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Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

Acting

April 26, 1958 (68 years old)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Male
144 Movies
96 TV Shows

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.

Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

2008 8.9

as Gus Fring

Age 49 (now 68)
28 eps
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

2015 8.7

as Gus Fring

Age 56 (now 68)
40 eps
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

2015 6.7

as Jorge

Age 57 (now 68)
The Boys
The Boys

The Boys

2019 8.5

as Stan Edgar

Age 61 (now 68)
12 eps
Night on Earth
Night on Earth

Night on Earth

1991 7.5

as YoYo

Age 33 (now 68)
Okja
Okja

Okja

2017 7.3

as Frank Dawson

Age 59 (now 68)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

2018 7.1

as Jorge

Age 59 (now 68)
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

1989 7.8

as Buggin Out

Age 31 (now 68)
Megalopolis
Megalopolis

Megalopolis

2024 5.2

as Mayor Cicero

Age 66 (now 68)
Revolution
Revolution

Revolution

2012 6.4

as Tom Neville

Age 54 (now 68)
42 eps
The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian

The Mandalorian

2019 8.4

as Moff Gideon

Age 61 (now 68)
9 eps
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995 8.2

as Jack Baer

Age 37 (now 68)
Last Holiday
Last Holiday

Last Holiday

2006 7.3

as Senator Dillings

Age 47 (now 68)
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

2016 6.9

as Akela (voice)

Age 57 (now 68)
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

2011 7.4

as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror

Age 53 (now 68)
14 eps
Money Monster
Money Monster

Money Monster

2016 6.4

as Captain Powell

Age 58 (now 68)