Actor
Giancarlo Esposito
Biography

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and the prequel series Better Call Saul (2017–2022). For this role he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agen ...

Known For
Acting
2025 -- The Prince |
2025 -- The Electric State | Colonel Bradbury
2025 -- Captain America: Brave New World | Seth Voelker / Sidewinder
2024 -- Please Don’t Feed the Children |
2024 -- Megalopolis | Mayor Cicero
2024 -- MaXXXine | Teddy Knight, Esq.
2024 -- Abigail | Lambert
2023 -- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Baxter Stockman (voice)
2022 -- Euphoria | Taxi Driver
2022 -- Bonnie | Self
2022 -- Beauty | Beauty's Father
2021 -- Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood | Self
2020 -- Unpregnant | Bob
2020 -- For NYC |
2020 -- Stargirl | Archie Brubaker
2020 -- Coda | Paul
2019 -- Line of Duty | Tom Volk
2019 -- Stuck | Lloyd
2018 -- The Nagano Tapes | Self - Narrator
2018 -- Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Jorge
2017 -- Miracle on 42nd Street | self
2017 -- The Show | Mason Washington
2017 -- Okja | Frank Dawson
2017 -- Unacknowledged | Narrator
2016 -- PAYDAY THE MOVIE | The Dentist
2016 -- Brother Nature | Congressman Frank McClaren
2016 -- On Meditation | Self
2016 -- Money Monster | Captain Powell
2016 -- The Jungle Book | Akela (voice)
2016 -- The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare | Il Boss
2015 -- Enzian: When the Lights Go Up | Self (archive footage)
2015 -- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Jorge
2015 -- I Did Not Forget You | Dr. Sabian
2014 -- Poker Night | Bernard
2014 -- Batman: Assault on Arkham | Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
2014 -- Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self
2014 -- Son of Batman | Ra's al Ghul (voice)
2014 -- Requiem for the Big East | Narrator
2013 -- Timms Valley | Pruit Normings
2013 -- They Die by Dawn | Rufus Buck
2013 -- Blood River Crossing | Narrator
2013 -- Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal | Self
2013 -- Over/Under | Oliver Ohrt
2012 -- Alex Cross | Daramus Holiday
2011 -- Certainty | Father Heery
2011 -- Dreaming American | Daytona LeMans
2011 -- S.W.A.T.: Firefight | Inspector Hollander
2010 -- Rabbit Hole | Auggie
2009 -- PoliWood | Self
2008 -- Chelsea on the Rocks | Tip
2008 -- Gospel Hill | Dr. Palmer
2008 -- Xenophobia | Young
2007 -- Mano | Nino
2007 -- Feel The Noise | Roberto Vega
2007 -- The Box | Dwayne Burkhalter
2006 -- Sherrybaby | Parole Officer Hernandez
2006 -- Rain | Ken Arnold
2006 -- Last Holiday | Senator Dillings
2005 -- Derailed | Detective Church
2005 -- Carlito's Way: Rise to Power | Little Jeff
2005 -- Back in the Day | Benson Cooper
2005 -- I Will Avenge You, Iago! | Director
2005 -- Chupacabra Terror | Dr. Peña
2005 -- Hate Crime | Detective Esposito
2004 -- Doing Hard Time | Captain Pierce
2004 -- A Killer Within | Vargas
2004 -- NYPD 2069 | Lt. Garner
2004 -- Noise | Hank
2003 -- Blind Horizon | J.C. Reynolds
2003 -- Ash Tuesday | Karl
2001 -- Ali | Cassius Clay, Sr.
2001 -- Piñero | Miguel Algarin
2001 -- Monkeybone | Hypnos
2000 -- Homicide: The Movie | Mike Giardello
2000 -- Josephine | Spike
1998 -- Thirst | Dr. Lawrence Carver
1998 -- Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Chaz Villanueva
1998 -- Where's Marlowe? | Blind Man (uncredited)
1998 -- Phoenix | Louie
1998 -- Twilight | Reuben Escobar
1998 -- Stardust | Mr. Peavey
1997 -- Trouble on the Corner | Darryl
1997 -- Five Desperate Hours | Joseph Grange
1997 -- Big City Blues | Georgie
1997 -- Nothing to Lose | Charlie Dunt
1997 -- The People | Anthony Rivera
1997 -- The Maze | Henry Kunitz
1996 -- The Tomorrow Man | Jonathan Driscoll
1996 -- Mylène Farmer: California |
1995 -- Waiting to Exhale | David Matthews (uncredited)
1995 -- Reckless | Host Tim Timko
1995 -- The Keeper | Paul Lamont
1995 -- Blue in the Face | Tommy Finelli
1995 -- The Usual Suspects | Jack Baer
1995 -- Smoke | 1st OTB Man / Tommy
1995 -- Klash | Stoney
1994 -- Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool | Self
1994 -- Fresh | Esteban
1994 -- Benders | Jack
1993 -- Seven Songs for Malcolm X | Autobiography Reading (voice)
1993 -- Amos & Andrew | The Reverend Fenton Brunch
1993 -- Mood Indigo | Arthur Sistrunk
1992 -- Malcolm X | Thomas Hayer
1992 -- Bob Roberts | Bugs Raplin
1991 -- Night on Earth | YoYo
1991 -- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Jimmy Jiles
1990 -- Mo' Better Blues | Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
1990 -- King of New York | Lance
1989 -- Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self
1989 -- Do the Right Thing | Buggin Out
1988 -- School Daze | Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
1987 -- Heartbeat | Gang Member #1
1987 -- Sweet Lorraine | Howie
1986 -- Maximum Overdrive | Videoplayer
1986 -- Roanoak | Simon Fernandes
1986 -- Rockabye | Marcus
1985 -- Desperately Seeking Susan | Street Vendor
1985 -- Finnegan Begin Again | Intruder
1985 -- Go Tell It on the Mountain | Elisha
1984 -- The Cotton Club | Bumpy Hood
1984 -- The Brother from Another Planet | Man Being Arrested (uncredited)
1983 -- Trading Places | Cellmate #2
1983 -- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Julio
1981 -- Taps | Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce
1981 -- The Gentleman Bandit | Jamie
1979 -- Running | Puerto Rican Teenager
1979 -- Tutti a squola |
1970 -- Et Salammbo? |
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