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Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American film and television actor and director best known for his roles in such films as The Usual Suspects and School Daze and as Gus Fring on the AMC series Breaking Bad. He currently appears in the ABC series Once Upon a Time, as the Evil Queen's magic mirror and "Daily Mirror" reporter Sidney.
Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father and African American mother. His mother was an opera and nightclub singer from Alabama, who once appeared on the same bill as entertainer Josephine Baker. His father was from Naples, and worked as a stagehand and carpenter. Esposito lived in Europe until the family settled in Manhattan when he was six.
Esposito made his Broadway debut (1966) at age eight playing a slave child opposite Shirley Jones in the short-lived Maggie Flynn. He did not take offense at the play's racial politics then; he was thrilled. "I had a solo and everything."
During the 1980s Esposito appeared in small roles in films such as Maximum Overdrive, King of New York, and Trading Places and TV shows such as Miami Vice and Spenser: For Hire. He played J.C. Pierce, a cadet in the 1981 movie Taps. In 1988 he landed his breakout role as the leader ('Dean Big Brother Almighty') of the black fraternity "Gamma Phi Gamma" in director Spike Lee's film School Daze. Over the next four years, Esposito and Lee collaborated on three other movies: Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, and Malcolm X.
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Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul & The Rise Of Gus Spin-off - Giancarlo Esposito Interview
Giancarlo Esposito Acting Reel
Giancarlo Esposito on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: INTERVIEW
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Breaking Bad Giancarlo Esposito Interview
25 Minutes With Giancarlo Esposito
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston Congratulates Giancarlo Esposito | AFME 2013
Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito Discusses Walter's Fate
Mark Margolis congratulates Giancarlo Esposito
Do the Right Thing (4/10) Movie CLIP - Your Jordans Are F***ed Up! (1989) HD
Jonathan Banks Wins Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series = 2015 Critics' Choice TV Awards | A&E;
De Carona especial Maze Runner | entrevista com Giancarlo Esposito e Kaya Scodelario