Giancarlo Esposito (1958-) is an American actor and director. Esposito made his Broadway debut at the age of 8. Over the last 40 years he has been appearing in television and movies. His IMDb page shows 175 acting credits since 1970. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 36 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings on the table.
Giancarlo Esposito Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Giancarlo is # 617 on the December 15, 2018 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on that list he has appeared with;
2 HARVEY KEITEL Blue in the Face (1995)
2 HARVEY KEITEL Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
2 HARVEY KEITEL Smoke (1995)
3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Malcolm X (1992)
9 WILLEM DAFOE Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Amos & Andrew (1993)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Do the Right Thing (1989)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Fresh (1994)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Gospel Hill (2008)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON School Daze (1988)
13 BEN KINGSLEY THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
23 VANESSA REDGRAVE Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
37 GERARD DEPARDIEU Last Holiday (2006)
43 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN King of New York (1990)
43 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
46 KEITH DAVID Blue in the Face (1995)
46 KEITH DAVID Loose Women (1997)
70 SUSAN SARANDON Bob Roberts (1992)
70 SUSAN SARANDON Twilight (1998)
73 BURT REYNOLDS Big City Blues (1997)
74 GENE HACKMAN Twilight (1998)
81 JOHN SAVAGE Do the Right Thing (1989)
86 DANNY TREJO SherryBaby (2006)
87 ROBERT LOGGIA Rain (2006)
93 TIM ROBBINS Bob Roberts (1992)
93 TIM ROBBINS Nothing to Lose (1997)
94 PAUL NEWMAN Twilight (1998)
99 JOHN TURTURRO Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
99 JOHN TURTURRO Do the Right Thing (1989)
99 JOHN TURTURRO Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
99 JOHN TURTURRO Monkeybone (2001)
106 BRAD DOURIF Amos & Andrew (1993)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Twilight (1998)
113 JULIA ROBERTS MONEY MONSTER (2016)
116 VAL KILMER Blind Horizon (2003)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI King of New York (1990)
126 SCOTT GLENN Reckless (1995)
143 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Fresh (1994)
145 DAN AYKROYD Trading Places (1983)
147 TOM SIZEMORE Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
148 WHOOPI GOLDBERG Monkeybone (2001)
149 BOB HOSKINS The Cotton Club (1984)
160 DANNY GLOVER Gospel Hill (2008)
160 DANNY GLOVER PoliWood (2009)
161 NICOLAS CAGE Amos & Andrew (1993)
161 NICOLAS CAGE The Cotton Club (1984)
164 GABRIEL BYRNE The Usual Suspects (1995)
166 JON VOIGHT Ali (2001)
169 CLINT HOWARD Twilight (1998)
171 LIEV SCHREIBER Twilight (1998)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON Phoenix (1998)
179 XANDER BERKELEY Phoenix (1998)
183 FOREST WHITAKER Smoke (1995)
184 NICOLE KIDMAN Rabbit Hole (2010)
185 JOHN CUSACK Bob Roberts (1992)
186 MICHAEL DOUGLAS Running (1979)
194 GIANCARLO GIANNINI MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (2015)
199 BILL MURRAY THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
207 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Trading Places (1983)
210 BRUCE MCGILL Ali (2001)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Bob Roberts (1992)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Racing Daylight (2007)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
217 MICKEY ROURKE Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
225 BOB BALABAN Amos & Andrew (1993)
225 BOB BALABAN Bob Roberts (1992)
226 RICHARD GERE The Cotton Club (1984)
236 FAYE DUNAWAY Blind Horizon (2003)
236 FAYE DUNAWAY Rain (2006)
246 WILLIAM HURT Smoke (1995)
249 TOM CRUISE Taps (1981)
253 VING RHAMES Back in the Day (2005)
254 FRANK LANGELLA Back in the Day (2005)
261 PETER BOYLE Malcolm X (1992)
263 DANNY AIELLO Do the Right Thing (1989)
264 JAMES GARNER Twilight (1998)
272 DENZEL WASHINGTON Malcolm X (1992)
272 DENZEL WASHINGTON Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
274 MIA FARROW Reckless (1995)
295 WILL PATTON Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
303 MARK MARGOLIS The Cotton Club (1984)
303 MARK MARGOLIS Trouble on the Corner (1997)
307 DAN HEDAYA The Usual Suspects (1995)
318 STOCKARD CHANNING Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
318 STOCKARD CHANNING Smoke (1995)
318 STOCKARD CHANNING Twilight (1998)
326 BRUCE DAVISON Hate Crime (2005)
336 JACK BLACK Bob Roberts (1992)
340 ROBERT DAVI PoliWood (2009)
346 MICHAEL MCKEAN Nothing to Lose (1997)
347 DIANE LANE The Cotton Club (1984)
351 BRENDAN FRASER Monkeybone (2001)
362 KEVIN POLLAK The Usual Suspects (1995)
364 RAY LIOTTA Phoenix (1998)
367 PAM GRIER Back in the Day (2005)
384 ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL Night on Earth (1991)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE King of New York (1990)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE School Daze (1988)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE The Cotton Club (1984)
387 LIN SHAYE Hate Crime (2005)
393 JAMES REMAR The Cotton Club (1984)
407 JOHN ORTIZ Piñero (2001)
409 MICHAEL LERNER Amos & Andrew (1993)
410 WOODY STRODE The Cotton Club (1984)
444 DEBI MAZAR Malcolm X (1992)
444 DEBI MAZAR Trouble on the Corner (1997)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Amos & Andrew (1993)
450 KEVIN BACON Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
455 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
460 SEAN PENN Taps (1981)
477 TRACEY WALTER Amos & Andrew (1993)
480 KEVIN CORRIGAN Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
482 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Nothing to Lose (1997)
494 STEPHEN DORFF Reckless (1995)
497 CHARLIE SHEEN Loose Women (1997)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD The Cotton Club (1984)
522 WINONA RYDER Night on Earth (1991)
525 FRED WARD Bob Roberts (1992)
526 MIRA SORVINO Blue in the Face (1995)
526 MIRA SORVINO Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
542 PETE POSTLEWAITE The Usual Suspects (1995)
552 GEORGE CLOONEY MONEY MONSTER (2016)
556 JAMES SPADER BOB ROBERTS (1992)
557 JEREMY PIVEN Bob Roberts (1992)
557 JEREMY PIVEN Phoenix (1998)
559 WESLEY SNIPES King of New York (1990)
559 WESLEY SNIPES Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
559 WESLEY SNIPES Waiting to Exhale (1995)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF Malcolm X (1992)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF PoliWood (2009)
582 RICHARD EDSON Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
582 RICHARD EDSON Do the Right Thing (1989)
582 RICHARD EDSON Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
588 ALAN CUMMING PoliWood (2009)
602 KEVIN SPACEY The Usual Suspects (1995)
603 JEFFREY WRIGHT ALI (2001)
610 PAT HINGLE Maximum Overdrive (1986)
614 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Big City Blues (1997)
640 MELISSA LEO RACING DAYLIGHT (2007)
647 TILDA SWINTON OKJA (2017)
649 BENICIO DEL TORO The Usual Suspects (1995)
652 LILI TAYLOR MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (2015)
659 SAM SHEPARD Blind Horizon (2003)
662 CLIVE OWEN Derailed (2005/I)
668 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON ALI (2001)
668 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON WAITING TO EXHALE (1995)
678 TED LEVINE ALI (2001)
684 C. THOMAS HOWELL A Killer Within (2004)
685 TOM BOWER Gospel Hill (2008)
693 JAMES RUSSO The Cotton Club (1984)
697 SEAN YOUNG A Killer Within (2004)
706 RICHARD PORTNOW Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
712 SALLY KELLERMAN The Maze (1997)
716 TOM NOONAN PHOENIX (1998)
719 WALTON GOGGINS MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE (2018)
720 DELROY LINDO MALCOLM X (1992)
721 JOHN HAWKES Where’s Marlowe? (1998)
731 BRADLEY WHITFORD THE PEOPLE (1997)
735 SCARLETT JOHANSSON THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
738 JARED HARRIS Blue in the Face (1995)
738 JARED HARRIS Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
738 JARED HARRIS Smoke (1995)
742 DIANNE WIEST RABBIT HOLE (2010)
747 GINA GERSHON Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
752 FAMKE JANSSEN THE SHOW (2017)
756 TIMOTHY HUTTON Last Holiday (2006)
756 TIMOTHY HUTTON Taps (1981)
761 JAMES FRANCO THE SHOW (2017)
764 FRANKIE FAISON Do the Right Thing (1989)
764 FRANKIE FAISON Maximum Overdrive (1986)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Night on Earth (1991)
810 BILL COBBS The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
810 BILL COBBS The Cotton Club (1984)
810 BILL COBBS Trading Places (1983)
812 GEORGE C. SCOTT Taps (1981)
822 GIOVANNI RIBISI PHOENIX (1998)
828 JULIA STILES GOSPEL HILL (2008)
835 BRIDGET FONDA Monkeybone (2001)
836 JOSEF SOMMER Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
842 DENNIS HAYSBERT WAITING TO EXHALE (1995)
856 VICTOR ARGO Blue in the Face (1995)
856 VICTOR ARGO Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
856 VICTOR ARGO King of New York (1990)
856 VICTOR ARGO Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
856 VICTOR ARGO Smoke (1995)
870 DEE BRADLEY BAKER THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
873 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Sherrybaby (2006)
875 PATRICIA CLARKSON MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE (2018)
875 PATRICIA CLARKSON MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (2015)
882 PETER GALLAGHER Bob Roberts (1992)
887 JEFFREY DEMUNN ENORMOUS CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE (1983)
900 ELLEN BARKIN Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
911 EDIE FALCO SWEET LORRAINE (1987)
911 EDIE FALCO TROUBLE ON THE CORNER (1997)
914 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Trading Places (1983)
918 MIGUEL SANDOVAL DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
918 MIGUEL SANDOVAL WHERE’S MARLOWE? (1998)
920 VINCENT CASSEL DERAILED (2005/I)
926 AIDAN QUINN Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
927 ANNETTE BENING PoliWood (2009)
950 EDDIE MURPHY Trading Places (1983)
952 SANDRA OH RABBIT HOLE (2010)
982 JON GRIES THE MAZE (1997)
983 MARTIN DONOVAN MALCOLM X (1992)
988 OSSIE DAVIS Do the Right Thing (1989)
988 OSSIE DAVIS Malcolm X (1992)
988 OSSIE DAVIS School Daze (1988)
1000 MANDY PATINKIN Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
1000 MANDY PATINKIN Piñero (2001)
HM (1000) GLENN MORSHOWER Phoenix (1998)
HM (723) KAREN ALLEN MALCOLM X (1992)
HM (930) WILLIAM FICHTNER Malcolm X (1992)
HM (930) WILLIAM FICHTNER Reckless (1995)
Wow 2 Giancarlo’s in 1 Maze Runner film. Giancarlo (Esposito) has appeared with 37 Oscar winners in films:
ANJELICA HUSTON Phoenix (1998)
ANNE HATHAWAY PoliWood (2009)
BEN KINGSLEY THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Malcolm X (1992)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN King of New York (1990)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
DENZEL WASHINGTON Malcolm X (1992)
DENZEL WASHINGTON Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
DIANNE WIEST RABBIT HOLE (2010)
DON AMECHE Trading Places (1983)
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Fresh (1994)
FAYE DUNAWAY Blind Horizon (2003)
FAYE DUNAWAY Rain (2006)
FOREST WHITAKER Smoke (1995)
GENE HACKMAN Twilight (1998)
GEORGE C. SCOTT Taps (1981)
GEORGE CLOONEY MONEY MONSTER (2016)
HELEN HUNT BOB ROBERTS (1992)
JAMIE FOXX Ali (2001)
JON VOIGHT Ali (2001)
JULIA ROBERTS MONEY MONSTER (2016)
KEVIN SPACEY The Usual Suspects (1995)
LUPITA NYONG’O THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Sweet Lorraine (1987)
MELISSA LEO RACING DAYLIGHT (2007)
MICHAEL DOUGLAS Running (1979)
MIRA SORVINO Blue in the Face (1995)
MIRA SORVINO Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
NICOLAS CAGE Amos & Andrew (1993)
NICOLAS CAGE The Cotton Club (1984)
NICOLE KIDMAN Rabbit Hole (2010)
PAUL NEWMAN Twilight (1998)
REESE WITHERSPOON Twilight (1998)
RITA MORENO Piñero (2001)
SEAN PENN Taps (1981)
SUSAN SARANDON Bob Roberts (1992)
SUSAN SARANDON Twilight (1998)
TILDA SWINTON OKJA (2017)
TIM ROBBINS Bob Roberts (1992)
TIM ROBBINS Nothing to Lose (1997)
TIMOTHY HUTTON Last Holiday (2006)
TIMOTHY HUTTON Taps (1981)
VANESSA REDGRAVE Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG Monkeybone (2001)
WILLIAM HURT Smoke (1995)
I was always convinced that someday I WOULD hear about him again! I have mentioned before the obscure Mexican extra whom Welles hired for a walk-on part in one of his movies. Orson was being interviewed on TV by a Brit who asked him who he thought was the greatest actor ever.
The interviewer clearly wanted The Boy Wonder [as his pal Joe Cotton nicknamed him] to gush about Lord Olivier or one of Steve’s Limey actor knights [or some overpaid, top-billed Yank like Tracy or Brando] but Orson mischievously debunked the interviewer by saying that Mexican was the greatest ever but hadn’t been interested in acting and had disappeared into obscurity once more to work in the fields back home.
Meanwhile until that mysterious All Time Great resurfaces on this site we have Giancarlo. I welcome his new page as (1) it tells me that I must do more homework as you young whippersnappers are clearly more conversant with the MODERN era of the cinema than I am (2) once again the Cogerson site is demonstrating its remarkable capacity for blending the “lesser” actors of today with those of the past- you are truly “a man for all seasons”!
Looking down your usual comprehensive table I learn that I have seen 6 Giancarlo movies though I wasn’t conscious at the time of who he was.
Trading Places/Desperately Seeking Myrna/The Usual Joels/Twilight
Alex Cross/Derailed – with Jennifer Aniston hopelessly out of her depth on big screen in the dramatic role as a hooker, but I liked it anyway.
IMDB credits Giancarlo with 11 acting awards and 13 noms. His net worth is said to be $6 million. “Voted Up” for educational value to me. I sign off now as the airport taxi is almost at the door!
Hey Bob……thanks for the visit and the tally….I am enjoying your tally counts……though I wait for a tally count that destroys the rest of us. Tally count: Cogerson 23, Steve 11, bob cox 10, Bob 6 and Flora 5.
Thanks for all the kind words about our varied UMR subjects. I actually did the table for Giancarlo a couple of weeks ago….but then forgot to do his page.
Good story on Orson Welles. Sounds like Welles loved to mess around with people. Who knows…maybe that extra mentioned….moved overseas…..had some kids…and those kids turned to acting…..and just maybe that kid’s name is Daniel Day-Lewis or Colin Farrell. You never know.
I have seen all 6 of the ones you have seen. Good mini-review on Derailed….that was a one and done movie for me. Have a safe trip and fun time on your holiday. Good stuff.
You are on a current actors series , so I have been unable to contribute. However, I have seen 5 of Esposito’s movies, so I decided to comment.
I have never seen Breaking Bad.
Favourite Giancarlo Esposito movies:
Trading Places
The Usual Suspects
Other Giancarlo Esposito Movies I Have Seen:
Do The Right Thing
Desperately Seeking Susan
Maximum Overdrive
Hey Flora….the next UMR subject is a classic actor….an Oscar winner whose last movie was in 1961, which is the year he passed away at the young age of 84.
As for Giancarlo….thanks for the tally count and the visit.
“saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa” – contribution from my kitten, who is 3 months old and was named Pringle by Emily.
I have seen 23 of his movies…..yet I never noticed him…..and he was in a few movies that I really really enjoyed….Taps, Trading Places, Fresh, The Usual Suspects, Twilight and Do The Right Thing…..actually his part in Do The Right Thing is pretty big. Surprised you saw Maximum Overdrive…..a horror movie and a bad horror movie at that.
Thanks for the feedback…and the visit.
Congratulations on your new kitten, Pringle. My cat Jack died two years ago and I got a Norwegian Forest Cat named Amelia who is grey and white. She needed a new home, because the family’s mother inn law was moving in and is allergic to cats.
As for Maximum Overdrive, I saw it at a birthday party when I was in grade 7.
Thanks Flora….our dog passed away in the summer…..and for the first time in our marriage….WoC and I were petless…..well the little girls (is 12 and 9 still little?) talked us into two kittens a couple of weeks ago….so we now have Pringle and her brother Tom roaming and ruling the house. Ah…..now the Maximum Overdrive viewing makes sense. Good stuff.
Charles Coburn perhaps??
Charles Coburn perhaps!!!
100% correct….and now that page is up.
I’ve seen 10 of the 36 films on the chart. Favorites are – The Cotton Club, Trading Places, The Jungle Book, The Scorch Trials and The Usual Suspects.
I knew this actor best as the ruthless Gus in the superlative Breaking Bad, a show I was hooked on a few years ago. I’m surprised to see he had appeared in so many films, when I saw him in Breaking Bad I thought he was a new face on TV. I didn’t recollect seeing him before. 🙂
Confession time – I haven’t seen Malcolm X or Ali, and the two were connected.
I did see Spike Lee’s new film Blackkklansman, it was entertaining but Best Picture of the year? I don’t think so. But the Oscars are unpredictable, anything can happen.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Tally count: Cogerson 23, bob cox 11, Steve 10, Flora 5. I have seen all of your favorites….most I have seen more than once….though….it has been ages since seeing The Cotton Club. I loved him as Gus on Breaking Bad. Gus is why I became so fascinated with Giancarlo….because after watching his run as Gus…it seemed like every movie I watched had him in it. I just recently watched Malcolm X….good Denzel performance….but overall….I was not too impressed with that almost 4 hour movie. I agree about BlackkKklansman…good movie…..but not a great movie. I liked Adam Driver in the movie….but enough to get a Best Supporting Actor nomination?…don’t think so. As always….thanks for the feedback.
I saw 11 including top7. 10 and favourite: usual suspects, bob Roberts( rickman and jack black are perfect). 9 and favourite: jungle book, trading places. 9 not favourite: Malcolm x. hidden gems: ali, smoke, last holiday all 8s
Hey bob cox. Thanks for checking out our latest page. I think Giancarlo is like J.K. Simmons. An actor that was a very busy actor, yet did not catch people’s attention. And know that they are known…thanks to Breaking Bad and Whiplash…..all their older performances jump off the screen when you re-watch those movies. Tally count….23 for me, 11 for you, 10 for Steve and 5 for Flora. Of your favorites…I have not seen Bob Roberts….but it is one I am trying to track down and watch, based on your high regard for that movie. I would highly recommend Fresh….it is a seriously underrated movie…with outstanding performances and lots of twists and turns. Good stuff.