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
Professor X
for Professor X in Marvel Studios' Colossus (2028/2029)
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The MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) delves deep into the story of Piotr Rasputin, also known as Colossus. This exciting spin-off takes viewers on an intimate, action-packed journey that explores the bonds of family, power and duty. When a series of mysterious interdimensional portals begin to emerge, threatening the stability of the multiverse, Colossus is confronted by his older brother, Mikhail Rasputin. The latter, endowed with devastating mutant powers and an insatiable thirst for power, reveals himself to be responsible for the portals and is determined to dominate all parallel universes. The long-dormant sibling rivalry resurfaces as Colossus struggles to contain the threat his own blood poses. Colossus must assemble an unlikely team of heroes, including members of the X-Men, to face his brother and save reality as we know it. However, the difficult choices he faces and the emotional consequences of facing his own blood make this battle more than just a fight for the fate of the multiverse. It is a profound exploration of the nature of family, sacrifice and redemption.
