), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and Stargirl (2020).
Known for
Captain America: Brave New World
Megalopolis
MaXXXine
Abigail
Parish
The Gentlemen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Kaleidoscope
Euphoria
Bonnie
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Beauty
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Show Me More
Ultra City Smiths
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
The Eisen Hour
Unpregnant
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
The Broken and the Bad
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
For NYC
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Stargirl
Coda
Line of Duty
Harley Quinn
The Mandalorian
Godfather of Harlem
Creepshow
Game Changer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Boys
Jett
Stuck
Dallas & Robo
The Nagano Tapes
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
The Show
DuckTales
Okja
Unacknowledged
Dear White People
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Rebel
PAYDAY THE MOVIE
Westworld
Brother Nature
The Get Down
On Meditation
Money Monster
The Jungle Book
The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Better Call Saul
Allegiance
I Did Not Forget You
Poker Night
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Son of Batman
Requiem for the Big East
Late Night with Seth Meyers
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
They Die by Dawn
Drunk History
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Over/Under
The Haunting Of...
Alex Cross
Revolution
NYC 22
Once Upon a Time
Certainty
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Rabbit Hole
Conan
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Community
PoliWood
Leverage
Chelsea on the Rocks
New Amsterdam
Gospel Hill
Breaking Bad
Mano
Feel The Noise
The Box
Kidnapped
Sherrybaby
Rain
Last Holiday
South Beach
Derailed
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Ghost Whisperer
Bones
Back in the Day
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Chupacabra Terror
Hate Crime
Doing Hard Time
A Killer Within
5ive Days to Midnight
Noise
Blind Horizon
Las Vegas
Ash Tuesday
Girls Club
Half & Half
Street Time
Ali
Piñero
Monkeybone
The Division
The $treet
Strong Medicine
Soul Food
Homicide: The Movie
Josephine
Third Watch
Thirst
Where's Marlowe?
Phoenix
Creature
Twilight
Stardust
Trouble on the Corner
Five Desperate Hours
Big City Blues
The Hunger
Nothing to Lose
The Practice
The Tomorrow Man
Nash Bridges
Swift Justice
Mylène Farmer: California
Waiting to Exhale
Reckless
The Keeper
The Usual Suspects
Smoke
Klash
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Chicago Hope
New York Undercover
Fresh
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Bakersfield P.D.
Fallen Angels
Amos & Andrew
Homicide: Life on the Street
Mood Indigo
Malcolm X
Bob Roberts
Night on Earth
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Law & Order
Mo' Better Blues
King of New York
Do the Right Thing
School Daze
Heartbeat
Sweet Lorraine
Maximum Overdrive
Roanoak
Rockabye
The Equalizer
Desperately Seeking Susan
Finnegan Begin Again
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Cotton Club
Miami Vice
The Brother from Another Planet
Trading Places
Taps
The Gentleman Bandit
Running
Tutti a squola