Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples and an opera-singing African-American mother from Alabama. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was six, and that's where he grew up. Coming from a theatrical background...
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 11 wins & 11 nominations.
Movie | Please Don’t Feed the Children | 2025 | |
Series | The Residence | A.B. Wynter | 2025 |
Movie | Megalopolis | 2025 | |
Movie | Abigail | 2024-04-17 | |
Series | Parish | Gracian 'Gray' Parish | 2024-03-31 |
Series | Kaleidoscope | Leo Pap | 2023-01-01 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Baxter Stockman (voice) | 2023-07-31 |
Movie | Beauty | Beauty's Father | 2022-06-11 |
Series | Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine | Narrator | 2021-02-21 |
Movie | The Long Home | 2021-01-01 | |
Series | Ultra City Smiths | Pruit Normings | 2021-09-13 |
Movie | Unpregnant | Bob | 2020-09-10 |
Series | The Broken and the Bad | Self | 2020-07-09 |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | The Grandfather | 2020-06-29 |
Movie | Da 5 Bloods | 2020-06-12 | |
Movie | Stargirl | Archie Brubaker | 2020-03-10 |
Movie | Coda | Paul | 2020-01-31 |
Movie | For NYC | 2020-06-01 | |
Movie | Line of Duty | Tom Volk | 2019-12-25 |
Series | The Mandalorian | 2019-11-12 | |
Series | Godfather of Harlem | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | 2019-09-29 |
Series | Jett | Charlie Baudelaire | 2019-06-14 |
Movie | Stuck | Lloyd | 2019-04-19 |
Movie | The Nagano Tapes | Self - Narrator | 2018-02-22 |
Movie | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Jorge | 2018-01-10 |
Series | Dallas & Robo | Victor Goldsmith | 2018-05-30 |
Movie | Okja | Frank Dawson | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | The Show | Mason Washington | 2017-09-21 |
Series | Rebel | Charles | 2017-03-28 |
Series | Dear White People | Narrator | 2017-04-28 |
Movie | Unacknowledged | Narrator | 2017-05-23 |
Series | Westworld | El Lazo | 2016-10-02 |
Movie | The Pills - Sempre meglio che lavorare | Il Boss | 2016-01-21 |
Movie | The Jungle Book | Akela (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
Movie | Money Monster | Captain Powell | 2016-05-12 |
Movie | On Meditation | Self | 2016-07-27 |
Series | The Get Down | Pastor Ramon Cruz | 2016-08-12 |
Movie | Brother Nature | Congressman Frank McClaren | 2016-09-09 |
Series | Better Call Saul | Gustavo Fring | 2015-02-08 |
Movie | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Jorge | 2015-09-09 |
Movie | Poker Night | Bernard | 2014-12-20 |
Movie | Batman: Assault on Arkham | Black Spider / Eric Needham (voice) | 2014-08-12 |
Movie | Son of Batman | Ra's al Ghul (voice) | 2014-05-13 |
Movie | Requiem for the Big East | Narrator | 2014-03-16 |
Movie | Over/Under | 2013-01-04 | |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal | Self | 2013-02-01 |
Movie | They Die by Dawn | Rufus Buck | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013-11-26 |
Movie | Timms Valley | Pruit Normings | 2013-12-31 |
Movie | Alex Cross | Daramus Holiday | 2012-10-18 |
Series | Revolution | Major Tom Neville | 2012-09-17 |
Movie | S.W.A.T.: Firefight | Inspector Hollander | 2011-03-01 |
Movie | Certainty | Father Heery | 2011-09-16 |
Movie | Rabbit Hole | Auggie | 2010-12-16 |
Movie | Chelsea on the Rocks | Tip | 2008-05-23 |
Movie | Gospel Hill | Dr. Palmer | 2008-02-09 |
Movie | The Box | Dwayne Burkhalter | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Feel The Noise | Roberto Vega | 2007-10-05 |
Movie | Sherrybaby | Parole Officer Hernandez | 2006-09-08 |
Movie | Rain | Ken Arnold | 2006-04-20 |
Movie | Last Holiday | Senator Dillings | 2006-01-13 |
Series | South Beach | Robert Fuentes | 2006-01-11 |
Movie | Hate Crime | Detective Esposito | 2005-01-14 |
Movie | Chupacabra Terror | Dr. Peña | 2005-01-29 |
Movie | Back in the Day | Benson Cooper | 2005-05-24 |
Movie | Carlito's Way: Rise to Power | Little Jeff | 2005-09-27 |
Movie | Derailed | Detective Church | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | I Will Avenge You, Iago! | Director | 2005-04-19 |
Movie | Noise | Hank | 2004-01-31 |
Movie | Doing Hard Time | Captain Pierce | 2004-11-23 |
Movie | A Killer Within | Vargas | 2004-11-06 |
Series | 5ive Days to Midnight | Tim Sanders | 2004-06-07 |
Movie | Blind Horizon | J.C. Reynolds | 2003-12-14 |
Movie | Ash Tuesday | Karl | 2003-05-09 |
Series | Girls Club | 2002-10-21 | |
Series | Street Time | 2002-06-23 | |
Movie | Monkeybone | Hypnos | 2001-02-23 |
Movie | Ali | Cassius Clay, Sr. | 2001-12-10 |
Movie | Piñero | Miguel Algarin | 2001-08-31 |
Series | The $treet | Tom Divack | 2000-11-01 |
Movie | Josephine | Spike | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | Homicide: The Movie | Mike Giardello | 2000-02-13 |
Movie | Thirst | Dr. Lawrence Carver | 1998-10-24 |
Movie | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Chaz Villanueva | 1998-10-04 |
Movie | Phoenix | Louie | 1998-09-04 |
Series | Creature | Lt. Thomas Peniston / Werewolf | 1998-05-18 |
Movie | Twilight | Reuben Escobar | 1998-03-06 |
Movie | Big City Blues | Georgie | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Nothing to Lose | Charlie Dunt | 1997-07-18 |
Movie | Trouble on the Corner | Darryl | 1997-10-09 |
Movie | Five Desperate Hours | Joseph Grange | 1997-10-05 |
Movie | The Tomorrow Man | Jonathan Driscoll | 1996-09-01 |
Movie | Waiting to Exhale | David Matthews (uncredited) | 1995-12-22 |
Movie | Reckless | Host Tim Timko | 1995-11-17 |
Movie | The Keeper | Paul Lamont | 1995-09-15 |
Movie | Blue in the Face | Tommy Finelli | 1995-09-15 |
Movie | The Usual Suspects | FBI Agent Jack Baer | 1995-07-19 |
Movie | Smoke | 1st OTB Man / Tommy | 1995-06-09 |
Movie | Klash | Stoney | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool | Self | 1994-10-31 |
Movie | Fresh | Esteban | 1994-06-15 |
Movie | Amos & Andrew | The Reverend Fenton Brunch | 1993-03-05 |
Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Michael Giardello | 1993-01-31 |
Series | Bakersfield P.D. | Detective Paul Gigante | 1993-09-14 |
Movie | Seven Songs for Malcolm X | Autobiography Reading (voice) | 1993-10-01 |
Movie | Malcolm X | Thomas Hayer | 1992-11-18 |
Movie | Bob Roberts | Bugs Raplin | 1992-09-04 |
Movie | Night on Earth | YoYo | 1991-12-12 |
Movie | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Jimmy Jiles | 1991-08-23 |
Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Left Hand Lacey (Piano) | 1990-08-03 |
Movie | King of New York | Lance | 1990-07-18 |
Movie | Do the Right Thing | Buggin Out | 1989-06-14 |
Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | 1989-11-03 |
Movie | School Daze | Julian 'Dean Big Brother Almighty' Eaves | 1988-02-12 |
Movie | Sweet Lorraine | Howie | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Heartbeat | Gang Member #1 | 1987-05-10 |
Movie | Maximum Overdrive | Videoplayer | 1986-07-25 |
Movie | Rockabye | Marcus | 1986-01-11 |
Movie | Roanoak | Simon Fernandes | 1986-05-26 |
Movie | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Elisha | 1985-01-14 |
Movie | Finnegan Begin Again | Intruder | 1985-02-24 |
Movie | Desperately Seeking Susan | Street Vendor | 1985-03-29 |
Movie | The Cotton Club | Bumpy Hood | 1984-12-14 |
Movie | The Brother from Another Planet | Man Being Arrested (uncredited) | 1984-09-07 |
Movie | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Julio | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | Trading Places | Cellmate #2 | 1983-06-07 |
Movie | Taps | Cadet Captain J.C. Pierce | 1981-12-20 |
Movie | The Gentleman Bandit | Jamie | 1981-05-06 |
Movie | Running | Puerto Rican Teenager | 1979-10-30 |
Movie | Tutti a squola | 1979-09-01 |