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.
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 | 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 |
Giancarlo Esposito Media
From Wash D.C. 1998
Giancarlo Esposito
Esposito at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Esposito at Galaxy Con Raleigh 2023
References
- ↑ "Giancarlo Esposito". The TV Guide. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
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