Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

Acting April 26, 1958 Copenhagen, Denmark
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).

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Movies

Captain America: Brave New World
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Sidewinder
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
Abigail
6.7
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Lambert
Abigail
2024
The Electric State
6.5
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Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
The Electric State
2025
MaXXXine
6.3
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Teddy Knight, Esq.
MaXXXine
2024
Last Holiday
7.3
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Senator Dillings
Last Holiday
2006
Line of Duty
5.9
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Tom Volk
Line of Duty
2019
By Any Means
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Vernon Dahmer
By Any Means
2026
Reckless
6.6
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Host Tim Timko
Reckless
1995

TV Shows

The Boys
8.5
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Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
The Boys
2019
The Boys
8.5
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Stan Edgar
The Boys
2019
Once Upon a Time
7.4
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Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
Once Upon a Time
2011
The Equalizer
7.1
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Jumpin' Jack
The Equalizer
1985
Gen V
7.7
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Stan Edgar
Gen V
2023
Poker Face
7.5
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Fred Finch
Poker Face
2023
Game Changer
8.1
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Self - Guest
Game Changer
2019
Rebel
6.9
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Charles
Rebel
2017

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