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).
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1990 • TV
1990 • TV
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1995 • Movie
2024 • Movie
as Jack Baer
as Lambert
as Teddy Knight, Esq.
as Dr. Peña
as Lance
as Dr. Palmer
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
as Mayor Cicero
as Hypnos
as Baxter Stockman (voice)
as Mike Giardello
as Senator Dillings
as Thomas Hayer
as Tommy Finelli
as Henry Kunitz
as Julio
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
as Louie
as Reuben Escobar
as Vargas
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as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
3 episodes
as Attorney Baylor
1 episodes
as Gus Fring
28 episodes
as Richard Benoit
1 episodes
as Gus Fring
40 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Chief Braga
3 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Ely Fisher
1 episodes
as Adonis Jackson
1 episodes
as Ray McMurphy
1 episodes
as Gilbert Lawson
2 episodes
as Reggie Archibald
1 episodes
as Michael Giardello
22 episodes
as Whip Tyrell
1 episodes
as Phantom Blot (voice)
3 episodes
as Cherchez LaFemme
1 episodes
as Father Romero
1 episodes
as Jumpin' Jack
1 episodes
as Dr. Pembroke
1 episodes
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