Cast & creator
Giancarlo Esposito
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, جانکارلو اسپوزیتو
145
film credits
98
television credits
236
1970–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (243)
Showing 243 of 243 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
1990Law & Order
Attorney Baylor
1990
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Bones
Richard Benoit
2005
Conan
Self
2010
Breaking Bad
Gustavo Fring
2008
CSI: Miami
Chief Braga
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Westworld
El Lazo
2016
The Boys
Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
2019The Boys
Stan Edgar
2019
Better Call Saul
Gus Fring
2015Better Call Saul
Director
2015
The Gentlemen
Uncle Stan
2024
Once Upon a Time
Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
2011
Chicago Hope
Cherchez LaFemme
1994
Ghost Whisperer
Ely Fisher
2005
The Practice
Ray McMurphy
1997
Third Watch
Father Romero
1999
Las Vegas
Reggie Archibald
2003
Touched by an Angel
Antonio Gaudi
1994
American Playhouse
Elisha
1982American Playhouse
Simon Fernandes
1982
Strong Medicine
James 'Junior' Bell
2000
Miami Vice
Adonis Jackson
1984Miami Vice
Luther
1984Miami Vice
Ricky
1984
Community
Gilbert Lawson
2009
The Mandalorian
Moff Gideon
2019
Homicide: Life on the Street
Michael Giardello
1993
DuckTales
Phantom Blot (voice)
2017
Nash Bridges
Whip Tyrell
1996Nash Bridges
Arnold / Gordon Keller
1996
Lie to Me
Beau Hackman
2009
The Division
Dr. Pembroke
2001
Harley Quinn
Lex Luthor (voice)
2019
The Equalizer
Jumpin' Jack
1985
Leverage
Alexander Moto
2008
Gen V
Stan Edgar
2023
Godfather of Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
2019
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Granite (voice)
2023
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Click
Self
2000
New York Undercover
Adolfo Guzman
1994
By Any Means
Vernon Dahmer
2026
Game Changer
Self - Guest
2019
Captain America: Brave New World
Sidewinder
2025
Drunk History
Andrés Pico
2013
Poker Face
Fred Finch
2023
Creepshow
Doc
2019
Half & Half
Darrell Washington
2002
The Hunger
Vampire
1997
Street Time
Jesse Haslim
2002
The Usual Suspects
Jack Baer
1995
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Jorge
2015
The Jungle Book
Akela (voice)
2016
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Ambassador Theodore Kelefy
2001
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Stan Edgar (voice)
2022
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Jorge
2018
The Residence
A.B. Wynter
2025
The Electric State
Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall
2025
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Moff Gideon (voice)
2026
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Orlando Ramirez
2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Baxter Stockman (voice)
2023
Abigail
Lambert
2024
MaXXXine
Teddy Knight, Esq.
2024
Trading Places
Cellmate #2
1983
100 Centre Street
Jacob Lenz
2001
Fallen Angels
Paris Minton
1993
Revolution
Tom Neville
2012
The Cat in the Hat
Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)
2026
Dear White People
Narrator
2017
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Moff Gideon
2020
Kaleidoscope
Leo Pap
2023
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Abdul Malik
2026
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Grandfather
2020
Kidnapped
2006
New Amsterdam
James Lawson
2008
Megalopolis
Mayor Cicero
2024
Parish
Gracián 'Gray' Parish
2024Parish
Executive Producer
2024
Jett
Charlie Baudelaire
2019
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Gordon Ramirez
2011
Money Monster
Captain Powell
2016
Allegiance
Oscar Christoph
2015
Last Holiday
Senator Dillings
2006
Do the Right Thing
Buggin Out
1989
King of New York
Lance
1990
Hollywood Black
Self
2024
Bakersfield P.D.
Detective Paul Gigante
1993
The $treet
Tom Divack
2000
Swift Justice
Andrew Coffin
1996
Soul Food
Jules
2000
Better Call Saul Employee Training
Gustavo Fring
2017
Show Me More
Self - "Gus Fring"
2021
The Get Down
Pastor Ramon Cruz
2016
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
2014
Maximum Overdrive
Videoplayer
1986
Line of Duty
Tom Volk
2019
Jungle Fever
Homeless Man
1991
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
Self
2020
The Cotton Club
Bumpy Hood
1984
Nothing to Lose
Charlie Dunt
1997
Malcolm X
Thomas Hayer
1992
Son of Batman
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2014
NYC 22
Harvey Williams
2012
Creature
Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
1998
Leg Work
Tyson
1987
Derailed
Detective Church
2005
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Jimmy Jiles
1991
Rabbit Hole
Auggie
2010
Please Don't Feed the Children
Fitz
2025
Talking Bad
Self
2013
Fresh
Esteban
1994
The Game Awards
Self
2014
5ive Days to Midnight
Tim Sanders
2004
Dallas & Robo
Victor Goldsmith
2018
Alex Cross
Daramus Holiday
2012
Okja
Frank Dawson
2017
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Inspector Hollander
2011
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest
2021
7 Dogs
Roman Marks
2026
Night on Earth
YoYo
1991
South Beach
Robert Fuentes
2006
Ali
Cassius Clay, Sr.
2001
Waiting to Exhale
David Matthews (uncredited)
1995
Desperately Seeking Susan
Street Vendor
1985
Monkeybone
Hypnos
2001
Rebel
Charles
2017
Taps
Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
1981
Girls Club
Nicholas Hahn
2002
Doing Hard Time
Captain Pierce
2004
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Self
2020
The Broken and the Bad
Self
2020The Broken and the Bad
Executive Producer
2020
Stargirl
Archie Brubaker
2020
Amos & Andrew
The Reverend Fenton Brunch
1993
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Detective Warren
2026
Mo' Better Blues
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
1990
Smoke
1st OTB Man / Tommy
1995
Roanoak
Simon Fernandes
1986
Coda
Paul
2020
The Show
Mason Washington
2017The Show
Director
2017The Show
Producer
2017
Blue in the Face
Tommy Finelli
1995
School Daze
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
1988
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Little Jeff
2005
Twilight
Reuben Escobar
1998
Megadoc
Self
2025
The Haunting Of...
Self
2012
The Brother from Another Planet
Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1984
Blind Horizon
J.C. Reynolds
2003
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Poker Night
Bernard
2014
Unpregnant
Bob
2020Weird Party
Brother Nature
Congressman Frank McClaren
2016
Phoenix
Louie
1998
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Elisha
1984
Back in the Day
Benson Cooper
2005
Disney 100: Remember That
Self
2023
Bonnie
Self
2022
Kill Me
Dr. Singer
2026Kill Me
Executive Producer
2026
Chupacabra Terror
Dr. Peña
2005The Long Home
William Tell Oliver
Bob Roberts
Bugs Raplin
1992
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
2013
Sherrybaby
Parole Officer Hernandez
2006
Homicide: The Movie
Mike Giardello
2000
Feel The Noise
Roberto Vega
2007Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
1989...And Out Comes the Wolf
2026
They Die by Dawn
Rufus Buck
2013
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Chaz Villanueva
1998I Will Avenge You, Iago!
Director
2005Et Salammbo?
1970
Noise
Hank
2004
Chelsea on the Rocks
Tip
2008
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Autobiography Reading (voice)
1993
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
2017
Euphoria
Taxi Driver
2022
Hate Crime
Detective Esposito
2005
The Making of 'Ali'
Self
2001
Piñero
Miguel Algarin
2001
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Julio
1983
A Killer Within
Vargas
2004
Mano
Nino
2007
I Did Not Forget You
Dr. Sabian
2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
2014
Gospel Hill
Dr. Palmer
2008Gospel Hill
Director
2008
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
Il Boss
2016
Mood Indigo
Arthur Sistrunk
1993The Prince
Running
Puerto Rican Teenager
1979
Requiem for the Big East
Narrator
2014
Reckless
Host Tim Timko
1995
Beauty
Beauty's Father
2022
The Tomorrow Man
Jonathan Driscoll
1996
Trouble on the Corner
Darryl
1997
The Gentleman Bandit
Jamie
1981Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Self (archive footage)
2015
Unacknowledged
Narrator
2017
For NYC
2020Karoshi
2027
Stuck
Lloyd
2019
The Box
Dwayne Burkhalter
2007
Tutti a squola
1979
Timms Valley
Pruit Normings
2013
Where's Marlowe?
Blind Man (uncredited)
1998
Finnegan Begin Again
Intruder
1985
Big City Blues
Georgie
1997
The Keeper
Paul Lamont
1995
Five Desperate Hours
Joseph Grange
1997
Over/Under
Oliver Ohrt
2013
Heartbeat
Gang Member #1
1987
Rockabye
Marcus
1986
The Maze
Henry Kunitz
1997
Racing Daylight
Fred
2007
The Nagano Tapes
Narrator
2018
Certainty
Father Heery
2011
Ash Tuesday
Karl
2003
Thirst
Dr. Lawrence Carver
1998
Sweet Lorraine
Howie
1987
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Self
1994
Kla$h
Stoney
1995
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
2021Benders
Jack
1994
Rain
Ken Arnold
2006
Stardust
Mr. Peavey
1998
On Meditation
Self
2016NYPD 2069
Lt. Garner
2004Xenophobia
Young
2008
Blood River Crossing
Narrator
2013Dreaming American
Daytona LeMans
2011Peace and Quiet
Richard Jones
1994
Loose Women
Stylist #2
1997
Josephine
Spike
2000