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Giancarlo Esposito is a Actor and Director American born on 26 april 1958 at Copenhagen (Danemark)

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito
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Birth name Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
Nationality USA
Birth 26 april 1958 (65 years) at Copenhagen (Danemark)

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is a Danish-born American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Gustavo "Gus" Fring on the AMC series Breaking Bad, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama award at the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards and was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. He is well known for his roles in Spike Lee films such as Do the Right Thing, School Daze, and Mo' Better Blues. Other notable films include The Usual Suspects and King of New York. He has portrayed Sidney Glass/Magic Mirror on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Major Tom Neville in the NBC series Revolution.

Biography

Esposito married Joy McManigal in 1995; they later divorced. He has 4 daughters.

Best films

The Jungle Book (2016)
(Actor)
Last Holiday (2006)
(Actor)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
(Actor)
Smoke (1995)
(Actor)

Usually with

Spike Lee
Spike Lee
(6 films)
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
(2 films)
John Sayles
John Sayles
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Giancarlo Esposito (71 films)

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Actor

Da 5 Bloods
Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jasper Pääkkönen, Giancarlo Esposito, Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
Rating65% 3.2501053.2501053.2501053.2501053.250105
Quatre vétérans Afro-Américains de la guerre du Viêt Nam retournent dans la jungle du Viêt Nam des années plus tard. Ils veulent y retrouver un trésor enfoui et le corps de leur chef d'unité. Sur place, ils vont par ailleurs se rendre compte des ravages causés par la guerre.
Stuck
Stuck (2019)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Giancarlo Esposito, Arden Cho, Amy Madigan, Ashanti, Omar Chaparro, Noah Fleiss
Roles Lloyd
Rating60% 3.025533.025533.025533.025533.02553
Six strangers get stuck together on a stalled subway train in New York City and all of them have a story to tell.
The Long Home, 1h36
Directed by James Franco
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Josh Hutcherson, Tim Blake Nelson, Courtney Love, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, James Franco
Roles William Tell Oliver
Rating49% 2.494462.494462.494462.494462.49446
Set in rural 1940s Tennessee, a young man, Nathan Winer (Hutcherson), lands a job building a "honky-tonk" bar for a charismatic, scheming bootlegger, unaware that the man had murdered his father ten years earlier.
Okja
Okja (2017)
, 2h
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about pigs, Giant monster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Byun Hee-bong, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, Yoon Je-moon
Roles Frank Dawson
Rating73% 3.651073.651073.651073.651073.65107
La société agro-alimentaire Mirando Corporation a mis au point une race de cochons génétiquement modifiés géants, ressemblant à des hippopotames et se comportant comme des chiens. Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) qui dirige l’entreprise, s'étend surtout, lors d'une conférence de presse, sur les 26 premiers spécimens qui seront élevés dans la nature selon les traditions locales des différentes régions du monde où ils seront envoyés. Et dans dix ans, annonce-t-elle, une élection du plus beau cochon sera organisée.
Money Monster, 1h38
Directed by Jodie Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Psychologie, Films about television
Actors Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe, Lenny Venito
Roles Captain Powell
Rating64% 3.24923.24923.24923.24923.2492
Financial TV personality Lee Gates, who offers up stock advice on his hit show "Money Monster," is held hostage by a viewer, Kyle Budwell, who lost all of his money following a bad tip from Lee during his show.
The Jungle Book, 1h46
Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Wolves in film, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about snakes, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un tigre, L'enfance marginalisée, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Reptile
Actors Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Neel Sethi, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Bill Murray
Roles Akela (voice)
Rating73% 3.692933.692933.692933.692933.69293
When the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) threatens his life, Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by Bagheera the panther (Ben Kingsley) and the free-spirited bear Baloo (Bill Murray), sets out on a journey of self-discovery.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, 2h13
Directed by Wes Ball
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Dystopian films, Children's films
Actors Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Patricia Clarkson, Rosa Bianca Salazar
Roles Jorge
Rating63% 3.157543.157543.157543.157543.15754
The film begins with a young boy, Thomas, taken in by Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson) and troops from the organization WCKD, alongside other children, after being dropped off by his mother for his own safety. Years later, shortly after being rescued from the maze, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and the remaining Gladers - Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), Minho (Ki Hong Lee), Teresa Agnes (Kaya Scodelario), Frypan (Dexter Darden) and Winston (Alexander Flores) - are taken to a facility run by Mr. Janson (Aidan Gillen). He explains that the facility is a safe haven, protecting them from WCKD, the Flare virus and the Cranks, and provides them clothes, food, and sanitation, where there are other survivors of multiple mazes are also present. Thomas becomes curious about their activities and manages to find out what is really happening behind the closed doors. With help from Aris Jones (Jacob Lofland), the first maze survivor to end up in the facility, it is revealed that WCKD's leader, Ava, is still alive and that Mr. Janson is working for WCKD, as they discuss about the experiment on the Immunes and that Janson has yet to find The Right Arm, a resistance group located at the mountains. The group, including Aris, escapes the facility, as Janson orders his WCKD troops to track them down, where they find themselves in the deserted outside world - the Scorch.
Poker Night, 1h44
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Beau Mirchoff, Ron Perlman, Giancarlo Esposito, Titus Welliver, Halston Sage, Ron Eldard
Roles Bernard
Rating61% 3.096773.096773.096773.096773.09677
Stan Jeter (Beau Mirchoff) is a new detective that gets invited to play a game of poker with several veteran police officers and detectives. Each one tells Stan about various insights they gained from different murder cases they investigated, which turns out to be invaluable when Stan is captured and imprisoned by a vicious, anonymous assailant (Michael Eklund). He finds that he has been imprisoned with Amy (Halston Sage), the daughter of a police officer, and that he must use the stories of his fellow poker players to find a way for both himself and Amy to escape.
Son of Batman, 1h14
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Jason O'Mara, Morena Baccarin, Giancarlo Esposito, David McCallum, Xander Berkeley, Thomas Gibson
Roles Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Rating67% 3.35623.35623.35623.35623.3562
At the headquarters of the League of Assassins, Ra's al Ghul grooms Damian Wayne (son of his daughter, Talia, and Batman) to succeed him as head of the league. The league is attacked by a group of assassins led by Slade Wilson, Ra's al Ghul's initial choice for successor before Ra's met Batman. Feeling betrayed, Slade decided to seize power. During the battle, Ra's is fatally burned in a missile strike explosion, dying inches away from reaching the Lazarus Pit. Although Damian stabs Slade in the eye, Slade escapes, vowing vengeance. Talia takes Damian to Gotham City to protect him with his father's help.
Batman: Assault on Arkham, 1h16
Directed by Jay Oliva
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Films based on video games
Actors Kevin Conroy, Neal McDonough, Hynden Walch, Matthew Gray Gubler, Tara Strong, Grey DeLisle
Roles Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice)
Rating74% 3.746593.746593.746593.746593.74659
Batman rescues Riddler from a black ops assassination ordered by Amanda Waller, returning him to Arkham Asylum. Invoking Priority Ultraviolet, Waller captures criminals Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, KGBeast, Killer Frost and King Shark forming the Suicide Squad. Their mission is to break into Arkham Asylum and recover a thumbdrive in the Riddler's cane. While in Waller's employ, Riddler copied information on the squad, and is planning to make it public. She forces them to comply by threatening to detonate nano-bombs implanted in their necks. KGBeast, who believes the bombs are a bluff, walks out on Waller and is killed as an example to the others.
Alex Cross
Alex Cross (2012)
, 1h41
Directed by Rob Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, Cicely Tyson, Jean Reno
Roles Daramus Holiday
Rating52% 2.6002452.6002452.6002452.6002452.600245
Dr. Alex Cross (Tyler Perry) is a psychologist and police lieutenant who lives in Detroit with his wife, Maria (Carmen Ejogo), their children, Damon and Janelle, and his mother Nana Mama. He also frequently visits a prisoner, Pop-Pop, who is serving time for a murder. Cross knows Pop-Pop's uncle, Daramus Holiday, committed the murder and framed her, but she refuses to tell the truth. When returning home, he learns that Maria is pregnant with their third child, Cross considers accepting a job as an FBI profiler with a 35% pay rise, but fears Maria's reaction, as it would require them to relocate to Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, a man (Matthew Fox) participates in an underground ultimate fighting match, where he flirts with businesswoman Fan Yau (Stephanie Jacobsen). After brutally beating his opponent, the man is invited to Fan Yau's house. There, he sedates, tortures, and kills her. He cuts off all her fingers and steals her laptop.
Certainty
Certainty (2011)

Directed by Peter Askin
Origin USA
Actors Adelaide Clemens, Kristen Connolly, Valerie Harper, Bobby Moynihan, Tammy Blanchard, Giancarlo Esposito
Roles Father Heery
Rating44% 2.20292.20292.20292.20292.2029
Certainty tells the story of Dom and Deb who are attending their Pre-Cana engagement encounter weekend, the process a couple must go through in order to get married in the Catholic church.
Rabbit Hole, 1h31
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh
Roles Auggie
Rating69% 3.498233.498233.498233.498233.49823
Becca and Howie Corbett's four-year-old son Danny is killed in a car accident after he runs out into the street after his dog. Becca wants to give away Danny's clothes, remove Danny's things, and sell their house, but Howie is angry at Becca's elimination of anything that reminds them of their child. Howie also wants to have another child with Becca, but she refuses.
S.W.A.T.: Firefight, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Gabriel Macht, Carly pope, Robert Patrick, Shannon Kane, Giancarlo Esposito, Kristanna Loken
Roles Inspector Hollander
Rating53% 2.6572852.6572852.6572852.6572852.657285
Sgt. Paul Cutler (Gabriel Macht) is an ex-military L.A.P.D. S.W.A.T. officer and considered to be one of the best, even holding a record of having no civilian casualties for ten years. After successfully rescuing hostages with no casualties, Cutler is requested to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. with an updated training curriculum from the F.B.I.'s Hostage Rescue Team training program. Shortly after arriving in Detroit, Cutler immediately imposes his authority and has a rough time with the Captain (Giancarlo Esposito) of the department as well as one of the senior S.W.A.T. leaders Justin Kellogg (Nicholas Gonzalez). During the middle of a training exercise, the team responds to an emergency call when ex-government agent Walter Hatch (Robert Patrick) is holding his girlfriend (Kristanna Loken) hostage.