Giancarlo Esposito
Acting • Born 1958-04-26
Biography
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.
Filmography
227 credits
Night on Earth
Movie • 1991
YoYo
Megalopolis
Movie • 2024
Mayor Cicero
Do the Right Thing
Movie • 1989
Buggin Out
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Movie • 1983
Julio
Smoke
Movie • 1995
1st OTB Man / Tommy
The Usual Suspects
Movie • 1995
Jack Baer
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie • 1984
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
Thomas Hayer
Bob Roberts
Movie • 1992
Bugs Raplin
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Movie • 1991
Jimmy Jiles
Taps
Movie • 1981
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
For NYC
Movie • 2020
A Killer Within
Movie • 2004
Vargas
Gospel Hill
Movie • 2008
Dr. Palmer
Feel The Noise
Movie • 2007
Roberto Vega
Blue in the Face
Movie • 1995
Tommy Finelli
Bonnie
Movie • 2022
Self
Homicide: The Movie
Movie • 2000
Mike Giardello
Nothing to Lose
Movie • 1997
Charlie Dunt
Monkeybone
Movie • 2001
Hypnos
Ali
Movie • 2001
Cassius Clay, Sr.
Derailed
Movie • 2005
Detective Church
Twilight
Movie • 1998
Reuben Escobar
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Movie • 2005
Little Jeff
Chupacabra Terror
Movie • 2005
Dr. Peña
Hate Crime
Movie • 2005
Detective Esposito
King of New York
Movie • 1990
Lance
Sherrybaby
Movie • 2006
Parole Officer Hernandez
Rabbit Hole
Movie • 2010
Auggie
Back in the Day
Movie • 2005
Benson Cooper
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Movie • 2023
Baxter Stockman (voice)
Phoenix
Movie • 1998
Louie
Fresh
Movie • 1994
Esteban
Mo' Better Blues
Movie • 1990
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
School Daze
Movie • 1988
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
MaXXXine
Movie • 2024
Teddy Knight, Esq.
Last Holiday
Movie • 2006
Senator Dillings
Big City Blues
Movie • 1997
Georgie
Noise
Movie • 2004
Hank
Kla$h
Movie • 1995
Stoney
The Keeper
Movie • 1995
Paul Lamont
The Box
Movie • 2007
Dwayne Burkhalter
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Movie • 2011
Inspector Hollander
Piñero
Movie • 2001
Miguel Algarin
Alex Cross
Movie • 2012
Daramus Holiday
Abigail
Movie • 2024
Lambert
The Maze
Movie • 1997
Henry Kunitz
Trouble on the Corner
Movie • 1997
Darryl
Et Salammbo?
Movie • 1970
Benders
Movie • 1994
Jack
Mano
Movie • 2007
Nino
Dreaming American
Movie • 2011
Daytona LeMans
I Did Not Forget You
Movie • 2015
Dr. Sabian
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Movie • 2005
Director
Xenophobia
Movie • 2008
Young
Certainty
Movie • 2011
Father Heery
Beauty
Movie • 2022
Beauty's Father
They Die by Dawn
Movie • 2013
Rufus Buck
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Movie • 2013
Self
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Movie • 1984
Elisha
Over/Under
Movie • 2013
Oliver Ohrt
Son of Batman
Movie • 2014
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Thirst
Movie • 1998
Dr. Lawrence Carver
Ash Tuesday
Movie • 2003
Karl
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Movie • 2014
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Five Desperate Hours
Movie • 1997
Joseph Grange
Sweet Lorraine
Movie • 1987
Howie
Please Don't Feed the Children
Movie • 2025
Fitz
Brother Nature
Movie • 2016
Congressman Frank McClaren
Poker Night
Movie • 2014
Bernard
Stardust
Movie • 1998
Mr. Peavey
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Movie • 2015
Jorge
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Movie • 1998
Chaz Villanueva
The Jungle Book
Movie • 2016
Akela (voice)
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Bumpy Hood
Heartbeat
Movie • 1987
Gang Member #1
Maximum Overdrive
Movie • 1986
Videoplayer
The Electric State
Movie • 2025
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
Mood Indigo
Movie • 1993
Arthur Sistrunk
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Movie • 2018
Jorge
Money Monster
Movie • 2016
Captain Powell
Euphoria
Movie • 2022
Taxi Driver
Roanoak
Movie • 1986
Simon Fernandes
Timms Valley
Movie • 2013
Pruit Normings
The Gentleman Bandit
Movie • 1981
Jamie
The Show
Movie • 2017
Mason Washington
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
Movie • 2016
Il Boss
The Long Home
Movie
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie • 2025
Sidewinder
The Prince
Movie
Okja
Movie • 2017
Frank Dawson
Where's Marlowe?
Movie • 1998
Blind Man (uncredited)
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Movie • 1989
Self
On Meditation
Movie • 2016
Self
Running
Movie • 1979
Puerto Rican Teenager
Desperately Seeking Susan
Movie • 1985
Street Vendor
Unacknowledged
Movie • 2017
Narrator
The Tomorrow Man
Movie • 1996
Jonathan Driscoll
Trading Places
Movie • 1983
Cellmate #2
Blind Horizon
Movie • 2003
J.C. Reynolds
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Movie • 1993
Autobiography Reading (voice)
Amos & Andrew
Movie • 1993
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Josephine
Movie • 2000
Spike
Requiem for the Big East
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Stuck
Movie • 2019
Lloyd
Finnegan Begin Again
Movie • 1985
Intruder
Coda
Movie • 2020
Paul
Tutti a squola
Movie • 1979
Reckless
Movie • 1995
Host Tim Timko
Waiting to Exhale
Movie • 1995
David Matthews (uncredited)
Stargirl
Movie • 2020
Archie Brubaker
Line of Duty
Movie • 2019
Tom Volk
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Movie • 1994
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Movie • 2014
Self
The Nagano Tapes
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Unpregnant
Movie • 2020
Bob
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Chelsea on the Rocks
Movie • 2008
Tip
Rockabye
Movie • 1986
Marcus
Doing Hard Time
Movie • 2004
Captain Pierce
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Movie • 2021
Self
PoliWood
Movie • 2009
Self
Miracle on 42nd Street
Movie • 2017
Self
Blood River Crossing
Movie • 2013
Narrator
NYPD 2069
Movie • 2004
Lt. Garner
...And Out Comes the Wolf
Movie
Kill Me
Movie • 2026
Racing Daylight
Movie • 2007
Fred
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Movie
By Any Means
Movie
Vernon Dahmer
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Movie • 2026
Detective Warren
Karoshi
Movie
The Cat in the Hat
Movie • 2026
Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
Rain
Movie • 2006
Ken Arnold
Mylène Farmer: California
Movie • 1996
Rich Man/Pimp
Megadoc
Movie • 2025
Self
Jungle Fever
Movie • 1991
Homeless Man
Disney 100: Remember That
Movie • 2023
Self
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Whip Tyrell
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Father Romero
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
Revolution
TV • 2012
Tom Neville
Half & Half
TV • 2002
Darrell Washington
Kidnapped
TV • 2006
New Amsterdam
TV • 2008
James Lawson
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Ely Fisher
The $treet
TV • 2000
Tom Divack
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Chief Braga
The Division
TV • 2001
Dr. Pembroke
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Adonis Jackson
Bones
TV • 2005
Richard Benoit
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Reggie Archibald
The Eisen Hour
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Jules
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
TV • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Adolfo Guzman
The Practice
TV • 1997
Ray McMurphy
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Jumpin' Jack
South Beach
TV • 2006
Robert Fuentes
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Phantom Blot (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Michael Giardello
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Cherchez LaFemme
Girls Club
TV • 2002
Bakersfield P.D.
TV • 1993
Detective Paul Gigante
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
TV • 2011
Gordon Ramirez
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV • 2005
Orlando Ramirez
5ive Days to Midnight
TV • 2004
Tim Sanders
Street Time
TV • 2002
Jesse Haslim
The Haunting Of...
TV • 2012
Self
Breaking Bad
TV • 2008
Gus Fring
Community
TV • 2009
Gilbert Lawson
Show Me More
TV • 2021
Self - "Gus Fring"
Allegiance
TV • 2015
Oscar Christoph
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Andrés Pico
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Get Down
TV • 2016
Pastor Ramon Cruz
Game Changer
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Rebel
TV • 2017
Charles
Kaleidoscope
TV • 2023
Leo Pap
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV • 2022
Stan Edgar (voice)
Parish
TV • 2024
Gracián 'Gray' Parish
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
The Grandfather
Better Call Saul
TV • 2015
Gus Fring
Creature
TV • 1998
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
The Game Awards
TV • 2014
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Attorney Baylor
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Westworld
TV • 2016
El Lazo
The Boys
TV • 2019
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
Dallas & Robo
TV • 2018
Victor Goldsmith
Godfather of Harlem
TV • 2019
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Jett
TV • 2019
Charlie Baudelaire
The Hunger
TV • 1997
Vampire
The Residence
TV • 2025
A.B. Wynter
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Fallen Angels
TV • 1993
Paris Minton
The Gentlemen
TV • 2024
Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Granite (voice)
Better Call Saul Employee Training
TV • 2017
Gustavo Fring
Dear White People
TV • 2017
Narrator
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Creepshow
TV • 2019
Doc
Leverage
TV • 2008
Alexander Moto
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Lex Luthor (voice)
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
James 'Junior' Bell
Once Upon a Time
TV • 2011
Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Luther
The Broken and the Bad
TV • 2020
Self
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Ricky
NYC 22
TV • 2012
Harvey Williams
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Antonio Gaudi
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
TV • 2020
Self
The Boys
TV • 2019
Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
100 Centre Street
TV • 2001
Jacob Lenz
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
TV • 2020
Self - Moff Gideon
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Mandalorian
TV • 2019
Moff Gideon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Leg Work
TV • 1987
Tyson
Click
TV • 2000
Self
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
TV • 2020
Self
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Fred Finch
Gen V
TV • 2023
Stan Edgar
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Arnold / Gordon Keller
Talking Bad
TV • 2013
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Swift Justice
TV • 1996
Andrew Coffin