Giancarlo Esposito
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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Known for
Captain America: Brave New World
Sidewinder
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
Law & Order
Attorney Baylor
Bones
Richard Benoit
Breaking Bad
Gus Fring
CSI: Miami
Chief Braga
The Boys
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
The Boys
Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
Better Call Saul
Gus Fring
Once Upon a Time
Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
Westworld
El Lazo
Strong Medicine
James 'Junior' Bell
Half & Half
Darrell Washington
Ghost Whisperer
Ely Fisher
Homicide: Life on the Street
Michael Giardello
Las Vegas
Community
Gilbert Lawson
Touched by an Angel
Antonio Gaudi
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
Luther
Miami Vice
Ricky
The Electric State
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
100 Centre Street
Jacob Lenz
The Mandalorian
Moff Gideon
Godfather of Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Third Watch
Father Romero
Chicago Hope
The Practice
The Equalizer
Jumpin' Jack
Leverage
Alexander Moto
New York Undercover
Adolfo Guzman
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice)
DuckTales
Phantom Blot (voice)
Abigail
Lambert
The Residence
A.B. Wynter
Nash Bridges
The Gentlemen
Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
Dear White People
Narrator
The Usual Suspects
Jack Baer
Creepshow
Doc
The Jungle Book
Akela (voice)
The Division
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Granite (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Baxter Stockman (voice)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Jorge
Megalopolis
Mayor Cicero
MaXXXine
Teddy Knight, Esq.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Jorge
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Stan Edgar (voice)
The Hunger
Vampire
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Gustavo Fring
Game Changer
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Orlando Ramirez
Trading Places
Cellmate #2
Fallen Angels
Paris Minton
Allegiance
Oscar Christoph
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Gordon Ramirez
Money Monster
Captain Powell
Okja
Frank Dawson
The Get Down
Pastor Ramon Cruz
Show Me More
Self - "Gus Fring"
Street Time
Jesse Haslim
Revolution
Major Tom Neville
Malcolm X
Thomas Hayer
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Grandfather
Ali
Cassius Clay, Sr.
Parish
Gracián 'Gray' Parish
Do the Right Thing
Buggin Out
Ultra City Smiths
Pruit Normings
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Inspector Hollander
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Moff Gideon
King of New York
Lance
Kaleidoscope
Leo Pap
Rabbit Hole
Auggie
Last Holiday
Senator Dillings
Bakersfield P.D.
Detective Paul Gigante
Waiting to Exhale
David Matthews (uncredited)
Soul Food
Jules
Kidnapped
NYC 22
Harvey Williams
New Amsterdam
James Lawson
Night on Earth
YoYo
The Game Awards
Self
The Show
Mason Washington
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Hood
The Haunting Of...
Self
Maximum Overdrive
Videoplayer
Desperately Seeking Susan
Street Vendor
Alex Cross
Daramus Holiday
Jett
Charlie Baudelaire
Stargirl
Archie Brubaker
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Jimmy Jiles
Line of Duty
Tom Volk
Derailed
Detective Church
5ive Days to Midnight
Tim Sanders
Brother Nature
Congressman Frank McClaren
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Self - Narrator (voice)
Euphoria
Taxi Driver
Nothing to Lose
Charlie Dunt
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Himself
The $treet
Tom Divack
Mo' Better Blues
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Dallas & Robo
Victor Goldsmith
Taps
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
Creature
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
School Daze
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
Son of Batman
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Unpregnant
Bob
Fresh
Esteban
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Twilight
Reuben Escobar
Amos & Andrew
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
The Brother from Another Planet
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Hate Crime
Detective Esposito
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Elisha
Phoenix
Louie
Requiem for the Big East
Narrator
Blind Horizon
J.C. Reynolds
Feel The Noise
Roberto Vega
Leg Work
Tyson
South Beach
Robert Fuentes
Chupacabra Terror
Dr. Peña
Josephine
Spike
Smoke
1st OTB Man / Tommy
Doing Hard Time
Captain Pierce
Rebel
Charles
Monkeybone
Hypnos
Poker Night
Bernard
Sherrybaby
Parole Officer Hernandez
Unacknowledged
Narrator
Blue in the Face
Tommy Finelli
Sweet Lorraine
Howie
PoliWood
Self
Homicide: The Movie
Mike Giardello
Girls Club
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Chaz Villanueva
The Long Home
Heartbeat
Gang Member #1
Timms Valley
Pruit Normings
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Self
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Little Jeff
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Bonnie
Self
By Any Means
Vernon Dahmer
Beauty
Beauty's Father
Coda
Paul
For NYC
Back in the Day
Benson Cooper
Miracle on 42nd Street
self
They Die by Dawn
Rufus Buck
Swift Justice
Big City Blues
Georgie
Thirst
Dr. Lawrence Carver
The Nagano Tapes
Self - Narrator
Reckless
Host Tim Timko
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Julio
Gospel Hill
Dr. Palmer
The Gentleman Bandit
Jamie
Over/Under
Oliver Ohrt
Piñero
Miguel Algarin
The Prince
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
Bob Roberts
Bugs Raplin
Please Don't Feed the Children
I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Director
Tutti a squola
Mood Indigo
Arthur Sistrunk
Where's Marlowe?
Blind Man (uncredited)
Certainty
Father Heery
Roanoak
Simon Fernandes
The Box
Dwayne Burkhalter
On Meditation
Self
Benders
Jack
Finnegan Begin Again
Intruder
Rockabye
Marcus
Rain
Ken Arnold
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
The Tomorrow Man
Jonathan Driscoll
The Keeper
Paul Lamont
Dreaming American
Daytona LeMans
A Killer Within
Vargas
The Broken and the Bad
Self
The Maze
Henry Kunitz
Stuck
Lloyd
Ash Tuesday
Karl
NYPD 2069
Lt. Garner
Running
Puerto Rican Teenager
Trouble on the Corner
Darryl
Noise
Hank
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Autobiography Reading (voice)
Stardust
Mr. Peavey
Klash
Stoney
Five Desperate Hours
Joseph Grange
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Mylène Farmer: California
Self
Chelsea on the Rocks
Tip
Out Come the Wolves
Kill Me
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Blood River Crossing
Narrator
The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare
Il Boss
Xenophobia
Young
Racing Daylight
Fred
I Did Not Forget You
Dr. Sabian
PAYDAY THE MOVIE
The Dentist
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Self (archive footage)
Mano
Nino
The People
Anthony Rivera
Conan
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Et Salammbo?
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
Drunk History
Andrés Pico
Click
Self
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
Self
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest