{"id":31278,"date":"2026-07-10T18:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=giancarlo-esposito"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:58:18","slug":"giancarlo-esposito","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=giancarlo-esposito","title":{"rendered":"Giancarlo Esposito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for portraying\u00a0Gus Fring\u00a0in the\u00a0AMC\u00a0crime drama series\u00a0Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and its\u00a0prequel\u00a0series\u00a0Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022. He won the\u00a0Critics&#8217; Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series\u00a0twice for this role. He earned three nominations for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.<\/p>\n<p>His other television roles include federal agent\u00a0Mike Giardello\u00a0in the\u00a0NBC\u00a0series\u00a0Homicide: Life on the Street\u00a0(1998\u20131999),\u00a0Sidney Glass \/ Magic Mirror\u00a0in the\u00a0ABC\u00a0fantasy series\u00a0Once Upon a Time\u00a0(2011\u20132017), Tom Neville in the NBC series\u00a0Revolution\u00a0(2012\u20132014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0series\u00a0Dear White People\u00a0(2017\u20132021),\u00a0Stan Edgar\u00a0in the\u00a0Amazon\u00a0series\u00a0The Boys\u00a0(2019\u2013present) and\u00a0The Boys Presents: Diabolical\u00a0(2022), and\u00a0Moff Gideon\u00a0in the\u00a0Disney+\u00a0series\u00a0The Mandalorian\u00a0(2019\u20132023), the lattermost of which earned him two\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nominations. He also portrayed\u00a0Adam Clayton Powell Jr.\u00a0in the\u00a0MGM+\u00a0series\u00a0Godfather of Harlem\u00a0(2019\u2013present), acted in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0drama series\u00a0Westworld\u00a0(2016), and starred in the Netflix television series\u00a0Kaleidoscope (2023),\u00a0The Gentlemen\u00a0(2024), and\u00a0The Residence\u00a0(2025).<\/p>\n<p>He is also known for his collaboration with\u00a0Spike Lee, acting in several of his films, such as\u00a0School Daze\u00a0(1988),\u00a0Do the Right Thing\u00a0(1989),\u00a0Mo&#8217; Better Blues\u00a0(1990), and\u00a0Malcolm X (1992). His other major films include\u00a0Taps\u00a0(1981),\u00a0King of New York\u00a0(1990),\u00a0Bob Roberts (1992),\u00a0Fresh\u00a0(1994),\u00a0The Usual Suspects\u00a0(1995),\u00a0Ali\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Monkeybone\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Last Holiday (2006),\u00a0Rabbit Hole\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Okja\u00a0(2017),\u00a0Megalopolis\u00a0(2024),\u00a0MaXXXine\u00a0(2024), and\u00a0Captain America: Brave New World\u00a0(2025). He voiced\u00a0Akela\u00a0in the live-action remake of\u00a0The Jungle Book\u00a0(2016).<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for portraying\u00a0Gus Fring\u00a0in the\u00a0AMC\u00a0crime drama series\u00a0Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and its\u00a0prequel\u00a0series\u00a0Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022. He won the\u00a0Critics&#8217; Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series\u00a0twice for this role. 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