Giancarlo Esposito
Birthdate: Apr 26, 1958
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples, Italy, and an African-American opera singer mother from Alabama. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and that's where he grew up.Coming from a theatrical background, it was, perhaps, inevitable that young Giancarlo would appear on stage sooner or later, and he did, at age 8, appearing on Broadway as a slave child in "Maggie Flynn" in 1966.More Broadway work followed through the 1960s and early '70s, followed by some small roles in movies. TV work followed in the 1980s, with increasingly significant parts in a string of high-profile series until he became well-established as a character player both on TV and in a number of movies.He came very much to the public's attention playing Agent Mike Giardello in the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) in 1998 and since then has rarely been off our screens.
Giancarlo Esposito Movies
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Upcoming (5)
- 2027 |
- 2026 |
The Cat in the Hat
Meet the Cat in the Hat you don't know in an all-new, epic adventure where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme.
- 2026 |
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
asDetective Warren
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
When a theft goes awry, a veteran pickpocket is sent on a mission through New York to reclaim it.
- 2026 |
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Follows Latif, a devoutly religious hitman, who embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children after his wife dies, confronting forces closing in and beliefs threatening to unravel.
- 2026 |
By Any Means
A notorious mafia hitman and a young Black FBI agent team up to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi.
Previous (24)
- 2026 |
7 Dogs
asRoman
7 Dogs
Interpol agent Khalid Al-Azzazi joins forces with Ghali Abu Dawood from the 7 Dogs crime syndicate to fight drug trafficking.
- 2026 |
- 2025 |
Megadoc
asSelf
Megadoc
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis (2024).
- 2025 |
Captain America: Brave New World
asSidewinder
Captain America: Brave New World
Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.
- 2024 |
Megalopolis
asMayor Cicero
The city of New Rome faces the duel between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist in favor of an Utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, with her loyalty divided between her father and her beloved.
- 2024 |
- 2024 |
- 2023 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
asBaxter Stockman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Turtle brothers work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.
- 2019 |
Line of Duty
asVolk
A disgraced cop finds himself in a race against time to find a kidnap victim whose abductor he accidentally killed.
- 2019 |
The Mandalorian
asMoff Gideon
The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
- 2018 |
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
asJorge
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".
- 2017 |
- 2016 |
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
asSelf
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
This film from acclaimed theater director Lonny Price charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" in the 30-plus years since the musical debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in 1981.
- 2016 |
Brother Nature
asCongressman Frank McClaren
Strait-laced go-getter Roger hopes to propose to his dream girl during a weekend getaway at her family's lake house, but his eager-to-be-best-buds potential brother-in-law might accidentally wreck his plans.
- 2016 |
On Meditation
asSelf
ON MEDITATION explores the deeply personal practice of meditation through an exploration of extraordinary people and their practices including David Lynch, Giancarlo Esposito, Russell Simmons, Congressman Tim Ryan, Peter Matthiessen, Mark Epstein and others.
- 2016 |
Money Monster
asCaptain Powell
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes them and their crew as hostage.
- 2016 |
The Jungle Book
asAkela
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.
- 2015 |
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
asJorge
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.
- 2012 |
Alex Cross
asDaramus Holiday
Dr. Alex Cross is a forensic psychologist and Detroit police detective with a reputation for getting inside the minds of killers. When a new contract hitman begins leaving a trail of tortured victims across the city, Cross is put on the case. As the investigation intensifies, it becomes personal. A crime thriller about the limits of a man's moral code when pushed past the breaking point.
- 2001 |
- 2001 |
Monkeybone
asHypnos
In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.
- 1995 |
The Usual Suspects
asJack Baer
The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.
- 1989 |
Do the Right Thing
asBuggin Out
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
- 1988 |
School Daze
asJulian 'Big Brother Almighty' Eaves
A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.
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