Acting · Copenhagen, Denmark · Born April 26, 1958
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.
Karoshi
2027
MovieThe Cat in the Hat
2026
as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
MovieThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026
as Detective Warren
MovieYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother
2026
MovieBy Any Means
2026
as Vernon Dahmer
Movie7 Dogs
2026
MovieKill Me
2026
as Dr. Singer
MovieMegadoc
2025
as Self
MoviePlease Don't Feed the Children
2025
as Fitz
TVThe Residence
2025
as A.B. Wynter
MovieThe Electric State
2025
as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
MovieCaptain America: Brave New World
2025
as Sidewinder
MovieMegalopolis
2024
as Mayor Cicero
TVHollywood Black
2024
as Self
MovieMaXXXine
2024
as Teddy Knight, Esq.
MovieAbigail
2024
as Lambert
TVParish
2024
as Gracián 'Gray' Parish
TVThe Gentlemen
2024
as Uncle Stan
MovieDisney 100: Remember That
2023
as Self
TVGen V
2023
as Stan Edgar
MovieTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
as Baxter Stockman (voice)
TVMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Granite (voice)
TVPoker Face
2023
as Fred Finch
TVKaleidoscope
2023
as Leo Pap
MovieEuphoria
2022
as Taxi Driver
MovieBonnie
2022
as Self
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
MovieBeauty
2022
as Beauty's Father
TVThe Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
as Stan Edgar (voice)
TVShow Me More
2021
as Self - "Gus Fring"
MovieArmin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
2021
as Self
TVSupervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Eisen Hour
2021
as Self - Guest
TVBy Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
2020
as Self
MovieUnpregnant
2020
as Bob
TVPrime Rewind: Inside The Boys
2020
as Self
TVThe Broken and the Bad
2020
as Self
TVHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as The Grandfather
MovieFor NYC
2020
TVDisney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - Moff Gideon
MovieStargirl
2020
as Archie Brubaker
MovieCoda
2020
as Paul
MovieLine of Duty
2019
as Tom Volk
TVHarley Quinn
2019
as Lex Luthor (voice)
TVThe Mandalorian
2019
as Moff Gideon
TVGodfather of Harlem
2019
as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
TVCreepshow
2019
as Doc
TVGame Changer
2019
as Self - Guest
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVThe Boys
2019
as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
TVJett
2019
as Charlie Baudelaire
MovieStuck
2019
as Lloyd
TVDallas & Robo
2018
as Victor Goldsmith
MovieThe Nagano Tapes
2018
as Narrator
MovieMaze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
as Jorge
MovieMiracle on 42nd Street
2017
as Self
MovieThe Show
2017
as Mason Washington
TVDuckTales
2017
as Phantom Blot (voice)
MovieOkja
2017
as Frank Dawson
MovieUnacknowledged
2017
as Narrator
TVDear White People
2017
as Narrator
TVBetter Call Saul Employee Training
2017
as Gustavo Fring
TVRebel
2017
as Charles
TVWestworld
2016
as El Lazo
MovieBrother Nature
2016
as Congressman Frank McClaren
TVThe Get Down
2016
as Pastor Ramon Cruz
MovieOn Meditation
2016
as Self
MovieMoney Monster
2016
as Captain Powell
MovieThe Jungle Book
2016
as Akela (voice)
MovieThe Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
2016
as Il Boss
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
as Jorge
TVBetter Call Saul
2015
as Gus Fring
TVAllegiance
2015
as Oscar Christoph
MovieI Did Not Forget You
2015
as Dr. Sabian
MoviePoker Night
2014
as Bernard
TVThe Game Awards
2014
as Self
MovieBatman: Assault on Arkham
2014
as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
MovieLife's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
MovieSon of Batman
2014
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
MovieRequiem for the Big East
2014
as Narrator
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieTimms Valley
2013
as Pruit Normings
MovieThey Die by Dawn
2013
as Rufus Buck
TVTalking Bad
2013
as Self
TVDrunk History
2013
as Andrés Pico
MovieBlood River Crossing
2013
as Narrator
MovieLong Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self
MovieOver/Under
2013
as Oliver Ohrt
TVThe Haunting Of...
2012
as Self
MovieAlex Cross
2012
as Daramus Holiday
TVRevolution
2012
as Tom Neville
TVNYC 22
2012
as Harvey Williams
TVOnce Upon a Time
2011
as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
MovieCertainty
2011
as Father Heery
Dreaming American
2011
as Daytona LeMans
MovieS.W.A.T.: Firefight
2011
as Inspector Hollander
TVCriminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011
as Gordon Ramirez
MovieRabbit Hole
2010
as Auggie
TVConan
2010
as Self
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TVCommunity
2009
as Gilbert Lawson
MoviePoliWood
2009
as Self
TVLie to Me
2009
as Beau Hackman
TVLeverage
2008
as Alexander Moto
MovieChelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Tip
TVNew Amsterdam
2008
as James Lawson
MovieGospel Hill
2008
as Dr. Palmer
TVBreaking Bad
2008
as Gus Fring
Xenophobia
2008
as Young
MovieMano
2007
as Nino
MovieFeel The Noise
2007
as Roberto Vega
MovieRacing Daylight
2007
as Fred
MovieThe Box
2007
as Dwayne Burkhalter
TVKidnapped
2006
MovieSherrybaby
2006
as Parole Officer Hernandez
MovieRain
2006
as Ken Arnold
MovieLast Holiday
2006
as Senator Dillings
TVSouth Beach
2006
as Robert Fuentes
MovieDerailed
2005
as Detective Church
MovieCarlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005
as Little Jeff
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Ely Fisher
TVBones
2005
as Richard Benoit
MovieBack in the Day
2005
as Benson Cooper
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
2005
as Director
TVLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Orlando Ramirez
MovieChupacabra Terror
2005
as Dr. Peña
MovieHate Crime
2005
as Detective Esposito
MovieDoing Hard Time
2004
as Captain Pierce
MovieA Killer Within
2004
as Vargas
TV5ive Days to Midnight
2004
as Tim Sanders
NYPD 2069
2004
as Lt. Garner
MovieNoise
2004
as Hank
MovieBlind Horizon
2003
as J.C. Reynolds
TVLas Vegas
2003
as Reggie Archibald
MovieAsh Tuesday
2003
as Karl
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVGirls Club
2002
TVHalf & Half
2002
as Darrell Washington
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Chief Braga
TVStreet Time
2002
as Jesse Haslim
MovieThe Making of 'Ali'
2001
as Self
MovieAli
2001
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
MoviePiñero
2001
as Miguel Algarin
TVA Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Ambassador Theodore Kelefy
MovieMonkeybone
2001
as Hypnos
TV100 Centre Street
2001
as Jacob Lenz
TVThe Division
2001
as Dr. Pembroke
TVThe $treet
2000
as Tom Divack
TVStrong Medicine
2000
as James 'Junior' Bell
TVSoul Food
2000
as Jules
TVClick
2000
as Self
MovieHomicide: The Movie
2000
as Mike Giardello
MovieJosephine
2000
as Spike
TVThird Watch
1999
as Father Romero
MovieThirst
1998
as Dr. Lawrence Carver
MovieNaked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Chaz Villanueva
MovieWhere's Marlowe?
1998
as Blind Man (uncredited)
MoviePhoenix
1998
as Louie
TVCreature
1998
as Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
MovieTwilight
1998
as Reuben Escobar
MovieStardust
1998
as Mr. Peavey
MovieTrouble on the Corner
1997
as Darryl
MovieFive Desperate Hours
1997
as Joseph Grange
MovieBig City Blues
1997
as Georgie
TVThe Hunger
1997
as Vampire
MovieNothing to Lose
1997
as Charlie Dunt
TVThe Practice
1997
as Ray McMurphy
MovieThe Maze
1997
as Henry Kunitz
MovieThe Tomorrow Man
1996
as Jonathan Driscoll
TVNash Bridges
1996
as Whip Tyrell
MovieMylène Farmer: California
1996
as Rich Man/Pimp
TVSwift Justice
1996
as Andrew Coffin
MovieWaiting to Exhale
1995
as David Matthews (uncredited)
MovieReckless
1995
as Host Tim Timko
MovieBlue in the Face
1995
as Tommy Finelli
MovieThe Keeper
1995
as Paul Lamont
MovieThe Usual Suspects
1995
as Jack Baer
MovieSmoke
1995
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
MovieKla$h
1995
as Stoney
MovieStolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
1994
as Self
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Antonio Gaudi
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Cherchez LaFemme
TVNew York Undercover
1994
as Adolfo Guzman
MovieFresh
1994
as Esteban
Peace and Quiet
1994
as Richard Jones
Benders
1994
as Jack
MovieSeven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
as Autobiography Reading (voice)
TVBakersfield P.D.
1993
as Detective Paul Gigante
TVFallen Angels
1993
as Paris Minton
MovieAmos & Andrew
1993
as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Michael Giardello
MovieMood Indigo
1993
as Arthur Sistrunk
MovieMalcolm X
1992
as Thomas Hayer
MovieBob Roberts
1992
as Bugs Raplin
MovieNight on Earth
1991
as YoYo
MovieHarley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
as Jimmy Jiles
MovieJungle Fever
1991
as Homeless Man
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
MovieMo' Better Blues
1990
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
MovieKing of New York
1990
as Lance
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self
MovieDo the Right Thing
1989
as Buggin Out
MovieSchool Daze
1988
as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
TVLeg Work
1987
as Tyson
MovieHeartbeat
1987
as Gang Member #1
MovieSweet Lorraine
1987
as Howie
MovieMaximum Overdrive
1986
as Videoplayer
MovieRoanoak
1986
as Simon Fernandes
TVRoanoak
1986
as Simon Fernandes
MovieRockabye
1986
as Marcus
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Jumpin' Jack
MovieDesperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Street Vendor
MovieFinnegan Begin Again
1985
as Intruder
MovieThe Cotton Club
1984
as Bumpy Hood
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Adonis Jackson
MovieThe Brother from Another Planet
1984
as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
MovieGo Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Elisha
MovieTrading Places
1983
as Cellmate #2
MovieEnormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Julio
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Elisha
MovieTaps
1981
as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
MovieThe Gentleman Bandit
1981
as Jamie
MovieRunning
1979
as Puerto Rican Teenager
MovieTutti a squola
1979
Et Salammbo?
1970
The Long Home
The Prince
...And Out Comes the Wolf
