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Giancarlo Esposito

Date of birth: 1958-04-26

Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

Known for: Acting

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.

Movie Credits

Night on Earth
3.8

Night on Earth

1991-12-12

A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Megalopolis
2.6

Megalopolis

2024-09-25

In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "M

Do the Right Thing
3.9

Do the Right Thing

1989-06-14

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggi

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1.9

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

1983-01-01

This film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship.

Smoke
3.6

Smoke

1995-06-09

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid

The Usual Suspects
4.1

The Usual Suspects

1995-07-19

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lo

The Brother from Another Planet
3.3

The Brother from Another Planet

1984-09-07

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through th

Malcolm X
3.8

Malcolm X

1992-11-18

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi

Bob Roberts
3.2

Bob Roberts

1992-09-04

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickl

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
3.2

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

1991-08-23

It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, le

Taps
3.4

Taps

1981-12-20

Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is th

For NYC
0

For NYC

2020-06-01

Noel Ashman and Damon Dash direct a collection of favorite quotes from high profile artists, recorde

A Killer Within
2.5

A Killer Within

2004-11-06

Addison Terrill, a former district attorney now in a lucrative private practice, has what seems to b

Gospel Hill
2.4

Gospel Hill

2008-02-09

Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. D

Feel The Noise
2.3

Feel The Noise

2007-10-05

After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never kne

Blue in the Face
3.3

Blue in the Face

1995-09-15

A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty

Bonnie
2.5

Bonnie

2022-11-12

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

Homicide: The Movie
3.4

Homicide: The Movie

2000-02-13

Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conf

Nothing to Lose
3.3

Nothing to Lose

1997-07-18

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of d

Monkeybone
2.6

Monkeybone

2001-02-23

After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his

Ali
3.4

Ali

2001-12-10

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene:

Derailed
3.2

Derailed

2005-11-11

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they ar

Twilight
3

Twilight

1998-03-06

A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2.4

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

2005-09-27

Seduced by the brutal New York underworld, future gangster legend Carlito Brigante enters a deadly c

Chupacabra Terror
2.5

Chupacabra Terror

2005-01-29

Cryptozoologist Doctor Peña traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean Island to make his

Hate Crime
2.8

Hate Crime

2005-01-14

Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy suddenly encounter intolerance and hostility at the hands of their ne

King of New York
3.4

King of New York

1990-07-18

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the

Sherrybaby
3

Sherrybaby

2006-09-08

After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young da

Rabbit Hole
3.3

Rabbit Hole

2010-12-16

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

Back in the Day
2.5

Back in the Day

2005-05-24

A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
3.6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

2023-07-31

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts o

Phoenix
2.7

Phoenix

1998-09-04

Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing schem

Fresh
3.6

Fresh

1994-06-15

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against ea

Mo' Better Blues
3.3

Mo' Better Blues

1990-08-03

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness abo

School Daze
2.8

School Daze

1988-02-12

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during hom

MaXXXine
3.2

MaXXXine

2024-07-04

In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But

Last Holiday
3.6

Last Holiday

2006-01-13

The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgi

Big City Blues
1.9

Big City Blues

1997-10-01

Two hit men, a call girl, and a gay couple become entangled in a web of violence. In the course of o

Noise
3.5

Noise

2004-01-31

Joyce Chandler (Trish Goff), a young divorced woman and recovering alcoholic, moves into a Manhattan

Kla$h
3.1

Kla$h

1995-01-01

Reggae music is featured in this romantic thriller set in Jamaica. Stoney (Giancarlo Esposito), a ph

The Keeper
2.5

The Keeper

1995-09-15

Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, midd

The Box
2.5

The Box

2007-01-01

A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The p

S.W.A.T.: Firefight
2.8

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

2011-03-01

Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new ant

Piñero
2.9

Piñero

2001-10-05

"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Migue

Alex Cross
2.5

Alex Cross

2012-10-18

Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detro

Abigail
3.4

Abigail

2024-04-16

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in ord

The Maze
2.5

The Maze

1997-01-01

People are trapped in a solitary building of infinite corridors and rooms where there appears to be

Trouble on the Corner
0.8

Trouble on the Corner

1997-10-09

Jeff, a troubled therapist, suffers a breakdown when he spies on his sexy neighbor Ericca, a beautif

Benders
0

Benders

1994-02-01

Franny, an alcoholic, develops a relationship with Jack, a telephone crisis hotline operator. Jack i

Dreaming American
0

Dreaming American

2011-06-20

I Did Not Forget You
0

I Did Not Forget You

2015-01-01

I Will Avenge You, Iago!
0.5

I Will Avenge You, Iago!

2005-04-19

A disillusioned theater enthusiast mistakes Othello for reality and seeks vengeance upon the villain

Mano
0

Mano

2007-10-22

Victor and Machito were best friends growing up and heavily involved in the underground salsa scene.

Et Salammbo?
0

Et Salammbo?

1970-05-01

Xenophobia
0

Xenophobia

2008-01-01

Certainty
0

Certainty

2011-09-16

In the big city, a loving young couple Deb and Dom planning to get ready to marry seek guidance from

Beauty
2.4

Beauty

2022-06-29

A young singer on the brink of a promising career finds herself torn between a domineering family, i

They Die by Dawn
1.5

They Die by Dawn

2013-09-20

Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last m

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
5

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013-02-01

The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal

Go Tell It on the Mountain
3.2

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1984-08-31

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rura

Over/Under
1.9

Over/Under

2013-01-04

A man becomes a bookie after losing his job as a day trader.

Son of Batman
3.5

Son of Batman

2014-05-13

Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group known as

Thirst
2.2

Thirst

1998-10-24

A chemical engineer, who recently moved to town, struggles to find a way to kill a deadly new varian

Ash Tuesday
2.9

Ash Tuesday

2003-05-09

After September 11th, six Lower Manhattan residents must deal with pain on their own. Yet in doing s

Batman: Assault on Arkham
3.6

Batman: Assault on Arkham

2014-08-12

Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-for

Five Desperate Hours
2.6

Five Desperate Hours

1997-10-05

Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito), an unstable fugitive from the law, bursts into the home of subur

Sweet Lorraine
0

Sweet Lorraine

1987-01-01

Serio-comic look at the residents and staff of a Catskill Mountains resort during its final days.

Please Don't Feed the Children
2.4

Please Don't Feed the Children

2025-07-03

After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in sea

Brother Nature
2.5

Brother Nature

2016-09-09

Roger, a straight-laced politician has big plans to propose to his dream girl at her family's lake h

Poker Night
3

Poker Night

2014-12-20

When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the kno

Stardust
2

Stardust

1998-01-01

A scientist finds his newest invention; a microchip that infuses inanimate objects with human qualit

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
3.4

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

2015-09-09

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the myste

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1.5

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

1998-10-04

A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and

The Jungle Book
3.4

The Jungle Book

2016-04-07

A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is force

The Cotton Club
3.3

The Cotton Club

1984-12-14

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en

Heartbeat
2.8

Heartbeat

1987-05-10

A surrealistic journey into the experiences and reflections of a documentary filmmaker as he evaluat

Maximum Overdrive
2.9

Maximum Overdrive

1986-07-13

When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal r

Mood Indigo
0

Mood Indigo

1993-01-11

Suspense tale -- a pilot to a prospective series -- involving a criminal psychologist, struggling to

The Electric State
3.3

The Electric State

2025-03-07

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up wit

Maze Runner: The Death Cure
3.5

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

2018-01-10

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save the

Money Monster
3.2

Money Monster

2016-05-12

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate inv

Euphoria
0

Euphoria

2022-11-29

Artist and filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt creates elaborately staged films that investigate the power of

Roanoak
0

Roanoak

1986-05-26

The story chronicles the first recorded meeting in the late 16th Century between British explorers-s

Timms Valley
3.1

Timms Valley

2013-12-31

A scripted comedy set in the fictional town of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, where the lives and liveliho

The Gentleman Bandit
2.4

The Gentleman Bandit

1981-05-06

Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed r

The Show
2.9

The Show

2017-09-21

An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending th

The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare
2.9

The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare

2016-01-21

Three life-long friends struggle with an early middle-age crisis as they start to try to get a job f

The Long Home
0

The Long Home

A young contractor is hired to build a honky-tonk in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.

Captain America: Brave New World
3

Captain America: Brave New World

2025-02-12

After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an

The Prince
0

The Prince

Chronicles a recovering addict's journey through drug underworld, struggles with addiction, intense

Okja
3.7

Okja

2017-06-28

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnappi

Where's Marlowe?
2.6

Where's Marlowe?

1998-10-01

After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young filmmakers f

Making 'Do the Right Thing'
3.4

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989-11-03

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

On Meditation
3.5

On Meditation

2016-07-27

Peter Matthiessen, David Lynch, and Russell Simmons see among the many celebrity devotees interviewe

Running
3.3

Running

1979-10-30

An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and oth

Desperately Seeking Susan
3

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985-03-29

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in

Unacknowledged
3.1

Unacknowledged

2017-05-23

Dr. Steven Greer presents brand new top-secret evidence supporting extraterrestrial contact, includi

The Tomorrow Man
2.4

The Tomorrow Man

1996-09-01

A mysterious spacecraft has crash-landed somewhere in rural Oregon, immediately drawing the attentio

Trading Places
3.6

Trading Places

1983-06-07

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by t

Blind Horizon
2.9

Blind Horizon

2003-12-14

Left for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of amnesia. As

Seven Songs for Malcolm X
0

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

1993-10-01

The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American

Amos & Andrew
2.7

Amos & Andrew

1993-03-05

When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New En

Josephine
0

Josephine

2000-01-01

Misadventures of a hapless young man from rural Bohemia who, in 1991, is finally free to cross newly

Requiem for the Big East
3.5

Requiem for the Big East

2014-03-16

The meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most

Stuck
3.5

Stuck

2019-04-19

A musical about six strangers who find themselves stuck on the New York City subway.

Finnegan Begin Again
3.1

Finnegan Begin Again

1985-02-24

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drift

Coda
3

Coda

2020-01-31

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes h

Tutti a squola
1.9

Tutti a squola

1979-09-01

The upright prof. Filippo Bottini Said Pippo is an "old-fashioned" teacher in a Roman school. He wou

Reckless
3.2

Reckless

1995-11-17

On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and e

Waiting to Exhale
3.1

Waiting to Exhale

1995-12-22

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "

Stargirl
3.7

Stargirl

2020-03-10

An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose un

Line of Duty
3

Line of Duty

2019-12-25

Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
0

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

1994-10-31

A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the Afr

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
0.8

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014-06-22

In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on hi

The Nagano Tapes
4.3

The Nagano Tapes

2018-02-22

Five Rings Films presents the inspiring story of how Czech Republic won gold at the first Olympics t

Unpregnant
3.5

Unpregnant

2020-09-10

A 17-year old Missouri teen discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end h

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
0

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

2015-12-17

A documentary short taking a look at the popular independent Enzian movie theater in Maitland, Flori

Chelsea on the Rocks
2.8

Chelsea on the Rocks

2008-05-23

Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New Yor

Rockabye
4

Rockabye

1986-01-11

A young woman, striking out on her own after having left her husband in California, has her young so

Doing Hard Time
2.5

Doing Hard Time

2004-11-23

A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father gets himself thrown int

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
0

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

2021-08-02

Armin Mueller-Stahl was one of the few Germans to become a celebrated Hollywood actor. He had to sta

PoliWood
3.3

PoliWood

2009-07-03

An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Pre

Miracle on 42nd Street
0

Miracle on 42nd Street

2017-11-11

The story of Manhattan Plaza, the renowned experiment in subsidized housing catering to people in th

Blood River Crossing
3.5

Blood River Crossing

2013-04-05

In the most brutal migration on the planet, ride shotgun with ZuluEchoFive and FoxtrotOne, a zebra m

NYPD 2069
0

NYPD 2069

2004-05-02

NYPD detective Alex Franco is brain-dead after an "accident" arranged by wife-murderer Harlan Kroger

...And Out Comes the Wolf
0

...And Out Comes the Wolf

Set against the East Bay punk music scene in the mid 1990s, a story of grit and dreams in a world of

Kill Me
0

Kill Me

Jimmy wakes up in a bathtub after having tried to kill himself. Or, at least, that’s what it looks l

Racing Daylight
1.6

Racing Daylight

2007-07-31

RACING DAYLIGHT is a spooky murder mystery as well as a supernatural love story that transcends time

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
0

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Plot TBA.

By Any Means
0

By Any Means

A notorious mafia hitman and a young Black FBI agent team up to investigate the murders of civil rig

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
0

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Harry, a career pickpocket, is forced into a desperate, high-stakes race against time through the st

Karoshi
0

Karoshi

Plot TBA. Described as a corporate thriller with a samurai twist. Set in a Japanese-influenced New Y

The Cat in the Hat
0

The Cat in the Hat

2026-11-05

Doing what he does best, the Cat spreads joy to kids in his hilarious, signature, and singularly irr

Rain
2.8

Rain

2006-04-20

Rain, a young black musical prodigy, finds trouble and heartbreak when she witnesses her sister's mu

Mylène Farmer: California
0.5

Mylène Farmer: California

1996-03-26

Farmer appears in the movie in two roles: as a woman of high society, and as a street prostitute. Th

Megadoc
3.6

Megadoc

2025-09-19

Presenting a behind-the-scenes account of a visionary at work. From Oscar-nominated Mike Figgis, Meg

Jungle Fever
3.2

Jungle Fever

1991-06-07

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's q

Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
5

Making of Better Call Saul: Finale

2022-09-01

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Better Call Saul Season Six. Includes interviews wi