
Giancarlo Esposito
Fødselsdag: 1958-04-26
Fødested: Copenhagen, Denmark
Biografi: Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and the prequel series Better Call Saul (2017–2022). For this role he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science fiction series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series Dear White People (2017–present), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series The Boys (2019–present), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ space western drama series The Mandalorian (2019–present), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed American Baptist pastor and politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present). Esposito also portrays Antón Castillo, the main antagonist of the video game Far Cry 6, released in 2021.
He is also known for his appearances in several Spike Lee films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). Esposito's other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Gospel Hill (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), Money Monster (2016), Okja (2017), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and Stargirl (2020).

Taps, 1981
Krig
Drama

Trading Places, 1983
Komedie

The Cotton Club, 1984
Detektiv
Drama

Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985
Drama
Komedie
Detektiv

Maximum Overdrive, 1986
Gys
Action
Sci-Fi

Do the Right Thing, 1989
Drama

Mo' Better Blues, 1990
Drama
Romantik
Komedie

King of New York, 1990
Thriller
Detektiv

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, 1991
Action
Thriller

Night on Earth, 1991
Komedie
Drama

Malcolm X, 1992
Drama
Historisk

The Usual Suspects, 1995
Drama
Detektiv
Thriller

Smoke, 1995
Komedie
Drama

Nothing to Lose, 1997
Komedie
Detektiv

Monkeybone, 2001
Eventyr
Fantasy
Animation
Komedie
Sci-Fi

Ali, 2001
Drama

Derailed, 2005
Drama
Thriller

Last Holiday, 2006
Eventyr
Komedie
Drama

Rabbit Hole, 2010
Drama

S.W.A.T.: Firefight, 2011
Action
Detektiv
Thriller

Alex Cross, 2012
Action
Thriller
Detektiv
Mysterium

Batman: Assault on Arkham, 2014
Thriller
Animation
Action
Detektiv

Son of Batman, 2014
Animation
Action
Eventyr

Poker Night, 2014
Thriller
Action
Detektiv
Gys

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015
Sci-Fi
Action
Thriller
Eventyr

The Jungle Book, 2016
Eventyr
Drama
Fantasy

Money Monster, 2016
Thriller
Drama

Okja, 2017
Eventyr
Drama
Sci-Fi

Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 2018
Sci-Fi
Action
Eventyr
Thriller

Line of Duty, 2019
Thriller
Detektiv
Action

Stargirl, 2020
Komedie
Drama
Romantik

Unpregnant, 2020
Drama
Komedie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2023
Animation
Komedie
Action
Sci-Fi