Search Everything

Login

Send feeback or report a bug here

Send feeback or report a bug here

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

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 information

Birthday

1958-04-26

Birth Place

Copenhagen, Denmark

Movies and TV shows :

poster

100 Centre Street

2001

7.7

TV
poster

5ive Days to Midnight

2004

6.5

TV
A Killer Within

A Killer Within

2004

5.0

Movie
Abigail

Abigail

2024

6.8

Movie
Alex Cross

Alex Cross

2012

5.2

Movie
Ali

Ali

2001

6.8

Movie
poster

Allegiance

2015

7.0

TV
Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

1993

5.4

Movie
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood

2021

0.0

Movie
Ash Tuesday

Ash Tuesday

2003

5.8

Movie
Back in the Day

Back in the Day

2005

5.1

Movie
poster

Bakersfield P.D.

1993

8.0

TV
Batman: Assault on Arkham

Batman: Assault on Arkham

2014

7.3

Movie
Beauty

Beauty

2022

5.4

Movie
Benders

Benders

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

Better Call Saul

2015

8.7

TV
poster

Better Call Saul Employee Training

2017

7.7

TV
Big City Blues

Big City Blues

1997

4.7

Movie
Blind Horizon

Blind Horizon

2003

5.7

Movie
Blood River Crossing

Blood River Crossing

2013

0.0

Movie
Blue in the Face

Blue in the Face

1995

6.6

Movie
Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

1992

6.5

Movie
poster

Bones

2005

8.2

TV
Bonnie

Bonnie

2022

3.0

Movie
poster

Breaking Bad

2008

8.9

TV
Brother Nature

Brother Nature

2016

5.2

Movie
Captain America: Brave New World

Captain America: Brave New World

2025

0.0

Movie
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

2005

4.6

Movie
poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

7.3

TV
Certainty

Certainty

2011

0.0

Movie
Chelsea on the Rocks

Chelsea on the Rocks

2008

5.7

Movie
poster

Chicago Hope

1994

7.2

TV
Chupacabra Terror

Chupacabra Terror

2005

5.2

Movie
poster

Click

2000

6.0

TV
Coda

Coda

2020

6.0

Movie
poster

Community

2009

8.0

TV
poster

Conan

2010

7.0

TV
poster

Creature

1998

4.9

TV
poster

Creepshow

2019

7.5

TV
poster

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

2011

7.1

TV
poster

CSI: Miami

2002

7.7

TV
poster

Dallas & Robo

2018

7.2

TV
poster

Dear White People

2017

6.1

TV
Derailed

Derailed

2005

6.4

Movie
Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

6.1

Movie
poster

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

2020

7.5

TV
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

1989

7.8

Movie
Doing Hard Time

Doing Hard Time

2004

5.2

Movie
Dreaming American

Dreaming American

2011

0.0

Movie
poster

Drunk History

2013

6.8

TV
poster

DuckTales

2017

7.8

TV
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

1983

5.2

Movie
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

2015

0.0

Movie
Et Salammbo?

Et Salammbo?

1970

0.0

Movie
Euphoria

Euphoria

2022

0.0

Movie
poster

Fallen Angels

1993

5.5

TV
Feel The Noise

Feel The Noise

2007

4.5

Movie
Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again

1985

6.3

Movie
Five Desperate Hours

Five Desperate Hours

1997

5.2

Movie
For NYC

For NYC

2020

0.0

Movie
Fresh

Fresh

1994

7.2

Movie
poster

Game Changer

2019

8.8

TV
poster

Ghost Whisperer

2005

8.1

TV
poster

Girls Club

2002

7.5

TV
Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1985

5.0

Movie
poster

Godfather of Harlem

2019

8.1

TV
Gospel Hill

Gospel Hill

2008

4.7

Movie
poster

Half & Half

2002

8.3

TV
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

1991

6.3

Movie
poster

Harley Quinn

2019

8.4

TV
Hate Crime

Hate Crime

2005

5.9

Movie
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1987

10.0

Movie
poster

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

2020

7.7

TV
poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

8.0

TV
Homicide: The Movie

Homicide: The Movie

2000

6.9

Movie
I Did Not Forget You

I Did Not Forget You

2015

0.0

Movie
I Will Avenge You, Iago!

I Will Avenge You, Iago!

2005

1.0

Movie
poster

Jett

2019

6.9

TV
Josephine

Josephine

2000

0.0

Movie
poster

Kaleidoscope

2023

6.9

TV
poster

Kidnapped

2006

7.0

TV
King of New York

King of New York

1990

6.7

Movie
Klash

Klash

1995

6.3

Movie
poster

Las Vegas

2003

7.0

TV
Last Holiday

Last Holiday

2006

7.2

Movie
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
poster

Law & Order

1990

7.4

TV
poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005

8.0

TV
poster

Leg Work

1987

5.0

TV
poster

Leverage

2008

7.6

TV
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

2014

1.5

Movie
Line of Duty

Line of Duty

2019

5.9

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

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013

10.0

Movie
Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

1989

6.7

Movie
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992

7.5

Movie
Mano

Mano

2007

0.0

Movie
poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023

7.6

TV
Maximum Overdrive

Maximum Overdrive

1986

5.8

Movie
MaXXXine

MaXXXine

2024

6.4

Movie
Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

2018

7.1

Movie
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

2015

6.7

Movie
Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024

5.5

Movie
poster

Miami Vice

1984

7.5

TV
Miracle on 42nd Street

Miracle on 42nd Street

2017

0.0

Movie
Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990

6.5

Movie
Money Monster

Money Monster

2016

6.4

Movie
Monkeybone

Monkeybone

2001

5.1

Movie
Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo

1993

0.0

Movie
Mylène Farmer: California

Mylène Farmer: California

1996

6.0

Movie
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

1998

3.7

Movie
poster

Nash Bridges

1996

6.6

TV
poster

New Amsterdam

2008

7.3

TV
poster

New York Undercover

1994

7.2

TV
Night on Earth

Night on Earth

1991

7.5

Movie
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013

8.4

Movie
Noise

Noise

2004

7.0

Movie
Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose

1997

6.5

Movie
poster

NYC 22

2012

6.2

TV
NYPD 2069

NYPD 2069

2004

0.0

Movie
Okja

Okja

2017

7.4

Movie
On Meditation

On Meditation

2016

7.0

Movie
poster

Once Upon a Time

2011

7.4

TV
Out Come the Wolves

Out Come the Wolves

0.0

Movie
Over/Under

Over/Under

2013

4.7

Movie
poster

Parish

2024

6.7

TV
PAYDAY THE MOVIE

PAYDAY THE MOVIE

2016

4.0

Movie
Phoenix

Phoenix

1998

5.3

Movie
Piñero

Piñero

2001

6.2

Movie
Please Don’t Feed the Children

Please Don’t Feed the Children

2024

4.0

Movie
Poker Night

Poker Night

2014

5.9

Movie
PoliWood

PoliWood

2009

6.5

Movie
poster

Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys

2020

6.1

TV
Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

2010

6.7

Movie
Rain

Rain

2006

5.6

Movie
poster

Rebel

2017

6.6

TV
Reckless

Reckless

1995

6.4

Movie
Requiem for the Big East

Requiem for the Big East

2014

7.0

Movie
poster

Revolution

2012

6.4

TV
Roanoak

Roanoak

1986

0.0

Movie
Rockabye

Rockabye

1986

7.8

Movie
Running

Running

1979

6.8

Movie
S.W.A.T.: Firefight

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

2011

5.7

Movie
School Daze

School Daze

1988

5.9

Movie
Seven Songs for Malcolm X

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

1993

0.0

Movie
Sherrybaby

Sherrybaby

2006

6.1

Movie
poster

Show Me More

2021

0.0

TV
Smoke

Smoke

1995

7.2

Movie
Son of Batman

Son of Batman

2014

7.0

Movie
poster

Soul Food

2000

6.2

TV
poster

South Beach

2006

5.7

TV
Stardust

Stardust

1998

4.0

Movie
Stargirl

Stargirl

2020

7.4

Movie
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

Street Time

2002

2.5

TV
poster

Strong Medicine

2000

7.1

TV
Stuck

Stuck

2019

7.1

Movie
poster

Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine

2021

7.4

TV
Sweet Lorraine

Sweet Lorraine

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

Swift Justice

1996

7.0

TV
Taps

Taps

1981

6.8

Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

2023

7.2

Movie
poster

The $treet

2000

5.7

TV
The Box

The Box

2007

4.9

Movie
poster

The Boys

2019

8.5

TV
poster

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

2022

7.2

TV
poster

The Broken and the Bad

2020

0.0

TV
The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

1984

6.6

Movie
The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

1984

6.5

Movie
poster

The Division

2001

7.0

TV
poster

The Eisen Hour

2021

5.0

TV
The Electric State

The Electric State

2025

0.0

Movie
poster

The Equalizer

1985

7.1

TV
poster

The Game Awards

2014

5.0

TV
The Gentleman Bandit

The Gentleman Bandit

1981

6.0

Movie
poster

The Gentlemen

2024

7.9

TV
poster

The Get Down

2016

7.2

TV
poster

The Haunting Of...

2012

7.2

TV
poster

The Hunger

1997

5.7

TV
poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

6.4

TV
The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

2016

6.9

Movie
The Keeper

The Keeper

1995

5.0

Movie
poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

6.2

TV
The Long Home

The Long Home

0.0

Movie
poster

The Mandalorian

2019

8.4

TV
The Maze

The Maze

1997

5.0

Movie
The Nagano Tapes

The Nagano Tapes

2018

8.6

Movie
The People

The People

1997

0.0

Movie
The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare

The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare

2016

5.7

Movie
poster

The Practice

1997

7.7

TV
The Prince

The Prince

2025

0.0

Movie
poster

The Residence

2025

0.0

TV
The Show

The Show

2017

5.7

Movie
The Tomorrow Man

The Tomorrow Man

1996

4.6

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995

8.2

Movie
They Die by Dawn

They Die by Dawn

2013

3.5

Movie
poster

Third Watch

1999

7.9

TV
Thirst

Thirst

1998

4.4

Movie
Timms Valley

Timms Valley

2013

6.2

Movie
poster

Touched by an Angel

1994

7.2

TV
Trading Places

Trading Places

1983

7.2

Movie
Trouble on the Corner

Trouble on the Corner

1997

2.0

Movie
Tutti a squola

Tutti a squola

1979

4.1

Movie
Twilight

Twilight

1998

6.1

Movie
poster

Ultra City Smiths

2021

6.4

TV
Unacknowledged

Unacknowledged

2017

6.2

Movie
Unpregnant

Unpregnant

2020

7.0

Movie
Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

1995

6.2

Movie
poster

Westworld

2016

8.0

TV
Where's Marlowe?

Where's Marlowe?

1998

5.7

Movie
Xenophobia

Xenophobia

2008

0.0

Movie