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Giancarlo Esposito
Full Name
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito is his full name.1)
Birth
On April 26, 1958, he was born in Copenhagen.2)
Jobs
He is an actor and filmmaker of African descent.3)
Parents
He is the son of Giovanni Esposito, a stagehand and carpenter from Naples, Italy. And Elizabeth Foster, an African American nightclub and opera singer from Alabama.4)
Gustavo "Gus" Fring
On the AMC programs Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, he portrayed Gustavo “Gus” Fring. At the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards, he was named Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.5)
Mandalorian
He will appear in the new live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which premiered on Disney+ in 2019.6)
Spike Lee
He played in Spike Lee's films, such as Do the Right Thing, School Daze, and Mo' Better Blues.7)
Feature Film Perfomances
Fresh, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, The Usual Suspects, and King of New York are among his feature film performances.8)
Series
He previously portrayed Tom Neville on NBC's Revolution and Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror on ABC's Once Upon a Time.9)
Netflix
He has appeared in two Netflix original series: The Get Down, in which he plays Pastor Ramon Cruz, and Dear White People, in which he narrates.10)
Payday 2
He also provided the voice of “The Dentist” in the video game Payday 2.11)
Education
He received a two-year degree in radio and television communications from Elizabeth Seton College in New York.12)
Joy McManigal
In 1995, Esposito married Joy McManigal. They eventually divorced. 13)
Kids
He's the father of four girls.14)
Debut
At the age of eight, Esposito made his Broadway debut in the short-lived musical Maggie Flynn, and played a slave youngster opposite Shirley Jones (1968). The musical is set during the 1863 New York Draft Riots.15)