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 Support ... ing 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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Revolution
as Major Tom Neville
Episodes: 42
First Aired: Sep 17, 2012
Better Call Saul
as Gus Fring
Episodes: 40
First Aired: Feb 08, 2015
Dear White People
as Narrator
Episodes: 40
First Aired: Apr 28, 2017
Breaking Bad
as Gus Fring
Episodes: 28
First Aired: Jan 20, 2008
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Michael Giardello
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Jan 31, 1993
Bakersfield P.D.
as Detective Paul Gigante
Episodes: 17
First Aired: Sep 14, 1993
Godfather of Harlem
as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Sep 29, 2019
Once Upon a Time
as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Oct 23, 2011
The $treet
as Tom Divack
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Nov 01, 2000
The Get Down
as Pastor Ramon Cruz
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Aug 12, 2016
Harley Quinn
as Lex Luthor (voice)
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Nov 29, 2019
Better Call Saul Employee Training
as Gustavo Fring
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Apr 10, 2017
Rebel
as Charles
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Mar 28, 2017
Kaleidoscope
as Leo Pap
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jan 01, 2023
Jett
as Charlie Baudelaire
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jun 14, 2019
The Boys
as Stanford 'Stan' Edgar
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jul 25, 2019
The Mandalorian
as Moff Gideon
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Nov 12, 2019
South Beach
as Robert Fuentes
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jan 11, 2006
Dallas & Robo
as Victor Goldsmith
Episodes: 8
First Aired: May 30, 2018
The Residence
as A.B. Wynter
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Mar 20, 2025
Allegiance
as Oscar Christoph
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Feb 05, 2015
Parish
as Gracián 'Gray' Parish
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 31, 2024
5ive Days to Midnight
as Tim Sanders
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jun 07, 2004
The Gentlemen
as Stanley Johnston (Uncle Stan)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 07, 2024
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
CSI: Miami
as Chief Braga
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 23, 2002
New York Undercover
as Adolfo Guzman
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 08, 1994
DuckTales
as Phantom Blot (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 12, 2017
Soul Food
as Jules
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 28, 2000
Community
as Gilbert Lawson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 17, 2009
Creature
as Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 18, 1998
Third Watch
as Father Romero
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1999
Half & Half
as Darrell Washington
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2002
New Amsterdam
as James Lawson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 2008
Ghost Whisperer
as Ely Fisher
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2005
Bones
as Richard Benoit
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2005
The Equalizer
as Jumpin' Jack
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1985
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
as Gordon Ramirez
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 16, 2011
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Orlando Ramirez
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 2005
Street Time
as Jesse Haslim
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 23, 2002
Drunk History
as Andrés Pico
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 09, 2013
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Stan Edgar (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 2022
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as The Grandfather
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 29, 2020
Law & Order
as Attorney Baylor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Westworld
as El Lazo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 2016
The Boys
as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 25, 2019
The Hunger
as Vampire
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 20, 1997
Fallen Angels
as Paris Minton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 01, 1993
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Granite (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 10, 2023
Ultra City Smiths
as Pruit Normings
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2021
Creepshow
as Doc
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2019
Leverage
as Alexander Moto
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 07, 2008
Strong Medicine
as James 'Junior' Bell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 2000
Miami Vice
as Luther
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
Miami Vice
as Ricky
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
NYC 22
as Harvey Williams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 15, 2012
Touched by an Angel
as Antonio Gaudi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1994
100 Centre Street
as Jacob Lenz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 2001
Leg Work
as Tyson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1987
Girls Club
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 21, 2002
The Broken and the Bad
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jul 09, 2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self - Moff Gideon
Episodes: 4
First Aired: May 04, 2020
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 21, 2021
Show Me More
as Self - "Gus Fring"
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 20, 2021
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
Nash Bridges
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 29, 1996
Kidnapped
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2006
The Division
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 2001
Miami Vice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
Las Vegas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2003
The Eisen Hour
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 2021
The Practice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 1997
Chicago Hope
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
Swift Justice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 13, 1996
The Haunting Of...
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 2012
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Game Changer
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2019
The Game Awards
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 05, 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 2009
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 27, 2020
Conan
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 2010
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
Click
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 06, 2000
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