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