Giancarlo Esposito
Film

Giancarlo Esposito

Section Title: Film
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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 Hayer

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

2019	The Long Home	William Tell Oliver	Post-production

2020	Stargirl	Archie	Post-production

TBA	Da 5 Bloods	Filming

Sentence(s)

In 2001, Giancarlo Esposito played Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr. in Ali, and Miguel Algarín, in Piñero.

final_sentence: In 2001, Giancarlo Esposito played Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr. in Ali, and Miguel Algarín, in Piñero.