
Giancarlo Esposito
Syntymäpäivä: 1958-04-26
Syntymäpaikka: Copenhagen, Denmark
Elämäkerta: 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
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Trading Places, 1983
Komedia

The Cotton Club, 1984
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Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985
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Maximum Overdrive, 1986
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Do the Right Thing, 1989
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Mo' Better Blues, 1990
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King of New York, 1990
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, 1991
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Night on Earth, 1991
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Malcolm X, 1992
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The Usual Suspects, 1995
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Smoke, 1995
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Nothing to Lose, 1997
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Monkeybone, 2001
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Fantasia
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Ali, 2001
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Derailed, 2005
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Last Holiday, 2006
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Rabbit Hole, 2010
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S.W.A.T.: Firefight, 2011
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Alex Cross, 2012
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Batman: Assault on Arkham, 2014
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Son of Batman, 2014
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Poker Night, 2014
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015
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The Jungle Book, 2016
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Fantasia

Money Monster, 2016
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Okja, 2017
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 2018
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Line of Duty, 2019
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Stargirl, 2020
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Unpregnant, 2020
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2023
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