Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

Actor (b. 1958)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Giancarlo Esposito (74.8%) is the average audience approval rating across 24 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Giancarlo's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

24
Movies
74.8%
Avg ThumbScore
Thriller
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Dylan O'Brien (2)Kaya Scodelario (2)Thomas Brodie-Sangster (2)Ki Hong Lee (2)Dexter Darden (2)

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).

Born 1958-04-26 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

On ThumbScore, Giancarlo Esposito appears in 24 films with an average audience score of 74.8%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

Night on Earth
Night on Earth
1991
👍 89%
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
1995
👍 87%
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
1989
👍 86%
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
2016
👍 85%
Okja
Okja
2017
👍 84%
King of New York
King of New York
1990
👍 84%
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
👍 83%
Smoke
Smoke
1995
👍 81%
Last Holiday
Last Holiday
2006
👍 80%
Derailed
Derailed
2005
👍 78%
MaXXXine
MaXXXine
2024
👍 77%
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018
👍 75%
Abigail
Abigail
2024
👍 75%
Son of Batman
Son of Batman
2014
👍 74%
Nothing to Lose
Nothing to Lose
1997
👍 74%
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015
👍 72%
Alex Cross
Alex Cross
2012
👍 65%
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
👍 64%
Money Monster
Money Monster
2016
👍 60%
Stargirl
Stargirl
2020
👍 60%
The Electric State
The Electric State
2025
👍 56%
Captain America: Brave New World
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
👍 55%
Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole
2010
👍 49%
Megalopolis
Megalopolis
2024
👍 45%
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