Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Espositois an Italian-American and African-American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Gustavo "Gus" Fring on the AMC series Breaking Bad, for which 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 April 1958
CityCopenhagen, Denmark
CountryUnited States of America
I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else.
It was amazing to be nominated by the Academy who saw fit for me to be nominated for best supporting actor. The Critic's choice award was wonderful. I'm on cloud nine.
There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.
For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin.
I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.
After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.
It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week.
People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.
I look at 'Breaking Bad' as a show about the American family.
I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.
When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.
I can fish from a stick and a string.
I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn't do it.
For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.