
Giancarlo Esposito
Birthday: 1958-04-26
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography: 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
War
Drama

Trading Places, 1983
Comedy

The Cotton Club, 1984
Detective
Drama

Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985
Drama
Comedy
Detective

Maximum Overdrive, 1986
Horror
Action
Sci-Fi

Do the Right Thing, 1989
Drama

Mo' Better Blues, 1990
Drama
Romance
Comedy

King of New York, 1990
Thriller
Detective

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, 1991
Action
Thriller

Night on Earth, 1991
Comedy
Drama

Malcolm X, 1992
Drama
Historical

The Usual Suspects, 1995
Drama
Detective
Thriller

Smoke, 1995
Comedy
Drama

Nothing to Lose, 1997
Comedy
Detective

Monkeybone, 2001
Adventure
Fantasy
Animation
Comedy
Sci-Fi

Ali, 2001
Drama

Derailed, 2005
Drama
Thriller

Last Holiday, 2006
Adventure
Comedy
Drama

Rabbit Hole, 2010
Drama

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

Alex Cross, 2012
Action
Thriller
Detective
Mystery

Batman: Assault on Arkham, 2014
Thriller
Animation
Action
Detective

Son of Batman, 2014
Animation
Action
Adventure

Poker Night, 2014
Thriller
Action
Detective
Horror

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

The Jungle Book, 2016
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy

Money Monster, 2016
Thriller
Drama

Okja, 2017
Adventure
Drama
Sci-Fi

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

Line of Duty, 2019
Thriller
Detective
Action

Stargirl, 2020
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Unpregnant, 2020
Drama
Comedy

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