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Giancarlo Esposito

Born 1958 · American actor

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito is an American actor. He is best known 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.

Giancarlo Esposito, in order

  1. 1981 Taps: acted · directed by Harold Becker
  2. 1983 Trading Places: acted · directed by John Landis
  3. 1984 The Cotton Club: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 75%, audiences 57% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  4. 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan: acted · directed by Susan Seidelman
  5. 1986 Maximum Overdrive: acted · directed by Stephen King · critics 14%, audiences 50% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Plex
  6. 1988 School Daze: acted · directed by Spike Lee · critics 60%, audiences 78%
  7. 1989 Do the Right Thing: acted · directed by Spike Lee · critics 92%, audiences 89%
  8. 1990 King of New York: acted · directed by Abel Ferrara
  9. 1990 Mo' Better Blues: acted · directed by Spike Lee · critics 73%, audiences 75%
  10. 1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man: acted · directed by Simon Wincer · critics 29%, audiences 65% · streaming on MGM+, Philo, Roku Channel
  11. 1991 Night on Earth: acted · directed by Jim Jarmusch · critics 77%, audiences 91% · streaming on HBO Max
  12. 1992 Bob Roberts: acted · directed by Tim Robbins · critics 93%, audiences 78%
  13. 1992 Malcolm X: acted · directed by Spike Lee · critics 89%, audiences 91% · streaming on Starz
  14. 1993 Amos & Andrew: acted · directed by Eric Max Frye · critics 18%, audiences 31% · streaming on Roku Channel
  15. 1993 Bakersfield P.D. (TV series): acted · directed by Bryan Gordon and Michael Engler
  16. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series): acted · critics 92%, audiences 90%
  17. 1993 Seven Songs for Malcolm X: acted · directed by John Akomfrah · streaming on Philo
  18. 1994 Fresh: acted · directed by Boaz Yakin
  19. 1995 Blue in the Face: acted · directed by Paul Auster and Wayne Wang
  20. 1995 Smoke: acted · directed by Paul Auster and Wayne Wang
  21. 1995 The Usual Suspects: acted · directed by Bryan Singer · critics 86%, audiences 96% · streaming on HBO Max
  22. 1996 Law & Order (TV series): acted · audiences 84% · streaming on Hulu, Peacock, Netflix
  23. 1996 Loose Women: acted · directed by Paul F. Bernard
  24. 1997 Nothing to Lose: acted · directed by Steve Oedekerk · critics 32%, audiences 68%
  25. 1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet: acted · directed by Jeff Freilich
  26. 1998 Phoenix: acted · directed by Danny Cannon
  27. 1998 Twilight: acted · directed by Robert Benton
  28. 1999 Where's Marlowe?: acted · directed by Daniel Pyne
  29. 2000 The $treet (TV series): acted
  30. 2001 Ali: acted · directed by Michael Mann · critics 68%, audiences 65% · streaming on Netflix
  31. 2001 Josephine: acted · directed by Rajko Grlić
  32. 2001 Monkeybone: acted · directed by Henry Selick
  33. 2002 Girls Club (TV series): acted
  34. 2003 Blind Horizon: acted · directed by Michael Haussman
  35. 2004 A Killer Within: acted · directed by Brad Keller
  36. 2005 Back in the Day: acted · directed by James Hunter
  37. 2005 Carlito's Way: Rise to Power: acted · directed by Michael Bregman
  38. 2005 Chupacabra: Dark Seas (TV movie): acted · directed by John Shepphird
  39. 2005 Derailed: acted · directed by Mikael Håfström · critics 20%, audiences 58% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  40. 2005 Hate Crime: acted · directed by Tommy Stovall
  41. 2006 Last Holiday: acted · directed by Wayne Wang
  42. 2006 Rain: acted · directed by Craig DiBona
  43. 2006 Sherrybaby: acted · directed by Laurie Collyer
  44. 2007 Feel the Noise: acted · directed by Alejandro Chomski
  45. 2007 The Box: acted · directed by A.J. Kparr
  46. 2008 Chelsea on the Rocks: acted · directed by Abel Ferrara · critics 71%, audiences 44%
  47. 2008 Gospel Hill: directed, produced
  48. 2010 Rabbit Hole: acted · directed by John Cameron Mitchell · critics 86%, audiences 72% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
  49. 2011 Certainty: acted · directed by Peter Askin
  50. 2011 Once Upon a Time (TV series): acted · critics 78%, audiences 78% · streaming on Hulu
  51. 2011 S.W.A.T.: Firefight: acted · directed by Benny Boom
  52. 2012 Alex Cross: acted · directed by Rob Cohen
  53. 2012 Breaking Bad (TV series): acted · directed by Adam Bernstein and Bronwen Hughes
  54. 2012 Revolution (TV series): acted · critics 67%, audiences 65% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla
  55. 2014 Poker Night: acted · directed by Greg Francis
  56. 2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials: acted · directed by Wes Ball
  57. 2016 Money Monster: acted · directed by Jodie Foster · critics 59%, audiences 51% · streaming on Netflix
  58. 2016 The Jungle Book: acted · directed by Jacobo Calderón and Jon Favreau · critics 94%, audiences 86% · streaming on Disney+
  59. 2016 The Pills: Sempre meglio che lavorare: acted · directed by Luca Vecchi
  60. 2017 Okja: acted · directed by Bong Joon-ho · critics 87%, audiences 81% · streaming on Netflix
  61. 2017 Stuck: acted · directed by Michael Berry
  62. 2017 This Is Your Death: directed, acted
  63. 2017 Unacknowledged: acted · directed by Michael Mazzola
  64. 2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure: acted · directed by Wes Ball
  65. 2018 The Nagano Tapes: acted · directed by Ondřej Hudeček
  66. 2019 CODA : Life With Music: acted · directed by Claude Lalonde
  67. 2019 Godfather of Harlem (TV series): acted · directed by John Ridley · audiences 85% · streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, Philo
  68. 2019 Jett (TV series): acted
  69. 2019–20 The Mandalorian (TV series): acted · directed by Bryce Dallas Howard and Carl Weathers
  70. 2020 Unpregnant: acted · directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg
  71. 2022 Beauty: acted · directed by Andrew Dosunmu
  72. 2022 Better Call Saul (TV series): directed, acted
  73. 2022 Euphoria: acted
  74. 2023 Kaleidoscope (TV series): acted · directed by Everardo Gout and Mairzee Almas
  75. 2024 Abigail: acted · directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett · critics 83%, audiences 83%
  76. 2024 Megalopolis: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  77. 2024 Please Don't Feed the Children: acted · directed by Destry Spielberg
  78. 2024 The Gentlemen (TV series): acted · directed by Guy Ritchie
  79. 2025 Captain America: Brave New World: acted · directed by Julius Onah · critics 46%, audiences 75% · streaming on Disney+
  80. 2025 The Electric State: acted · directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
  81. 2026 By Any Means: acted · directed by Elegance Bratton
  82. 2026 The Only Living Pickpocket In New York: acted · directed by Noah Segan
  83. 2026 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother: acted · directed by Bassam Tariq
  84. Karoshi: acted
  85. The Long Home: acted · directed by James Franco
  86. The Prince: acted · directed by Cameron Van Hoy · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex, Fawesome