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Giancarlo Esposito

Actor
Biography
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and the prequel series Better Call Saul (2017–2022). For this role he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science fiction series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series Dear White People (2017–present), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series The Boys (2019–present), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ space western drama series The Mandalorian (2019–present), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed American Baptist pastor and politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present). Esposito also portrays Antón Castillo, the main antagonist of the video game Far Cry 6, released in 2021. He is also known for his appearances in several Spike Lee films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). Esposito's other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Gospel Hill (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), Money Monster (2016), Okja (2017), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and Stargirl (2020).

Personal Info

Occupation Actor
Place of Birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Birthday 1958-04-26

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Filmography by Year

4
2024
2
2023
3
2022
3
2021
5
2020
3
2019
3
2018
5
2017
7
2016
3
2015
5
2014
5
2013
2
2012
2
2011
1
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
4
2006
5
2005
4
2004
2
2003
1
2002
3
2001
3
2000
6
1998
4
1997
2
1996
7
1995
2
1994
5
1993
2
1992
2
1991
2
1990
2
1989
1
1988
2
1987
3
1986
3
1985
2
1984
2
1983
2
1981
2
1979

Filmography by Genre

Drama
67
Thriller
28
Crime
28
Comedy
25
Action
16
Science Fiction
11
Documentary
10
Adventure
10
TV Movie
8
Music
8
Romance
8
Mystery
7
Animation
5
Horror
5
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
4
Fantasy
4
Family
3
Western
2
War
2
History
1
Etc
1
Action & Adventure
1