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Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, an American actor, born April 26, 1958, best known for his acclaimed role as Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2009-2011) and its prequel series Better Call Saul (2017-2022). He won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2012 and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series thrice. His vast career spans over multiple successful television roles including Federal Agent Mike Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in Dear White People (2017–2021), Stan Edgar in The Boys (2019–present) and Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian (2019–2023) which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Giancarlo was also part of numerous Spike Lee films including 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), The Jungle Book (2016), Okja (2017), and Stargirl (2020). He started his Broadway career in 1968 and had a successful stint in numerous films and TV shows in the 1980s before landing his breakout role in Spike Lee's film School Daze. In his personal life, he was married to Joy McManigal and they have four daughters together.
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Given Name: Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
Born: Copenhagen, Denmark
Citizenship: American
Birthday: April 26, 1958
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1968-present
Children: 4
Spouses: Joy McManigal
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Awards and Nominations Received by Giancarlo Esposito
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Movies Featuring Giancarlo Esposito
Da 5 Bloods
Beauty
Okja
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Night on Earth
MFKZ
Unpregnant
School Daze
Mo' Better Blues
Fresh
King of New York
Bob Roberts
Stargirl
The Jungle Book
Feel the Noise
Coda
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Line of Duty
The Show
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Stuck
Abigail
MaXXXine
Captain America: Brave New World
Megalopolis
Please Don't Feed the Children
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
Timms Valley
Son of Batman
Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee
Requiem for the Big East
Batman: Assault on Arkham
The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare
On Meditation
Miracle on 42nd Street
The Nagano Tapes
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
PAYDAY THE MOVIE
Unacknowledged
Jett
Coda
Homicide: The Movie
They Die by Dawn
Chupacabra Terror
A Killer Within
Doing Hard Time
Back in the Day
Blind Horizon
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Finnegan Begin Again
Heartbeat
Making ‘Do the Right Thing’
5ive Days to Midnight
Sweet Lorraine
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Bonnie
Euphoria
Waiting to Exhale
Reckless
Tutti a squola
Gospel Hill
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
PoliWood
The Tomorrow Man
Creature
Big City Blues
Thirst
Phoenix
Kaleidoscope
Nothing to Lose
Kla$h
Running
Megadoc
Career Timeline
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2016
The Jungle Book
The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare
Il Boss
On Meditation
Self
PAYDAY THE MOVIE
The Dentist
2014
Son of Batman
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Requiem for the Big East
Narrator
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
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