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Copenhagen, Denmark
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…
Known for
- Karoshi2027
- ...And Out Comes the Wolf2026
- Kill Me — Dr. Singer2026
- Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother — Abdul Malik2026
- The Only Living Pickpocket in New York — Detective Warren2026
- The Cat in the Hat — Mr. Hoogeboom (voice)2026
- By Any Means — Vernon Dahmer2026
- 7 Dogs — Roman Marks2026
- LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian — Moff Gideon (voice)2026
- Please Don't Feed the Children — Fitz2025
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Key facts
- Born
- Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito , ( 1958-04-26 ) April 26, 1958 (age 68) , Copenhagen, Denmark
- Citizenship
- US Italy
- Alma mater
- Elizabeth Seton College
- Occupations
- Actor director
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Spouse
- Joy McManigal ( divorced )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alessandro
- Family name
- Esposito
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- giancarloesposito.com
- Image
- Giancarlo Esposito Anemone-22 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Residence
- New York City
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- birth name
- Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
- name in native language
- Giancarlo Esposito
- Commons category
- Giancarlo Esposito
- date of birth
- 1958-04-26
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- social media followers
- 559314
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- writing language
- English language
- notable role
- Gus Fring
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Encyclopedic overview
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito ( Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒuˈzɛppe alesˈsandro eˈspɔːzito]; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2011), a role he reprised in the spin-off Better Call Saul (2017–2022). For this role, Esposito won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series twice and 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 (2019–2026) 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 (2019–2023), acted in the HBO drama series Westworld (2016), and starred in the Netflix television series Kaleidoscope (2023), The Gentlemen (2024), and The Residence (2025). In 2025, he also had a guest role in the second season of the crime mystery series Poker Face.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giancarlo Esposito” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.