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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

Lord Charlemagne Bootles
for Lord Charlemagne Bootles in The Age of Vasily
Suggested by phoenix88

An army of anonymous assassins, known as "The Masks", starts spreading around the world, targeting important and influential people. Tapp leads a mission to Russia (aided by Sergei), as Vasily seems to be involved, but the true extent of his involvement leads to a number of unexpected turns. Tommy is, meanwhile, investigating "Rays of Hope", a cult whose mysterious leader, known only as "The Light", can allegedly allow people to speak with their departed loved ones. The two stories slowly start connecting, as both the Rays, and the Masks, start threatening the new mayor of L.A. Tommy ends up joining the cult, hoping to confront "The Light", while simultaneously searching for Spenser Agnew, a young man whom Olly is interested in keeping safe from the cult. Tapp and Tracy, meanwhile, enlist the help of Ludwig Plum, an eccentric scientist who is familiar with the work of Dr. Zoltan Ahgren, Vasily's newest ally. Shocking betrayals, twists, and reveals conclude the main storyline of Ollyverse, as Tommy faces the greatest challenge to his morality yet, Vasily is forced to reassess his own priorities and motivations, and an unexpected ally ends up resolving the situation, showing everyone, even Olly himself, the values that truly matter.