Giancarlo Esposito

Career timeline

1. 1958 · Born

   Born in Copenhagen, Denmark

2. 1982 · Screen debut

   American Playhouse (TV)

3. 2008 · Breakthrough

   Breaking Bad (TV)

4. 2015 · Directing debut

   Better Call Saul (TV)

5. 2026 · Latest release

   The Cat in the Hat (Movie)

Career in numbers

6 1980s

15 1990s

14 2000s

21 2010s

17 2020s

• Drama44
• Crime28
• Comedy17
• Thriller14
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy12
• Action11

Highest-rated title Breaking Bad 2008 9.0 Most popular title Breaking Bad 2008 9.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Giancarlo Esposito in our catalogue.

Adam Arkin

3 titles together

Paul McCrane

2 titles together

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

2 titles together

Edward James Olmos

2 titles together

Patricia Clarkson

2 titles together

Jon Voight

2 titles together

David Shore

2 titles together

Barry Pepper

2 titles together

1. 2026 The Cat in the Hat as Mr. Hoogeboom (voice) 6.9 Movie
2. 2026 The Only Living Pickpocket in New York as Detective Warren 7.4 Movie
3. 2026 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother as Abdul Malik 6.7 Movie
4. 2026 By Any Means as Vernon Dahmer 6.6 Movie
5. 2025 The Residence as A.B. Wynter 7.5 TV
6. 2025 The Electric State as Colonel Bradbury / The Marshall 6.5 Movie
7. 2025 Captain America: Brave New World as Sidewinder 6.0 Movie
8. 2024 Megalopolis as Mayor Cicero 5.1 Movie
9. 2024 MaXXXine as Teddy Knight, Esq. 6.3 Movie
10. 2024 Abigail as Lambert 6.6 Movie
11. 2024 The Gentlemen as Uncle Stan 7.9 TV
12. 2023 Gen V as Stan Edgar 7.6 TV
13. 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Baxter Stockman (voice) 7.2 Movie
14. 2023 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Granite (voice) 7.4 TV
15. 2023 Poker Face as Fred Finch 7.4 TV
16. 2023 Kaleidoscope as Leo Pap 6.8 TV
17. 2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Stan Edgar (voice) 7.1 TV
18. 2019 Harley Quinn as Lex Luthor (voice) 8.3 TV
19. 2019 The Mandalorian as Moff Gideon 8.4 TV
20. 2019 Godfather of Harlem as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 8.2 TV
21. 2019 Creepshow as Doc 7.4 TV
22. 2019 The Boys as Meerkat Stan Edgar (voice) 8.4 TV
23. 2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Jorge 7.1 Movie
24. 2017 DuckTales as Phantom Blot (voice) 7.9 TV
25. 2017 Okja as Frank Dawson 7.3 Movie
26. 2017 Dear White People as Narrator 6.0 TV
27. 2016 Westworld as El Lazo 8.0 TV
28. 2016 Money Monster as Captain Powell 6.4 Movie
29. 2016 The Jungle Book as Akela (voice) 6.9 Movie
30. 2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Jorge 6.7 Movie
31. 2015 Better Call Saul as Gus Fring 8.7 TV
32. 2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham as Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice) 7.3 Movie
33. 2014 Son of Batman as Ra's al Ghul (voice) 7.1 Movie
34. 2013 Drunk History as Andrés Pico 6.9 TV
35. 2012 Alex Cross as Daramus Holiday 5.1 Movie
36. 2012 Revolution as Tom Neville 6.4 TV
37. 2011 Once Upon a Time as Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror 7.4 TV
38. 2010 Rabbit Hole as Auggie 6.6 Movie
39. 2009 Community as Gilbert Lawson 8.0 TV
40. 2009 Lie to Me as Beau Hackman 7.9 TV
41. 2008 Leverage as Alexander Moto 7.6 TV
42. 2008 Breaking Bad as Gustavo Fring 9.0 TV
43. 2006 Last Holiday as Senator Dillings 7.3 Movie
44. 2005 Derailed as Detective Church 6.4 Movie
45. 2005 Ghost Whisperer as Ely Fisher 8.1 TV
46. 2005 Bones as Richard Benoit 8.2 TV
47. 2003 Las Vegas as Reggie Archibald 7.0 TV
48. 2002 CSI: Miami as Chief Braga 7.7 TV
49. 2002 Half & Half as Darrell Washington 8.3 TV
50. 2001 Ali as Cassius Clay, Sr. 6.7 Movie
51. 2001 The Division as Dr. Pembroke TV
52. 2000 Strong Medicine as James 'Junior' Bell TV
53. 1999 Third Watch as Father Romero 8.0 TV
54. 1997 The Hunger as Vampire 6.2 TV
55. 1997 Nothing to Lose as Charlie Dunt 6.6 Movie
56. 1997 The Practice as Ray McMurphy 7.6 TV
57. 1996 Nash Bridges as Whip Tyrell 6.6 TV
58. 1995 The Usual Suspects as Jack Baer 8.2 Movie
59. 1994 Touched by an Angel as Antonio Gaudi 7.2 TV
60. 1994 Chicago Hope as Cherchez LaFemme 7.2 TV
61. 1994 New York Undercover as Adolfo Guzman 7.3 TV
62. 1993 Fallen Angels as Paris Minton TV
63. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street as Michael Giardello 8.1 TV
64. 1992 Malcolm X as Thomas Hayer 7.6 Movie
65. 1991 Night on Earth as YoYo 7.5 Movie
66. 1990 Law & Order as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon 7.3 TV
67. 1990 King of New York as Lance 6.8 Movie
68. 1989 Do the Right Thing as Buggin Out 7.8 Movie
69. 1986 Maximum Overdrive as Videoplayer 5.8 Movie
70. 1985 The Equalizer as Jumpin' Jack 7.2 TV
71. 1984 Miami Vice as Adonis Jackson 7.5 TV
72. 1983 Trading Places as Cellmate #2 7.2 Movie
73. 1982 American Playhouse as Elisha TV

1. 2015 Better Call Saul 8.7 TV

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