
Giancarlo Esposito
Anniversaire: 1958-04-26
Lieu de naissance: Copenhagen, Denmark
Biographie: 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
Guerre
Drame

Trading Places, 1983
Comédie

The Cotton Club, 1984
Détective
Drame

Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985
Drame
Comédie
Détective

Maximum Overdrive, 1986
Horreur
Action
Science-Fiction

Do the Right Thing, 1989
Drame

Mo' Better Blues, 1990
Drame
Romance
Comédie

King of New York, 1990
Thriller
Détective

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, 1991
Action
Thriller

Night on Earth, 1991
Comédie
Drame

Malcolm X, 1992
Drame
Historique

The Usual Suspects, 1995
Drame
Détective
Thriller

Smoke, 1995
Comédie
Drame

Nothing to Lose, 1997
Comédie
Détective

Monkeybone, 2001
Aventure
Fantaisie
Animation
Comédie
Science-Fiction

Ali, 2001
Drame

Derailed, 2005
Drame
Thriller

Last Holiday, 2006
Aventure
Comédie
Drame

Rabbit Hole, 2010
Drame

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

Alex Cross, 2012
Action
Thriller
Détective
Mystère

Batman: Assault on Arkham, 2014
Thriller
Animation
Action
Détective

Son of Batman, 2014
Animation
Action
Aventure

Poker Night, 2014
Thriller
Action
Détective
Horreur

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015
Science-Fiction
Action
Thriller
Aventure

The Jungle Book, 2016
Aventure
Drame
Fantaisie

Money Monster, 2016
Thriller
Drame

Okja, 2017
Aventure
Drame
Science-Fiction

Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 2018
Science-Fiction
Action
Aventure
Thriller

Line of Duty, 2019
Thriller
Détective
Action

Stargirl, 2020
Comédie
Drame
Romance

Unpregnant, 2020
Drame
Comédie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2023
Animation
Comédie
Action
Science-Fiction