Giancarlo Esposito
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Ti West
Writers: Ti West,
Cast: Bobby Cannavale, Charley Rowan McCain, Elizabeth Debicki, Giancarlo Esposito, Halsey, Kevin Bacon, Lily Collins, Mia Goth, Michelle Monaghan, Moses Sumney,
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Writers: Stephen Shields,
Cast: Alisha Weir, Angus Cloud, Dan Stevens, Giancarlo Esposito, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Matthew Goode, Melissa Barrera, William Catlett,
Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Writers: Bill Parker,
Cast: Alex MacNicoll, Barbie Ferreira, Betty Who, Breckin Meyer, Denny Love, Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Lu Richardson, Jeryl Prescott, Mary McCormack, Sugar Lyn Beard,
Director: Claude Lalonde
Writers: Louis Godbout,
Cast: Abdul Ayoola, Beat Marti, Catherine St-Laurent, Don Anderson, Drew Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Letitia Brookes, Nicholas Haze, Patrick Stewart,
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Writers: Bong Joon Ho,
Cast: Ahn Seo-hyun, Byun Hee-bong, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, Giancarlo Esposito, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins, Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Tilda Swinton,
Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: Justin Marks,
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Emjay Anthony, Garry Shandling, Giancarlo Esposito, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Neel Sethi, Scarlett Johansson,
Director: Greg Francis
Writers: Doug Buchanan,
Cast: Beau Mirchoff, Corey Large, Giancarlo Esposito, Halston Sage, Kieran Large, Lochlyn Munro, Michael Eklund, Ron Eldard, Ron Perlman, Titus Welliver,
Director: Jay Oliva
Writers: Heath Corson,
Cast: Chris Cox, Eric Bauza, Giancarlo Esposito, Greg Ellis, Hynden Walch, John DiMaggio, Kevin Conroy, Matthew Gray Gubler, Neal McDonough, Troy Baker,
Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writers: Joe R. Lansdale,
Cast: David McCallum, Dee Bradley Baker, Diane Michelle, Giancarlo Esposito, Jason O'Mara, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, Stuart Allan, Thomas Gibson, Xander Berkeley,
Director: Rob Cohen
Writers: Kerry Williamson,
Cast: Carmen Ejogo, Chad Lindberg, Cicely Tyson, Edward Burns, Giancarlo Esposito, Jean Reno, John C. McGinley, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Tyler Perry,
Director: Benny Boom
Writers: Reed Steiner,
Cast: Carly Pope, Gabriel Macht, Giancarlo Esposito, Gino Anthony Pesi, Kevin Phillips, Kristanna Loken, Matt Bushell, Nicholas Gonzalez, Robert Patrick, Shannon Kane,
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writers: David Lindsay-Abaire,
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney, Mike Doyle, Miles Teller, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Oh, Stephen Mailer, Tammy Blanchard,
Director: Wayne Wang
Writers: Jeffrey Price,
Cast: Alicia Witt, Gérard Depardieu, Giancarlo Esposito, Jane Adams, LL Cool J, Michael Nouri, Michel Estime, Queen Latifah, Susan Kellermann, Timothy Hutton,
Director: Michael Haussman
Writers: F. Paul Benz,
Cast: Amy Smart, Charles Ortiz, Giancarlo Esposito, Gil Bellows, Leo Fitzpatrick, Neve Campbell, Noble Willingham, Sam Shepard, Trajan Cuevas, Val Kilmer,
Director: Henry Selick
Writers: Sam Hamm,
Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Dave Foley, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Megan Mullally, Rose McGowan, Whoopi Goldberg,
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Writers: Steve Oedekerk,
Cast: Giancarlo Esposito, Irma P. Hall, John C. McGinley, Kelly Preston, Martin Lawrence, Michael McKean, Rebecca Gayheart, Steve Oedekerk, Susan Barnes, Tim Robbins,
Director: Wayne Wang
Writers: Paul Auster,
Cast: Ashley Judd, Forest Whitaker, Giancarlo Esposito, Harold Perrineau, Harvey Keitel, Jared Harris, José Zúñiga, Stephen Gevedon, Stockard Channing, William Hurt,
Director: Boaz Yakin
Writers: Boaz Yakin,
Cast: Cheryl Freeman, Giancarlo Esposito, Jean-Claude La Marre, José Zúñiga, Luis Lantigua, N'Bushe Wright, Ron Brice, Samuel L. Jackson, Sean Nelson, Yul Vazquez,
Director: Tim Robbins
Writers: Tim Robbins,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Brian Murray, Giancarlo Esposito, Gore Vidal, Harry Lennix, John Ottavino, Ray Wise, Rebecca Jenkins, Robert Stanton, Tim Robbins,
Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Spike Lee,
Cast: Charlie Murphy, Cynda Williams, Denzel Washington, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Joie Lee, Nicholas Turturro, Robin Harris, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes,
Director: Abel Ferrara
Writers: Nicholas St. John,
Cast: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Giancarlo Esposito, Janet Julian, Joey Chin, Laurence Fishburne, Paul Calderon, Steve Buscemi, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes,
Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Spike Lee,
Cast: Bill Nunn, Danny Aiello, Frankie Faison, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Paul Benjamin, Richard Edson, Ruby Dee, Spike Lee,
Director: Harold Becker
Writers: Darryl Ponicsan,
Cast: Billy Van Zandt, Brendan Ward, Evan Handler, George C. Scott, Giancarlo Esposito, John P. Navin, Jr., Ronny Cox, Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton, Tom Cruise,