
Age: 68
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Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad from 2009 to 2011 and its prequel series Better Call Saul from 2017 to 2022. He won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series twice for this role. He earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His other television roles include federal agent Mike Giardello in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC series Revolution (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix series Dear White People (2017–2021), Stan Edgar in the Amazon series The Boys (2019–present) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022), and Moff Gideon in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), the lattermost of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also portrayed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem (2019–present), acted in the HBO drama series Westworld (2016), and starred in the Netflix television series Kaleidoscope (2023), The Gentlemen (2024), and The Residence (2025). He is also known for his collaboration with Spike Lee, acting in several of his films, such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), and Malcolm X (1992). His other major films include Taps (1981), King of New York (1990), Bob Roberts (1992), Fresh (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Ali (2001), Monkeybone (2001), Last Holiday (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010), Okja (2017), Megalopolis (2024), MaXXXine (2024), and Captain America: Brave New World (2025). He voiced Akela in the live-action remake of The Jungle Book (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Esposito, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Giancarlo Esposito

Lucius Fox
for Lucius Fox in Man of Steel (2013)
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Clark Kent quietly navigates a world on edge, hiding powers he doesn’t fully understand. As alien paranoia rises, Metropolis reels from a wave of attacks by two bioengineered threats: Metallo, a cybernetic soldier powered by a glowing green core, and Parasite, a former janitor turned energy-leeching monster. Both are secretly orchestrated by Lex Luthor, who manipulates public fear to discredit Superman and position himself as humanity’s defender. As Superman rises to stop the chaos, he wrestles with identity, purpose, and the fine line between savior and threat. In a climactic battle through the heart of the city, he defeats Metallo and outsmarts Parasite by overloading his absorption. Still, the damage is done—trust is shaken, and Superman realizes that mankind’s deepest dangers may not come from the stars, but from its own obsession with control. Days later, Lex Luthor delivers a televised eulogy for Army veteran John Corben, hailing him as a true son of Earth who died protecting it. With cold precision, he declares, “This is the cost when we entrust our safety to an alien. Let us not forget who bleeds for us. Who dies for us.” The crowd applauds, unaware of Lex’s hand in Corben’s death. Mid Credits: Lex stands over a hidden lab. Superman’s blood swirls in a vial marked “Project B-Zero.” “Let’s see what a weapon without a soul can do.” Post Credits: Amanda Waller studies a heavily secured cell. Parasite snarls within. “You’re dangerous… and useful.”