Of his decision, Esposito says, I figured if I never made It as an actor, I could go to Alaska, be a cameraman, and collect a paycheck. he does it even when hes not appreciated, or respected, or even loved. Vincent Esposito, a brother of Giancarlo Alessandro Esposito was an American lawyer and businessman who was born in New Haven, Connecticut on October 12, 1914. While at the Epix portion of the Television Critics Association Press Tour, Collider got the opportunity to sit down an chat with co-stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Nigl Thatch and Giancarlo Esposito . He got to know his eccentric neighbor, a heavy drinker who sleeps in a tent, and deepened his interest in the Greco-Armenian spiritualist G. I. Gurdjieff. In the weeks before John Wayne Gacys scheduled execution, he was far from reconciled to his fate. Free shipping for many products! He appeared in four Broadway musicals before hed turned fifteen. Esposito and his older brother Vincent debuted on Broadway in 1968 in the musical Maggie . His television appearances increased in the 1990s and included Homicide: Life on the Street, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, Law & Order, The Practice, and New York Undercover. His TV credits include Sesame Street, The Guiding Light, Miami Vice, Spenser: For Hire, and The Equalizer in the 1980s. Giancarlo and his more established sibling Vincent appeared on Broadway in 1968 in the melodic Maggie Flynn with Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy. There is no such information about him either, but they do seem to be in touch. In 2016 Esposito made an appearance on the Netflix original series The Get Down, produced by rapper Nas. This is America, he reassures employees in an episode of Better Call Saul, just after a drug-related altercation in his restaurant. On 26-4-1958 Giancarlo Esposito (nickname: Espo, Carlo) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. New York theater credits for Esposito include The Me Nobody Knows, Lost in the Stars, Seesaw, and Merrily We Roll Along. It seemed appropriate that wed spent most of the afternoon in an exhibition devoted to the German-Swiss artist Meret Oppenheim, whose own varied career is often reduced to a single fur-covered teacup. He had another multiracial role as Sergeant Paul Gigante in the television comedy, Bakersfield P.D. He was born in Copenhagen on April 25, 1958. . His imperious likeness graces memes, video games, and ads for Dirty Devil Vodka; at fan conventions, masochistic fans beseech him to stare them down. If you're unfortunate enough to be transfixed by Fring's dead, implacable stare, now forever engrained in the collective memory of millions of viewers, you know he is displeased. Giancarlo, as Julio, sings in the Broadway musical Seesaw, 1973. On the town: Giancarlo Esposito cut a dapper figure in a black suit and matching top hat at The Mandalorian premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Zooman is a tough, street-wis-e, violent kid who conjures anxious emotions of fear just . In 1979, he had his big screen debut in the sports drama Running. Esposito has won much critical acclaim over the course of his career, but perhaps the greatest accolade came on April 26, 2014, when he was awarded the 2,523rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The man born on April 26, 1958, attended Elizabeth Seton College in New York and received a two-year degree in radio and television communications. In between projects, Esposito makes sure to take plenty of time out to enjoy some much-needed R&R. His father Giovanni Esposito is an Italian stagehand and set designer from Naples, and his mother, Elizabeth Foster, was an African-American opera singer from Alabama. Citizen by choice, not by force: I am American. It was during this period that he met Spike Lee and later starred in Lees School Daze becoming a household name for the character Buggin Out in Do The Right Thing. According to CNW, Esposito was taking home an estimated $65 thousand per episode when he filmed Better Call Saul. At the last minute, he balks, losing and painfully reconstructing his composure in a closeup that showcases Espositos talent for the inner drama of discipline. Esposito made his Broadway debut in 1968, playing an enslaved child opposite Shirley Jones in the short-lived musical Maggie Flynn (1968), set during the New York Draft Riots of 1863. However, the couple has since parted ways. Other notable actors whove lent their voices to the series include Rosario Dawson, Rainn Wilson, Christian Slater, and Jennifer Hale. Vincent Esposito was a reputed American lawyer and a businessman. Espositos decision to follow a career in acting came after an appearance in Seesaw at the age of 13. In recent years, the Waterkeeper Alliance, an environmental organization that aims to protect water resources, Kids for Peace, a non-profit youth organization that supports and empowers the next generation, and World Merit USA, an organization that improves the prospects of the young by enhancing social mobility, have all benefited from the actors benevolence. He won the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama award at the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards and was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards, but lost to co-star Aaron Paul. It was this entrepreneurial spirit that so appealed to Esposito, who notes: He was one of the first actors in Hollywood to start his own production company, and I respected him because he created something he believed in. He was a student of Elizabeth Seton College in New York, from where he received his degree in radio and television communications. While Esposito may not be a physical presence in the DC series of superhero films, he is at least a vocal one. Esposito would periodically reprise the role in later seasons as a guest star. One canvas reminded him of the Hindu goddess Kali: Shes gonna destroy me as I knew me, and therell be a new me thatll emerge, he exulted. According to him, Esposito was the natural choice for the role. She was not young. He portrayed the split role of Sidney Glass, a reporter for The Daily Mirror in the town of Storybrooke, Maine, who is really a genie trapped in the Magic Mirror, possessed by The Evil Queen in a parallel fairy tale world. He went on to work with Lee in several other films, including 'Do the Right Thing' (1989), 'Mo' Better Blues' (1990), and Malcolm X (1994). The 45-year acting veteran married Joy McManigal in 1995 having four daughters, Ruby, Shayne, Syrlucia and Kale before divorcing. A native of Copenhagen, Esposito relocated to the United States when he was six years old. In 1991, Giancarlo won his second Obie for Distant Fires for the Off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company and began a long-lasting relationship with that company. Elizabeth told her son to go out and buy a single red rose; that night, they sat close to the stage during the performance. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories, When Giancarlo Esposito stepped off the escalator at MOMA, a trio of security guardsall young men, Black or Latinogreeted him with knowing salutes. 62 Vincent Esposito Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE Collections Project #ShowUs Creative Insights EDITORIAL VIDEO BBC Motion Gallery NBC News Archives MUSIC BLOG BROWSE PRICING ENTERPRISE VisualGPS INSIGHTS BOARDS CART SIGN IN Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO Giancarlo Esposito is a German-born American actor. I am from Detroit. . In Feel the Noise (2007), he played ex-musician Roberto, the Puerto Rican father of Omarion Grandberry's character, aspiring rap star "Rob". He left in tears, but after learning to draw back his Broadway presence in small plays, as Rich had suggested, he got the part. For his outing as Gus Fring, he received the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama award at the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards. He had his cinematic debut in 1979, in the sports drama Running, which also starred Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, and Lawrence Dane. Also Known As: Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito, Spouse/Ex-: Joy McManigal (m. 19952015), Joy McManigal (m. 19952015), children: Kale Lyn Esposito, Ruby Esposito, Shayne Lyra Esposito, Syrlucia Esposito, See the events in life of Giancarlo Esposito in Chronological Order, (Actor and Director Best Known for His TV Series: Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Giancarlo_Esposito#/media/File:Giancarlo_Esposito_2012_cropped.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Giancarlo_Esposito#/media/File:Giancarlo_Esposito_(43555569182).jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Giancarlo_Esposito#/media/File:Giancarlo_Esposito_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg. Vincent and Giancarlo Esposito during their debut on Broadway in the musical Maggie Flynn, 1968. 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. You also know that he may have already calculated your violent removal from this world. Esposito graduated from the University of Hawaii with a bachelor's degree in 1937 and Harvard Law School with a law degree in 1941. Lived in Europe, New York City, and Cleveland until he; his older brother, Vincent; and their parents moved to Manhattan when Giancarlo was six. In 2019, he appeared in the first-season finale of The Boys as Stan Edgar, and reprised the role in the second and third season.[13]. :). Giancarlo Esposito. Esposito is as equally talented behind the camera as he is in front of it. These days, its not enough for an actor to simply make good films. . Yet before he can accomplish this transformation, White must outmaneuver Gustavo (Gus) Fring, a local immigrant businessman. Between engagements, he was visiting his daughter, Kale, at their shared downtown apartment, and catching up on art and theatre across the city. Strolling through the museum, Esposito recalled a memorable childhood encounter with Josephine Baker. A true NYC moment: Giancarlo and brother Vincent take a sidewalk hotdog break during the musical The Me Nobody Knows, 1971. He played Ra's al Ghul in Son of Batman and Eric Needham / Black Spider in Batman: Assault on Arkham. Born on April 26, 1958, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Giancarlo Esposito is the son of Giovanni Esposito and Elizabeth Foster. During this period, he met Spike Lee who wanted to cast him in the unrealized film Messenger. The Esposito sisters and brother Vincent were the children of Gigante's long-running relationship with his Upper East Side mistress Olympia Esposito. At that point, his parents decided to abandon Denmark for the Big Apple, and Esposito spent the remainder of his formative years in Manhattan, New York. He made his 2 million dollar fortune with S.W.A.T. Esposito also made guest appearances in various TV shows since his debut as Jamie in the 1981 television movie The Gentleman Bandit. The series, created by Vince Gilligan and set amid the anomie and adobe subdivisions of Albuquerque, New Mexico, follows Walter White from the quiet desperation of a cancer diagnosis through his Nietzschean rebirth as a crystal-meth kingpin. Giancarlo, Jeff Perry, and Brian Tarantina in the Off-Broadway show Balm in Gilead, 1984. Sometimes we fucking lose., The show that freed Esposito from purgatory was Breaking Bad (2008-13). Esposito, a graceful sixty-four-year-old with sharp dimples and slicked back salt-and-pepper curls, seems to be everywhere these days. We dont always win. Throughout the 1970s he starred mostly in musicals, including The Me Nobody Knows, Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, and Michael Bennett's Seesaw. [14] Esposito and Favreau would work together once again in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian in which Esposito appears in a starring role, while Favreau acts as an executive producer for the series and as its writer. As a result, he can now boast a two-year degree in radio and television from the Elizabeth Seton College in Yonkers, New York. Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito became a popular face thanks to his portrayal of Gustavo . They have four daughters together: Kale Lyn Esposito, Shayne Lyra Esposito, Ruby Esposito, Syrlucia Esposito. Highlights from the week in culture, every Saturday. While he'll go down in history as one of the greatest villains in television history, Gustavo "Gus" Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) was never . He spent his childhood in Copenhagen and various cities in Europe before his family finally settled in New York. He also appeared in the films Night on Earth (1991), Fresh (1994), Waiting to Exhale (1995), and Nothing to Lose (1997). 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