Who is Giancarlo Esposito?
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito is an actor and director from the United States. He is most known for playing Gus Fring in the prequel series Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022 and the AMC crime thriller series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011.
Giancarlo Esposito bio
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Elizabeth “Leesa” Foster (1926-2017), an African-American opera and nightclub singer from Alabama, and Giovanni “John” C. Esposito (1931-2002), an Italian stagehand and carpenter from Naples.
Giancarlo Esposito education
Esposito’s family relocated to Manhattan when he was six years old. He studied radio and television communications at Elizabeth Seton College in New York for two years.
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Giancarlo Esposito career
Esposito worked as a singer for the educational children’s television program “The Electric Company,” a sibling program to “Sesame Street,” after earning her degree from Elizabeth Seton College in 1977. From 1982 to 1984, he appeared on “Sesame Street” as a camp counselor.
He appeared in a number of movies in the 1980s in supporting roles until breaking through in Spike Lee’s 1988 musical comedy “School Daze.” Given its little $6.5 million budget, the movie’s nearly $14 million in revenue made it a financial success.
In Spike Lee’s 1990 drama “Mo’ Better Blues,” his 1992 biographical drama “Malcom X,” and his 1898 comedic drama “Do the Right Thing,” Esposito was later cast.
He appeared in a supporting part in the independent drama “Fresh” from 1994, and his work there earned him a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award. He played a supporting role in the much praised movie “The Usual Suspects” and one of the lead roles in the independent movie “Smoke” in 1995.
He had mastered the ability to transform himself into a number of personas and characters even at this point in his career. He had previously been a drug kingpin, an FBI agent, a crisis telephone operator, a transsexual, a hostage-taker, and a reverend. In 1997’s “Creature,” he also played a lieutenant and a werewolf.
More people became aware of him thanks to his depiction of FBI Agent Mike in the seventh season of the well-known series “Homicide: Life on the Street.” He portrayed Muhammad Ali’s father in the historical drama “Ali” in 2001, and he also appeared in the dark comedy “Monkeybone” as a supporting character.
He portrayed a lawyer in the one-season drama “Girls Club,” which debuted in 2002. The following few years saw him playing bit parts on a variety of television programs and miniseries, such as “Law & Order,” “5ive Days to Midnight,” “South Beach,” “Ghost Whisperer,” and “Bones.” He co-starred with Queen Latifa in the 2006 movie “Last Holiday” in a supporting role.
In 2008, he made his directing debut with the movie “Gospel Hill.” Samuel L. Jackson and Danny Glover are the drama’s main actors. Esposito received honours for his work at the Nashville Film Festival and the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival even though the movie wasn’t exhibited in theatres. He also appeared on Broadway in the Tennessee Williams drama “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” in 2008.
He appeared in various television programs in the 2010s, including “Allegiance,” “The Get Down,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Rebel,” and “Westworld,” in addition to his work on “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.” He provided the narration for the animated series “Dear White People” and provided the voices for “Dallas and Robo” and “Harley Quinn” as well.
He provided the voice for a character in “The Jungle Book” (2016). He was cast in a major role in the Star Wars franchise’s Disney series “The Mandalorian” in 2019. He is the main character in the crime drama “Godfather of Harlem,” which debuted on Epix in September 2019.
Giancarlo Esposito net worth
American actor and director Giancarlo Esposito, who was born in Denmark, has a $8 million fortune. In the critically acclaimed television series “Breaking Bad” and its spin-off “Better Call Saul,” he is most known for playing Gus Fring.
Giancarlo Esposito wife and kids
Esposito was married to Joy McManigal. Four of their daughters are. After that, they got divorced.
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