
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.
57 TV shows
TV Shows

The Boys
Prime Video

Bones
FOX

Law & Order
NBC

Breaking Bad
AMC

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
NBC

CSI: Miami
CBS

Better Call Saul
AMC

Late Night with Seth Meyers
NBC

The Mandalorian
Disney+

Conan
TBS

Westworld
HBO

Once Upon a Time
ABC

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndication

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndication

Gen V
Prime Video

Miami Vice
NBC

Ghost Whisperer
CBS

The Practice
ABC

Community
NBC

Third Watch
NBC

Las Vegas
NBC

Homicide: Life on the Street
NBC

Chicago Hope
CBS

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
ABC

DuckTales
Disney Channel

Leverage
TNT

Lie to Me
FOX

Harley Quinn
DC Universe

Strong Medicine
Lifetime

Nash Bridges
CBS

Godfather of Harlem
Epix

Touched by an Angel
CBS

The Equalizer
CBS

Poker Face
Peacock

The Gentlemen
Netflix

Creepshow
Shudder

The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Prime Video

New York Undercover
FOX

Drunk History
Comedy Central

Celebrity Ghost Stories
A&E

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Disney XD

Click
BBC World News

Game Changer
Dropout

Half & Half
UPN

Revolution
NBC

The Hunger
Showtime

Fallen Angels
Showtime

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Disney+

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
NBC

Kaleidoscope
Netflix

A Nero Wolfe Mystery
A&E

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Quibi

Dear White People
Netflix

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
CBS

Street Time
Showtime

Jett
Cinemax

Parish
AMC
Other Credits
Kidnapped, New Amsterdam, The $treet, The Division, The Eisen Hour, Soul Food, Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine, South Beach, Girls Club, Bakersfield P.D., 5ive Days to Midnight, The Haunting Of..., Show Me More, Allegiance, The Get Down, Rebel, Creature, The Game Awards, Dallas & Robo, The Residence, Better Call Saul Employee Training, The Broken and the Bad, NYC 22, Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys, 100 Centre Street, Leg Work, By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem, Talking Bad, Swift Justice, Roanoak, Hollywood Black