
Giancarlo Esposito
Compleanno: 1958-04-26
Luogo di nascita: Copenhagen, Denmark
Biografia: 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
Guerra
Drammatico

Trading Places, 1983
Commedia

The Cotton Club, 1984
Investigativo
Drammatico

Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985
Drammatico
Commedia
Investigativo

Maximum Overdrive, 1986
Horror
Azione
Fantascienza

Do the Right Thing, 1989
Drammatico

Mo' Better Blues, 1990
Drammatico
Romantico
Commedia

King of New York, 1990
Thriller
Investigativo

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, 1991
Azione
Thriller

Night on Earth, 1991
Commedia
Drammatico

Malcolm X, 1992
Drammatico
Storico

The Usual Suspects, 1995
Drammatico
Investigativo
Thriller

Smoke, 1995
Commedia
Drammatico

Nothing to Lose, 1997
Commedia
Investigativo

Monkeybone, 2001
Avventura
Fantasy
Animazione
Commedia
Fantascienza

Ali, 2001
Drammatico

Derailed, 2005
Drammatico
Thriller

Last Holiday, 2006
Avventura
Commedia
Drammatico

Rabbit Hole, 2010
Drammatico

S.W.A.T.: Firefight, 2011
Azione
Investigativo
Thriller

Alex Cross, 2012
Azione
Thriller
Investigativo
Mistero

Batman: Assault on Arkham, 2014
Thriller
Animazione
Azione
Investigativo

Son of Batman, 2014
Animazione
Azione
Avventura

Poker Night, 2014
Thriller
Azione
Investigativo
Horror

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2015
Fantascienza
Azione
Thriller
Avventura

The Jungle Book, 2016
Avventura
Drammatico
Fantasy

Money Monster, 2016
Thriller
Drammatico

Okja, 2017
Avventura
Drammatico
Fantascienza

Maze Runner: The Death Cure, 2018
Fantascienza
Azione
Avventura
Thriller

Line of Duty, 2019
Thriller
Investigativo
Azione

Stargirl, 2020
Commedia
Drammatico
Romantico

Unpregnant, 2020
Drammatico
Commedia

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2023
Animazione
Commedia
Azione
Fantascienza