Giancarlo Esposito

**Giancarlo Esposito** (born April 26, 1958) 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_.

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

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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_ <small>(it)</small>|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||
|2019|_Godfather of Harlem TV series_|Senator Clayton Powell Jr.|||
|2019|_The Mandalorian_|Moff Gideon|||
|2020|_The Long Home_|William Tell Oliver|Post-production||
|2020|_Stargirl_|Archie|Post-production||
|2021|FarCry 6|Antón Castillo|||
|TBA|_Da 5 Bloods_||Filming||