Personal Info
Birth date
1958-04-26 (67 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known as
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
جانکارلو اسپوزیتو
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Law & Order
7.397
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.Breaking Bad
8.92
Overview:
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.Bones
8.212
Overview:
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.9
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.The Boys
8.45
Overview:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".CSI: Miami
7.709
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.Better Call Saul
8.693
Overview:
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.5
Overview:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.Ghost Whisperer
8.082
Overview:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.Westworld
8.03
Overview:
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.Community
8.001
Overview:
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.The Jennifer Hudson Show
5.768
Overview:
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.Captain America: Brave New World
6.032
Overview:
After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.The Practice
7.701
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”The Mandalorian
8.417
Overview:
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.Once Upon a Time
7.379
Overview:
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell. Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who has been supporting herself since she was abandoned as a baby. Things change for her when her son Henry, whom she abandoned years ago, finds her and asks for her help explaining that she is from a different world where she is Snow White's missing daughter.Miami Vice
7.451
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.Las Vegas
7.05
Overview:
Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.Third Watch
7.9
Overview:
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.Chicago Hope
7.2
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.Strong Medicine
7.1
Overview:
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.Godfather of Harlem
8.087
Overview:
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.Touched by an Angel
7.2
Overview:
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.The Equalizer
7.1
Overview:
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.The Division
7
Overview:
The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.Leverage
7.587
Overview:
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.Poker Face
7.496
Overview:
Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.DuckTales
7.8
Overview:
The adventures of billionaire Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, their famous uncle Donald Duck, pilot extraordinaire Launchpad, Mrs. Beakly, Webby and Roboduck. Adventures and hidden treasures are everywhere, in their hometown Duckburg and all around the world.Acting
TBAKaroshi as Unknown
TBAThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York as Unknown
TBABy Any Means as Vernon Dahmer
TBAYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother as Unknown
TBAKill Me as Unknown
TBAAnd Out Comes The Wolf as Unknown
TBAThe Prince as Unknown
TBAThe Long Home as Unknown
2026The Cat in the Hat as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
2025Megadoc as Self
2025Please Don't Feed the Children as Fitz
2025The Residence (8 Episodes) as A.B. Wynter
2025The Electric State as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
2025Captain America: Brave New World as Sidewinder
2024Megalopolis as Mayor Cicero
2024MaXXXine as Teddy Knight, Esq.
2024Abigail as Lambert
2024Parish (6 Episodes) as Gracián 'Gray' Parish
2024The Gentlemen (4 Episodes) as Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Baxter Stockman (voice)
2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (1 Episode) as Granite (voice)
2023Poker Face (1 Episode) as Fred Finch
2023Kaleidoscope (9 Episodes) as Leo Pap
2022Euphoria as Taxi Driver
2022Bonnie as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (2 Episodes) as Self
2022Beauty as Beauty's Father
2022The Boys Presents: Diabolical (1 Episode) as Stan Edgar (voice)
2021Show Me More (2 Episodes) as Self - "Gus Fring"
2021Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood as Self
2021Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine (3 Episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021The Eisen Hour (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2020By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (4 Episodes) as Himself
2020Unpregnant as Bob
2020Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys (1 Episode) as Self
2020The Broken and the Bad (6 Episodes) as Self
2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride (1 Episode) as The Grandfather
2020For NYC as Unknown
2020Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian (4 Episodes) as Self - Moff Gideon
2020Stargirl as Archie Brubaker
2020Coda as Paul
2019Line of Duty as Tom Volk
2019Harley Quinn (11 Episodes) as Lex Luthor (voice)
2019The Mandalorian (9 Episodes) as Moff Gideon
2019Godfather of Harlem (14 Episodes) as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
2019Creepshow (1 Episode) as Doc
2019Game Changer (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 Episode) as Self
2019The Boys (1, 9 Episode) as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice), Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
2019Jett (9 Episodes) as Charlie Baudelaire
2019Stuck as Lloyd
2018Dallas & Robo (8 Episodes) as Victor Goldsmith
2018The Nagano Tapes as Narrator
2018Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Jorge
2017Miracle on 42nd Street as self
2017The Show as Mason Washington
2017DuckTales (3 Episodes) as Phantom Blot (voice)
2017Okja as Frank Dawson
2017Unacknowledged as Narrator
2017Dear White People (40 Episodes) as Narrator
2017Better Call Saul Employee Training (10 Episodes) as Gustavo Fring
2017Rebel (9 Episodes) as Charles
2016Westworld (1 Episode) as El Lazo
2016Brother Nature as Congressman Frank McClaren
2016The Get Down (11 Episodes) as Pastor Ramon Cruz
2016On Meditation as Self
2016Money Monster as Captain Powell
2016The Jungle Book as Akela (voice)
2016The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare as Il Boss
2015Enzian: When the Lights Go Up as Self (archive footage)
2015Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Jorge
2015Better Call Saul (40 Episodes) as Gus Fring
2015Allegiance (7 Episodes) as Oscar Christoph
2015I Did Not Forget You as Dr. Sabian
2014Poker Night as Bernard
2014The Game Awards (1 Episode) as Self
2014Batman: Assault on Arkham as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
2014Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
2014Son of Batman as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2014Requiem for the Big East as Narrator
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 Episode) as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 Episode) as Self
2013Timms Valley as Pruit Normings
2013They Die by Dawn as Rufus Buck
2013Drunk History (1 Episode) as Andrés Pico
2013Blood River Crossing as Narrator
2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
2013Over/Under as Oliver Ohrt
2012The Haunting Of... (1 Episode) as Self
2012Alex Cross as Daramus Holiday
2012Revolution (42 Episodes) as Major Tom Neville
2012NYC 22 (1 Episode) as Harvey Williams
2011Once Upon a Time (14 Episodes) as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
2011Certainty as Father Heery
2011Dreaming American as Daytona LeMans
2011S.W.A.T.: Firefight as Inspector Hollander
2011Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (1 Episode) as Gordon Ramirez
2010Rabbit Hole as Auggie
2010Conan (1 Episode) as Self
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories (1 Episode) as Self
2009Community (2 Episodes) as Gilbert Lawson
2009PoliWood as Self
2008Leverage (1 Episode) as Alexander Moto
2008Chelsea on the Rocks as Tip
2008New Amsterdam (1 Episode) as James Lawson
2008Gospel Hill as Dr. Palmer
2008Breaking Bad (28 Episodes) as Gus Fring
2008Xenophobia as Young
2007Mano as Nino
2007Feel The Noise as Roberto Vega
2007Racing Daylight as Fred
2007The Box as Dwayne Burkhalter
2006Kidnapped (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Sherrybaby as Parole Officer Hernandez
2006Rain as Ken Arnold
2006Last Holiday as Senator Dillings
2006South Beach (8 Episodes) as Robert Fuentes
2005Derailed as Detective Church
2005Carlito's Way: Rise to Power as Little Jeff
2005Ghost Whisperer (1 Episode) as Ely Fisher
2005Bones (1 Episode) as Richard Benoit
2005Back in the Day as Benson Cooper
2005I Will Avenge You, Iago! as Director
2005Law & Order: Trial by Jury (1 Episode) as Orlando Ramirez
2005Chupacabra Terror as Dr. Peña
2005Hate Crime as Detective Esposito
2004Doing Hard Time as Captain Pierce
2004A Killer Within as Vargas
20045ive Days to Midnight (5 Episodes) as Tim Sanders
2004NYPD 2069 as Lt. Garner
2004Noise as Hank
2003Blind Horizon as J.C. Reynolds
2003Las Vegas (1 Episode) as Reggie Archibald
2003Ash Tuesday as Karl
2002Girls Club (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Half & Half (1 Episode) as Darrell Washington
2002CSI: Miami (3 Episodes) as Chief Braga
2002Street Time (1 Episode) as Jesse Haslim
2001Ali as Cassius Clay, Sr.
2001Piñero as Miguel Algarin
2001Monkeybone as Hypnos
2001100 Centre Street (1 Episode) as Jacob Lenz
2001The Division (1 Episode) as Dr. Pembroke
2000The $treet (12 Episodes) as Tom Divack
2000Strong Medicine (1 Episode) as James 'Junior' Bell
2000Soul Food (2 Episodes) as Jules
2000Click (1 Episode) as Self
2000Homicide: The Movie as Mike Giardello
2000Josephine as Spike
1999Third Watch (1 Episode) as Father Romero
1998Thirst as Dr. Lawrence Carver
1998Naked City: Justice with a Bullet as Chaz Villanueva
1998Where's Marlowe? as Blind Man (uncredited)
1998Phoenix as Louie
1998Creature (2 Episodes) as Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
1998Twilight as Reuben Escobar
1998Stardust as Mr. Peavey
1997Trouble on the Corner as Darryl
1997Five Desperate Hours as Joseph Grange
1997Big City Blues as Georgie
1997The Hunger (1 Episode) as Vampire
1997Nothing to Lose as Charlie Dunt
1997The Practice (1 Episode) as Ray McMurphy
1997The Maze as Henry Kunitz
1996The Tomorrow Man as Jonathan Driscoll
1996Nash Bridges (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996Mylène Farmer: California as Rich Man/Pimp
1996Swift Justice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Waiting to Exhale as David Matthews (uncredited)
1995Reckless as Host Tim Timko
1995Blue in the Face as Tommy Finelli
1995The Keeper as Paul Lamont
1995The Usual Suspects as Jack Baer
1995Smoke as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
1995Kla$h as Stoney
1994Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool as Self
1994Touched by an Angel (1 Episode) as Antonio Gaudi
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994New York Undercover (3 Episodes) as Adolfo Guzman
1994Fresh as Esteban
1994Benders as Jack
1993Seven Songs for Malcolm X as Autobiography Reading (voice)
1993Bakersfield P.D. (17 Episodes) as Detective Paul Gigante
1993Fallen Angels (1 Episode) as Paris Minton
1993Amos & Andrew as The Reverend Fenton Brunch
1993Homicide: Life on the Street (22 Episodes) as Michael Giardello
1993Mood Indigo as Arthur Sistrunk
1992Malcolm X as Thomas Hayer
1992Bob Roberts as Bugs Raplin
1991Night on Earth as YoYo
1991Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Jimmy Jiles
1991Jungle Fever as Homeless Man
1990Law & Order (3, 1 Episode) as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon, Attorney Baylor
1990Mo' Better Blues as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
1990King of New York as Lance
1989Making 'Do the Right Thing' as Self
1989Do the Right Thing as Buggin Out
1988School Daze as Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
1987Leg Work (1 Episode) as Tyson
1987Heartbeat as Gang Member #1
1987Sweet Lorraine as Howie
1986Maximum Overdrive as Videoplayer
1986Roanoak as Simon Fernandes
1986Rockabye as Marcus
1985The Equalizer (1 Episode) as Jumpin' Jack
1985Desperately Seeking Susan as Street Vendor
1985Finnegan Begin Again as Intruder
1985Go Tell It on the Mountain as Elisha
1984The Cotton Club as Bumpy Hood
1984Miami Vice (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Adonis Jackson, Luther, Ricky
1984The Brother from Another Planet as Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1983Trading Places as Cellmate #2
1983Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Julio
1981Taps as Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
1981The Gentleman Bandit as Jamie
1979Running as Puerto Rican Teenager
1979Tutti a squola as Unknown
1970Et Salammbo? as Unknown
Production
TBAKill Me ... Executive Producer
2024Parish (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2020The Broken and the Bad (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2017The Show ... Producer
Directing
2017The Show ... Director
2015Better Call Saul (1 Episode) ... Director
2008Gospel Hill ... Director