Highest rated as cast or director
Better Call Saul
2015 · 6 Seasons
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 7 Seasons
The Gentlemen
Since 2024 · 3 Seasons
Fresh
1994
The Residence
2025 · 1 Season
Giancarlo Esposito's 7 titles from the 1990s have a median Balasaur Score of 74, led by Homicide: Life on the Street (85) and Fresh (78), against 63 for those from the 2020s.
Biography
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 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.
Acted in 182
2020s
- 2027
- 2026
...And Out Comes the Wolf
Movie
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
Euphoria
Taxi Driver
- 2020
For NYC
Movie
61Coda
Paul
2010s
- 2019
Stuck
Lloyd
- 2018
Dallas & Robo
Victor Goldsmith · 8 episodes
- 2017
Rebel
Charles · 9 episodes
- 2016
Brother Nature
Congressman Frank McClaren
The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare
Il Boss
- 2015
I Did Not Forget You
Dr. Sabian
- 2014
- 2013
Timms Valley
Pruit Normings
They Die by Dawn
Rufus Buck
Over/Under
Oliver Ohrt
- 2012
NYC 22
Harvey Williams · 1 episode
- 2011
Certainty
Father Heery
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Tip
Gospel Hill
Dr. Palmer
- 2007
Mano
Nino
Feel The Noise
Roberto Vega
Racing Daylight
Fred
The Box
Dwayne Burkhalter
- 2006
Rain
Ken Arnold
South Beach
Robert Fuentes · 8 episodes
- 2005
- 2004
5ive Days to Midnight
Tim Sanders · 5 episodes
Noise
Hank
- 2003
- 2002
Girls Club
Nicholas Hahn · 9 episodes
- 2001
Piñero
Miguel Algarin
- 2000
The $treet
Tom Divack · 12 episodes
Homicide: The Movie
Mike Giardello
Josephine
Spike
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Chaz Villanueva
Where's Marlowe?
Blind Man (uncredited)
Twilight
Reuben Escobar
Stardust
Mr. Peavey
- 1997
Trouble on the Corner
Darryl
Five Desperate Hours
Joseph Grange
Loose Women
Stylist #2
The Maze
Henry Kunitz
- 1996
The Tomorrow Man
Jonathan Driscoll
- 1995
Kla$h
Stoney
Blue in the Face
Tommy Finelli
The Keeper
Paul Lamont
- 1994
- 1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Autobiography Reading (voice)
Bakersfield P.D.
Detective Paul Gigante · 17 episodes
Mood Indigo
Arthur Sistrunk
- 1992
Bob Roberts
Bugs Raplin
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
School Daze
Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
- 1987
Heartbeat
Gang Member #1
Sweet Lorraine
Howie
- 1986
Roanoak
Simon Fernandes · 3 episodes
Rockabye
Marcus
- 1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Intruder
- 1984
- 1983
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Julio
- 1982
- 1981
The Gentleman Bandit
Jamie
1970s
- 1979
Running
Puerto Rican Teenager
No release date
The Official Mistress
Movie
Produced 4
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
- 2020
The Broken and the Bad
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2017
Directed 3
2010s
- 2017
- 2015
2000s
- 2008
Gospel Hill
Director
Appearances37
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Disney 100: Remember That
Self
- 2022
- 2021
Show Me More
Self - "Gus Fring" · 2 episodes
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Ein Gaukler in Hollywood
Self
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodes
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 2020
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Self · 4 episodes
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
Self · 1 episode
The Broken and the Bad
Self · 6 episodes
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
The Nagano Tapes
Narrator
- 2017
- 2016
On Meditation
Self
- 2014
The Game Awards
Self · 1 episode
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
- 2013
Talking Bad
Self · 1 episode
Blood River Crossing
Narrator
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
- 2012
The Haunting Of...
Self · 1 episode
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
PoliWood
Self
- 2003
- 2001
The Making of 'Ali'
Self
- 2000
1990s
- 1995
Reckless
Host Tim Timko
- 1994
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Self