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