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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.
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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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Law & Order
Touched by an Angel
CSI: Miami
Once Upon a Time
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Strong Medicine
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Miami Vice
The Boys
Las Vegas
DuckTales
Poker Face
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Bones
Fallen Angels
Community
Ghost Whisperer
The Mandalorian
Leverage
Allegiance
The Hunger
Nash Bridges
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Equalizer
Drunk History
Leg Work
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Practice
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Soul Food
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Chicago Hope
NYC 22
Street Time
Kidnapped
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
The Game Awards
Harley Quinn
Westworld
Trading Places
Malcolm X
Maximum Overdrive
The Get Down
The Residence
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Batman: Assault on Arkham
The Usual Suspects
Godfather of Harlem
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Dear White People
Better Call Saul
MaXXXine
The Jungle Book
Abigail
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Twilight
Captain America: Brave New World
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Breaking Bad
Okja
The Electric State
Money Monster
Stargirl
Do the Right Thing
Ultra City Smiths
Last Holiday
Derailed
Son of Batman
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Revolution
Line of Duty
Night on Earth
Unpregnant
The Gentlemen
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
NYPD 2069
Homicide: Life on the Street
Bob Roberts
Megalopolis
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Third Watch
Kaleidoscope
Euphoria
Better Call Saul Employee Training
The Broken and the Bad
Parish
Production Credits
Better Call Saul
Parish
The Broken and the Bad
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