
Giancarlo Esposito
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Biography
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).
Known For

Law & Order

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Touched by an Angel

CSI: Miami

Once Upon a Time

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Miami Vice

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Boys

Las Vegas

DuckTales

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Bones

Fallen Angels

Community

Ghost Whisperer

Westworld

Leverage

Allegiance

The Hunger

Nash Bridges

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

The Equalizer

Leg Work

Drunk History

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

The Practice

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Soul Food

Chicago Hope

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

NYC 22

Street Time

Kidnapped

Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys

The Game Awards

Harley Quinn

The Gentlemen

The Mandalorian

Trading Places

Malcolm X

Maximum Overdrive

The Get Down

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Batman: Assault on Arkham

Ultra City Smiths

The Usual Suspects

Godfather of Harlem

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

Abigail

Dear White People

The Jungle Book

Do the Right Thing

MaXXXine

Breaking Bad

Okja

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Better Call Saul

Twilight

Captain America: Brave New World

Stargirl

Money Monster

The Electric State

Last Holiday

Derailed

Son of Batman

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Revolution

Line of Duty

Unpregnant

Night on Earth

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Homicide: Life on the Street

NYPD 2069

Megalopolis

The Residence

Bob Roberts

Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine

Kaleidoscope

Parish

Euphoria

The Broken and the Bad

Third Watch

Better Call Saul Employee Training
Production Credits
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