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.

Filmography

• 2027Karoshi
• 2026...And Out Comes the Wolf
• 20267 Dogs — Roman Marks
• 2026By Any Means — Vernon Dahmer
• 2026Kill Me — Dr. Singer, Executive Producer
• 2026LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian — Moff Gideon (voice)
• 2026The Cat in the Hat — Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
• 2026The Only Living Pickpocket in New York — Detective Warren
• 2026Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother — Abdul Malik
• 2025Captain America: Brave New World — Sidewinder
• 2025Please Don't Feed the Children — Fitz
• 2025The Electric State — Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
• The Residence — A.B. Wynter
• 2024Abigail — Lambert
• 2024MaXXXine — Teddy Knight, Esq.
• 2024Megalopolis — Mayor Cicero
• Parish — Gracián 'Gray' Parish, Executive Producer
• The Gentlemen — Uncle Stan
• Gen V — Stan Edgar
• Kaleidoscope — Leo Pap
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Granite (voice)
• Poker Face — Fred Finch
• 2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — Baxter Stockman (voice)
• 2022Beauty — Beauty's Father
• 2022Euphoria — Taxi Driver
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Stan Edgar (voice)
• 2020Coda — Paul
• 2020For NYC
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — The Grandfather
• 2020Stargirl — Archie Brubaker
• The Broken and the Bad — Self, Executive Producer
• 2020Unpregnant — Bob
• Creepshow — Doc
• Godfather of Harlem — Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
• Harley Quinn — Lex Luthor (voice)
• Jett — Charlie Baudelaire
• 2019Line of Duty — Tom Volk
• 2019Stuck — Lloyd
• The Boys — Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
• The Mandalorian — Moff Gideon
• Dallas & Robo — Victor Goldsmith
• 2018Maze Runner: The Death Cure — Jorge
• 2018The Nagano Tapes — Narrator
• Better Call Saul Employee Training — Gustavo Fring
• Dear White People — Narrator
• DuckTales — Phantom Blot (voice)
• 2017Okja — Frank Dawson
• Rebel — Charles
• 2017The Show — Mason Washington, Director, Producer
• 2017Unacknowledged — Narrator
• 2016Brother Nature — Congressman Frank McClaren
• 2016Money Monster — Captain Powell
• The Get Down — Pastor Ramon Cruz
• 2016The Jungle Book — Akela (voice)
• 2016The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare — Il Boss
• Westworld — El Lazo
• Allegiance — Oscar Christoph
• Better Call Saul — Gus Fring, Director
• 2015I Did Not Forget You — Dr. Sabian
• 2015Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials — Jorge
• 2014Batman: Assault on Arkham — Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
• 2014Poker Night — Bernard
• 2014Requiem for the Big East — Narrator
• 2014Son of Batman — Ra's al Ghul (voice)
• 2013Blood River Crossing — Narrator
• Drunk History — Andrés Pico
• 2013Over/Under — Oliver Ohrt
• 2013They Die by Dawn — Rufus Buck
• 2013Timms Valley — Pruit Normings
• 2012Alex Cross — Daramus Holiday
• NYC 22 — Harvey Williams
• Revolution — Tom Neville
• 2011Certainty — Father Heery
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior — Gordon Ramirez
• 2011Dreaming American — Daytona LeMans
• Once Upon a Time — Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
• 2011S.W.A.T.: Firefight — Inspector Hollander
• 2010Rabbit Hole — Auggie
• Community — Gilbert Lawson
• Lie to Me — Beau Hackman
• Breaking Bad — Gustavo Fring
• 2008Chelsea on the Rocks — Tip
• 2008Gospel Hill — Dr. Palmer, Director
• Leverage — Alexander Moto
• New Amsterdam — James Lawson
• 2008Xenophobia — Young
• 2007Feel The Noise — Roberto Vega
• 2007Mano — Nino
• 2007Racing Daylight — Fred
• 2007The Box — Dwayne Burkhalter
• Kidnapped
• 2006Last Holiday — Senator Dillings
• 2006Rain — Ken Arnold
• 2006Sherrybaby — Parole Officer Hernandez
• South Beach — Robert Fuentes
• 2005Back in the Day — Benson Cooper
• Bones — Richard Benoit
• 2005Carlito's Way: Rise to Power — Little Jeff
• 2005Chupacabra Terror — Dr. Peña
• 2005Derailed — Detective Church
• Ghost Whisperer — Ely Fisher
• 2005Hate Crime — Detective Esposito
• 2005I Will Avenge You, Iago! — Director
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Orlando Ramirez
• 5ive Days to Midnight — Tim Sanders
• 2004A Killer Within — Vargas
• 2004Doing Hard Time — Captain Pierce
• 2004NYPD 2069 — Lt. Garner
• 2004Noise — Hank
• 2003Ash Tuesday — Karl
• 2003Blind Horizon — J.C. Reynolds
• Las Vegas — Reggie Archibald
• CSI: Miami — Chief Braga
• Girls Club — Nicholas Hahn
• Half & Half — Darrell Washington
• Street Time — Jesse Haslim
• 100 Centre Street — Jacob Lenz
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery — Ambassador Theodore Kelefy
• 2001Ali — Cassius Clay, Sr.
• 2001Monkeybone — Hypnos
• 2001Piñero — Miguel Algarin
• The Division — Dr. Pembroke
• 2000Homicide: The Movie — Mike Giardello
• 2000Josephine — Spike
• Soul Food — Jules
• Strong Medicine — James 'Junior' Bell
• The $treet — Tom Divack
• Third Watch — Father Romero
• Creature — Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
• 1998Naked City: Justice with a Bullet — Chaz Villanueva
• 1998Phoenix — Louie
• 1998Stardust — Mr. Peavey
• 1998Thirst — Dr. Lawrence Carver
• 1998Twilight — Reuben Escobar
• 1998Where's Marlowe? — Blind Man (uncredited)
• 1997Big City Blues — Georgie
• 1997Five Desperate Hours — Joseph Grange
• 1997Loose Women — Stylist #2
• 1997Nothing to Lose — Charlie Dunt
• The Hunger — Vampire
• 1997The Maze — Henry Kunitz
• The Practice — Ray McMurphy
• 1997Trouble on the Corner — Darryl
• Nash Bridges — Whip Tyrell, Arnold / Gordon Keller
• Swift Justice — Andrew Coffin
• 1996The Tomorrow Man — Jonathan Driscoll
• 1995Blue in the Face — Tommy Finelli
• 1995Kla$h — Stoney
• 1995Reckless — Host Tim Timko
• 1995Smoke — 1st OTB Man / Tommy
• 1995The Keeper — Paul Lamont
• 1995The Usual Suspects — Jack Baer
• 1995Waiting to Exhale — David Matthews (uncredited)
• 1994Benders — Jack
• Chicago Hope — Cherchez LaFemme
• 1994Fresh — Esteban
• New York Undercover — Adolfo Guzman
• 1994Peace and Quiet — Richard Jones
• Touched by an Angel — Antonio Gaudi
• 1993Amos & Andrew — The Reverend Fenton Brunch
• Bakersfield P.D. — Detective Paul Gigante
• Fallen Angels — Paris Minton
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Michael Giardello
• 1993Mood Indigo — Arthur Sistrunk
• 1993Seven Songs for Malcolm X — Autobiography Reading (voice)
• 1992Bob Roberts — Bugs Raplin
• 1992Malcolm X — Thomas Hayer
• 1991Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man — Jimmy Jiles
• 1991Jungle Fever — Homeless Man
• 1991Night on Earth — YoYo
• 1990King of New York — Lance
• Law & Order — Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon, Attorney Baylor
• 1990Mo' Better Blues — Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
• 1989Do the Right Thing — Buggin Out
• 1988School Daze — Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
• 1987Heartbeat — Gang Member #1
• Leg Work — Tyson
• 1987Sweet Lorraine — Howie
• 1986Maximum Overdrive — Videoplayer
• Roanoak — Simon Fernandes
• 1986Rockabye — Marcus
• 1985Desperately Seeking Susan — Street Vendor
• 1985Finnegan Begin Again — Intruder
• The Equalizer — Jumpin' Jack
• 1984Go Tell It on the Mountain — Elisha
• Miami Vice — Adonis Jackson, Luther, Ricky
• 1984The Brother from Another Planet — Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
• 1984The Cotton Club — Bumpy Hood
• 1983Enormous Changes at the Last Minute — Julio
• 1983Trading Places — Cellmate #2
• American Playhouse — Elisha, Simon Fernandes
• 1981Taps — Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
• 1981The Gentleman Bandit — Jamie
• 1979Running — Puerto Rican Teenager
• 1979Tutti a squola
• 1970Et Salammbo?
• The Long Home — William Tell Oliver
• The Prince
• Weird Party

Appearances as themselves (32)

• 2025Megadoc — Self
• Hollywood Black — Self
• 2023Disney 100: Remember That — Self
• 2022Bonnie — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2021Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood — Self
• Show Me More — Self - "Gus Fring"
• Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Eisen Hour — Self - Guest
• By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem — Self
• Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian — Self - Moff Gideon
• Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys — Self
• Game Changer — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2017Miracle on 42nd Street — Self
• 2016On Meditation — Self
• 2015Enzian: When the Lights Go Up — Self (archive footage)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee — Self
• The Game Awards — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal — Self
• Talking Bad — Self
• The Haunting Of... — Self
• Conan — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2009PoliWood — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2001The Making of 'Ali' — Self
• Click — Self
• 1994Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool — Self
• 1989Making 'Do the Right Thing' — Self