Giancarlo Esposito

Biography

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).

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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Giancarlo Esposito

A Roaring Reimagining: How The Jungle Book (2016) Redefines Wild Magic

on The Jungle Book | Aug 19, 2025

Why does a boy raised by wolves feel so achingly human in Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book (2016)? This live-action reboot of Disney’s animated classic doesn’t just retell Kipling’s tale it reinvents it ... Read more

Shadows of Chaos: The Unruly Brilliance of Batman: Assault on Arkham

on Batman: Assault on Arkham | Jul 19, 2025

In Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014), directors Jay Oliva and Ethan Spaulding craft a kinetic, morally murky plunge into the DC Animated Universe, where the line between hero and villain blurs with aud... Read more

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist." This iconic quote hints at the masterful deception at the heart of "The Usual Suspects."

on The Usual Suspects | May 31, 2025

Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects isn’t merely a crime thriller; it’s a brilliantly constructed and endlessly debated puzzle box of a film that culminates in one of the most iconic twist endings in ci... Read more