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Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito
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Esposito at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
(1958-04-26) April 26, 1958 (age 58)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation Actor
Years active 1966–present
Spouse(s) Joy McManigal (1995–?; divorced)
Children four daughters

Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Gustavo "Gus" Fring on the AMC shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, 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 Fresh, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, 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.

Giancarlo Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of an Italian father, Giovanni Esposito, and an American mother, Elizabeth Foster. His mother was an African-American opera and nightclub singer from Alabama, and his father was a stagehand and carpenter from Naples. Esposito was raised in Europe until the age of six, when his family settled in Manhattan, New York. He attended Elizabeth Seton College in New York and received a two-year degree in radio and television communications.


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