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Giancarlo Esposito
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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 (1998â1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011â2017), Tom Neville in the NBC series RevâŠ
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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 (1998â1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011â2017), Tom Neville in the NBC series Revolution (2012â2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix series Dear White People (2017â2021), Stan Edgar in the Amazon series The Boys (2019âpresent) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019â2023), 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 (2019âpresent), 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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BODY OF WORK
Giancarlo Esposito's Filmography
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Karoshi
The Cat in the Hat
as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
as Detective Warren
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...And Out Comes the Wolf
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
as Abdul Malik
By Any Means
as Vernon Dahmer
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Moff Gideon (voice)
7 Dogs
as Roman Marks
Kill Me
as Dr. Singer
Megadoc
as Self
Please Don't Feed the Children
as Fitz
The Electric State
as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
Captain America: Brave New World
as Sidewinder
Megalopolis
as Mayor Cicero
MaXXXine
as Teddy Knight, Esq.
Abigail
as Lambert
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as Baxter Stockman (voice)
Euphoria
as Taxi Driver
Bonnie
as Self
Beauty
as Beauty's Father
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
as Self
Unpregnant
as Bob
For NYC
Stargirl
as Archie Brubaker
Coda
as Paul
Line of Duty
as Tom Volk
Stuck
as Lloyd
The Nagano Tapes
as Narrator
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
as Jorge
Miracle on 42nd Street
as Self
The Show
as Mason Washington
Okja
as Frank Dawson
Unacknowledged
as Narrator
Brother Nature
as Congressman Frank McClaren
On Meditation
as Self
Money Monster
as Captain Powell
The Jungle Book
as Akela (voice)
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
as Il Boss
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Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
as Jorge
I Did Not Forget You
as Dr. Sabian
Poker Night
as Bernard
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
Son of Batman
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Requiem for the Big East
as Narrator
Timms Valley
as Pruit Normings
They Die by Dawn
as Rufus Buck
Blood River Crossing
as Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
Over/Under
as Oliver Ohrt
Alex Cross
as Daramus Holiday
Certainty
as Father Heery
No Poster
Dreaming American
as Daytona LeMans
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
as Inspector Hollander
Rabbit Hole
as Auggie
PoliWood
as Self
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Tip
Gospel Hill
as Dr. Palmer
No Poster
Xenophobia
as Young
Mano
as Nino
Feel The Noise
as Roberto Vega
Racing Daylight
as Fred
The Box
as Dwayne Burkhalter
Sherrybaby
as Parole Officer Hernandez
Rain
as Ken Arnold
Last Holiday
as Senator Dillings
Derailed
as Detective Church
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
as Little Jeff
Back in the Day
as Benson Cooper
No Poster
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
as Director
Chupacabra Terror
as Dr. Peña
Hate Crime
as Detective Esposito
Doing Hard Time
as Captain Pierce
A Killer Within
as Vargas
No Poster
NYPD 2069
as Lt. Garner
Noise
as Hank
Blind Horizon
as J.C. Reynolds
Ash Tuesday
as Karl
The Making of 'Ali'
as Self
Ali
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
Piñero
as Miguel Algarin
Monkeybone
as Hypnos
Homicide: The Movie
as Mike Giardello
Josephine
as Spike
Thirst
as Dr. Lawrence Carver
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Chaz Villanueva
Where's Marlowe?
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Phoenix
as Louie
Twilight
as Reuben Escobar
Stardust
as Mr. Peavey
Trouble on the Corner
as Darryl
Five Desperate Hours
as Joseph Grange
Big City Blues
as Georgie
Nothing to Lose
as Charlie Dunt
Loose Women
as Stylist #2
The Maze
as Henry Kunitz
The Tomorrow Man
as Jonathan Driscoll
Waiting to Exhale
as David Matthews (uncredited)
Reckless
as Host Tim Timko
Kla$h
as Stoney
Blue in the Face
as Tommy Finelli
The Keeper
as Paul Lamont
The Usual Suspects
as Jack Baer
Smoke
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
as Self
Fresh
as Esteban
No Poster
Peace and Quiet
as Richard Jones
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Benders
as Jack
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
as Autobiography Reading (voice)
Amos & Andrew
as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Mood Indigo
as Arthur Sistrunk
Malcolm X
as Thomas Hayer
Bob Roberts
as Bugs Raplin
Night on Earth
as YoYo
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
as Jimmy Jiles
Jungle Fever
as Homeless Man
Mo' Better Blues
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
King of New York
as Lance
No Poster
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
Do the Right Thing
as Buggin Out
School Daze
as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
Heartbeat
as Gang Member #1
Sweet Lorraine
as Howie
Maximum Overdrive
as Videoplayer
Rockabye
as Marcus
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Street Vendor
Finnegan Begin Again
as Intruder
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Hood
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Elisha
Trading Places
as Cellmate #2
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Julio
Taps
as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
The Gentleman Bandit
as Jamie
Running
as Puerto Rican Teenager
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Et Salammbo?
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The Long Home
as William Tell Oliver
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Weird Party
The Official Mistress
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