Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito (born April 26, 1958)^[1] is an American actor, director and producer. He played Buggin' Out in Do the Right Thing. He played Left Hand Lacey in Mo' Better Blues. He also played Julian in School Daze, Gus in Breaking Bad and Akela in The Jungle Book.

Giancarlo Esposito 2012

Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an African-American mother and Italian father. He was raised in Manhattan, New York City from age six.

Filmography

2019 ‘’Godfather of Harlem TV series’’ Senator Clayton Powell Jr. 2019 ‘’The Mandalorian TV Series’’ Moff Gideon

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Running	Puerto Rican Teenager
1981	Taps	Cadet Captain JC Pierce
1983	Trading Places	Cellmate
1983	Enormous Changes at the Last Minute	Julio
1984	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Elisha
1984	The Cotton Club	Bumpy Hood
1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Street Vendor
1986	Maximum Overdrive	Videoplayer
1987	Sweet Lorraine	Howie
1988	School Daze	Julian
1989	Do the Right Thing	Buggin' Out
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Left Hand Lacey
1990	King of New York	Lance
1991	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man	Jimmy Jiles
1991	Night on Earth	YoYo
1992	Bob Roberts	John Alijah "Bugs" Raplin
1992	Malcolm X	Thomas Hagan
1994	Fresh	Esteban
1995	The Usual Suspects	Jack Baer
1995	Blue in the Face	Tommy
1995	The Keeper	Paul Lamont	Also co-producer
1995	Waiting to Exhale	David Matthews	Uncredited
1997	Nothing to Lose	Charlie Dunt
1997	Big City Blues	Georgie
1998	Twilight	Reuben Escobar
1998	Phoenix	Louie
2001	Josephine	Spike
2001	Monkeybone	Hypnos
2001	Ali	Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.
2001	Piñero	Miguel Algarín
2003	Ash Tuesday	Karl
2003	Blind Horizon	JC Reynolds
2004	Noise	Hank
2004	Doing Hard Time	Captain Pierce	Direct-to-DVD
2004	A Killer Within	Vargas
2005	Hate Crime	Det. Esposito
2005	Chupacabra: Dark Seas	Dr. Peña	Direct-to-DVD
2005	I Will Avenge You, Iago!	Director
2005	Back in the Day	Benson Copper
2005	Carlito's Way: Rise to Power	Little Jeff	Direct-to-DVD
2005	Derailed	Detective Franklin Church
2006	Last Holiday	Senator Dillings
2006	Sherrybaby	Parole Officer Hernandez
2006	Rain	Ken Arnold
2007	Racing Daylight	Fred / Drifter
2007	The Box	Detective Dwayne Burkhalter
2007	Mano	Nino	Short film
2007	Feel the Noise	Roberto
2008	Gospel Hill	Dr. Palmer	Also director and producer
2010	Rabbit Hole	Auggie
2011	S.W.A.T.: Firefight	Inspector Hollander	Direct-to-DVD
2011	Certainty	Father Heery
2012	Alex Cross	Daramus Holiday
2012	Dreaming American	Daytona LeMans	Short film
2014	Requiem for the Big East	Narrator
2014	Son of Batman	Ra's al Ghul (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2014	Batman: Assault on Arkham	Black Spider (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2014	Poker Night	Bernard
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Jorge
2016	The Pills – Sempre meglio che lavorare (it)	Bangla Boss
2016	The Jungle Book	Akela (voice)
2016	Money Monster	Captain Marcus Powell
2016	Brother Nature	Congressman Frank McClaren
2017	The Show	Mason Washington	Also director and producer
2017	Stuck	Lloyd
2017	Okja	Frank Dawson
2017	Unacknowledged	Narrator
2018	Maze Runner: The Death Cure	Jorge
2018	MFKZ	Mr. K (voice)	English dub
2020	The Long Home	William Tell Oliver	Post-production
2020	Stargirl	Archie	Post-production
2021	FarCry 6	Antón Castillo
TBA	Da 5 Bloods		Filming

References

1. "Giancarlo Esposito". The TV Guide. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

Other websites

• Giancarlo Esposito on IMDb