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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.
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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.
Known For
Law & Order
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Touched by an Angel
CSI: Miami
Once Upon a Time
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Strong Medicine
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Boys
Las Vegas
DuckTales
Poker Face
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Bones
Fallen Angels
Community
Ghost Whisperer
Westworld
The Mandalorian
Leverage
Allegiance
The Hunger
Miami Vice
Nash Bridges
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Equalizer
Leg Work
Drunk History
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Practice
Third Watch
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Soul Food
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Chicago Hope
NYC 22
Street Time
Kidnapped
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
The Game Awards
The Gentlemen
Harley Quinn
Better Call Saul
Trading Places
Malcolm X
Maximum Overdrive
The Residence
The Get Down
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Batman: Assault on Arkham
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
The Usual Suspects
Godfather of Harlem
Dear White People
Abigail
The Jungle Book
MaXXXine
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Twilight
Breaking Bad
Captain America: Brave New World
Stargirl
The Electric State
Okja
Money Monster
Ultra City Smiths
Do the Right Thing
Derailed
Son of Batman
Last Holiday
Line of Duty
Revolution
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Homicide: Life on the Street
Night on Earth
Unpregnant
NYPD 2069
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Megalopolis
Bob Roberts
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Parish
The Broken and the Bad
Euphoria
Kaleidoscope
Production Credits
Parish
The Broken and the Bad
Better Call Saul
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