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.
Known For
Filmography
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Moff Gideon (voice)
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
as Abdul Malik
بأي وسيلة كانت
as Vernon Dahmer
كابتن أمريكا: عالم جديد شجاع
as Sidewinder
السادة الأفاضل
as Uncle Stan
Harley Quinn
as Lex Luthor (voice)
الرفاق
as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
الماندالوري
as Moff Gideon
عراب هارلم
as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
متسابق المتاهة: علاج الموت
as Jorge
العَالَمُ الغَربِي
as El Lazo
Better Call Saul
as Gus Fring
Better Call Saul
Once Upon a Time
as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
المجموعة
as Gilbert Lawson
Breaking Bad
as Gustavo Fring
Ghost Whisperer
as Ely Fisher
عظام
as Richard Benoit
CSI: Miami
as Chief Braga
Third Watch
as Father Romero
المشتبه بهم المعتادون
as Jack Baer
Chicago Hope
as Cherchez LaFemme
القانون والنظام
as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
Miami Vice
as Adonis Jackson
تبادل الأماكن
as Cellmate #2
American Playhouse
as Elisha