Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and its prequel series Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022. He won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series twice for this role. He earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His other television roles include federal agent Mike Giardello in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix series Dear White People (2017–2021), Stan Edgar in the Amazon series The Boys (2019–present) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present), acted in the HBO drama series Westworld (2016), and starred in the Netflix television series Kaleidoscope (2023), The Gentlemen (2024), and The Residence (2025). He is also known for his collaboration with Spike Lee, acting in several of his films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). His other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Bob Roberts (1992), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Monkeybone (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010), Okja (2017), Megalopolis (2024), MaXXXine (2024), and Captain America: Brave New World (2025). He voiced Akela in the live-action remake of The Jungle Book (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Cat in the Hat
as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
as Detective Warren
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
as Abdul Malik
By Any Means
as Vernon Dahmer
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Moff Gideon (voice)
7 Dogs
as Roman Marks
Kill Me
as Dr. Singer
Megadoc
as Self
Please Don't Feed the Children
as Fitz
The Residence
as A.B. Wynter
The Electric State
as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
Megalopolis
as Mayor Cicero
Hollywood Black
as Self
MaXXXine
as Teddy Knight, Esq.
Abigail
as Lambert
Parish
as Gracián 'Gray' Parish
The Gentlemen
as Uncle Stan
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self
Gen V
as Stan Edgar
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as Baxter Stockman (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Granite (voice)
Poker Face
as Fred Finch
Kaleidoscope
as Leo Pap
Euphoria
as Taxi Driver
Bonnie
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Beauty
as Beauty's Father
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Stan Edgar (voice)
Show Me More
as Self - "Gus Fring"
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
as Self
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Eisen Hour
as Self - Guest
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
as Self
Unpregnant
as Bob
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
as Self
The Broken and the Bad
as Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as The Grandfather
For NYC
as Unknown
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self - Moff Gideon
Stargirl
as Archie Brubaker
Coda
as Paul
Line of Duty
as Tom Volk
Harley Quinn
as Lex Luthor (voice)
The Mandalorian
as Moff Gideon
Godfather of Harlem
as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Creepshow
as Doc
Game Changer
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Jett
as Charlie Baudelaire
Stuck
as Lloyd
Dallas & Robo
as Victor Goldsmith
The Nagano Tapes
as Narrator
Miracle on 42nd Street
as Self
The Show
as Mason Washington
DuckTales
as Phantom Blot (voice)
Okja
as Frank Dawson
Unacknowledged
as Narrator
Dear White People
as Narrator
Better Call Saul Employee Training
as Gustavo Fring
Rebel
as Charles
Westworld
as El Lazo
Brother Nature
as Congressman Frank McClaren
The Get Down
as Pastor Ramon Cruz
On Meditation
as Self
Money Monster
as Captain Powell
The Jungle Book
as Akela (voice)
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
as Il Boss
Better Call Saul
as Gus Fring
Allegiance
as Oscar Christoph
I Did Not Forget You
as Dr. Sabian
Poker Night
as Bernard
The Game Awards
as Self
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
Son of Batman
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Requiem for the Big East
as Narrator
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Timms Valley
as Pruit Normings
They Die by Dawn
as Rufus Buck
Talking Bad
as Self
Drunk History
as Andrés Pico
Blood River Crossing
as Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
as Self
Over/Under
as Oliver Ohrt
The Haunting Of...
as Self
Alex Cross
as Daramus Holiday
Revolution
as Tom Neville
NYC 22
as Harvey Williams
Once Upon a Time
as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
Certainty
as Father Heery
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
as Inspector Hollander
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Gordon Ramirez
Rabbit Hole
as Auggie
Conan
as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
Community
as Gilbert Lawson
Lie to Me
as Beau Hackman
Leverage
as Alexander Moto
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Tip
New Amsterdam
as James Lawson
Gospel Hill
as Dr. Palmer
Mano
as Nino
Feel The Noise
as Roberto Vega
Racing Daylight
as Fred
The Box
as Dwayne Burkhalter
Kidnapped
as Unknown
Sherrybaby
as Parole Officer Hernandez
Rain
as Ken Arnold
Last Holiday
as Senator Dillings
South Beach
as Robert Fuentes
Derailed
as Detective Church
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
as Little Jeff
Ghost Whisperer
as Ely Fisher
Bones
as Richard Benoit
Back in the Day
as Benson Cooper
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Orlando Ramirez
Chupacabra Terror
as Dr. Peña
Hate Crime
as Detective Esposito
Doing Hard Time
as Captain Pierce
A Killer Within
as Vargas
5ive Days to Midnight
as Tim Sanders
Noise
as Hank
Blind Horizon
as J.C. Reynolds
Las Vegas
as Reggie Archibald
Ash Tuesday
as Karl
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Girls Club
as Nicholas Hahn
Half & Half
as Darrell Washington
CSI: Miami
as Chief Braga
Street Time
as Jesse Haslim
The Making of 'Ali'
as Self
Ali
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
Piñero
as Miguel Algarin
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Ambassador Theodore Kelefy
Monkeybone
as Hypnos
100 Centre Street
as Jacob Lenz
The Division
as Dr. Pembroke
The $treet
as Tom Divack
Strong Medicine
as James 'Junior' Bell
Soul Food
as Jules
Click
as Self
Homicide: The Movie
as Mike Giardello
Josephine
as Spike
Third Watch
as Father Romero
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Chaz Villanueva
Where's Marlowe?
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Phoenix
as Louie
Creature
as Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
Stardust
as Mr. Peavey
Trouble on the Corner
as Darryl
Five Desperate Hours
as Joseph Grange
Big City Blues
as Georgie
The Hunger
as Vampire
Nothing to Lose
as Charlie Dunt
Loose Women
as Stylist #2
The Practice
as Ray McMurphy
The Maze
as Henry Kunitz
The Tomorrow Man
as Jonathan Driscoll
Nash Bridges
as Whip Tyrell
Nash Bridges
as Arnold / Gordon Keller
Swift Justice
as Andrew Coffin
Waiting to Exhale
as David Matthews (uncredited)
Reckless
as Host Tim Timko
Blue in the Face
as Tommy Finelli
The Keeper
as Paul Lamont
The Usual Suspects
as Jack Baer
Smoke
as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
Kla$h
as Stoney
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
as Self
Touched by an Angel
as Antonio Gaudi
Chicago Hope
as Cherchez LaFemme
New York Undercover
as Adolfo Guzman
Fresh
as Esteban
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
as Autobiography Reading (voice)
Bakersfield P.D.
as Detective Paul Gigante
Fallen Angels
as Paris Minton
Amos & Andrew
as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Michael Giardello
Mood Indigo
as Arthur Sistrunk
Malcolm X
as Thomas Hayer
Bob Roberts
as Bugs Raplin
Night on Earth
as YoYo
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
as Jimmy Jiles
Jungle Fever
as Homeless Man
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
Law & Order
as Attorney Baylor
Mo' Better Blues
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
King of New York
as Lance
Do the Right Thing
as Buggin Out
School Daze
as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
Leg Work
as Tyson
Heartbeat
as Gang Member #1
Sweet Lorraine
as Howie
Maximum Overdrive
as Videoplayer
Roanoak
as Simon Fernandes
Rockabye
as Marcus
The Equalizer
as Jumpin' Jack
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Street Vendor
Finnegan Begin Again
as Intruder
The Cotton Club
as Bumpy Hood
Miami Vice
as Adonis Jackson
Miami Vice
as Luther
Miami Vice
as Ricky
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Elisha
Trading Places
as Cellmate #2
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Julio
American Playhouse
as Elisha
American Playhouse
as Simon Fernandes
Taps
as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
The Gentleman Bandit
as Jamie
Running
as Puerto Rican Teenager
Tutti a squola
as Unknown