Giancarlo Esposito: Movies, Awards & Box Office

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.