Bio: 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. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and that's where he grew up.Coming from a theatrical background, it was, perhaps, inevitable that young Giancarlo would appear on stage sooner or later, and he did, at age 8, appearing on Broadway as a slave child in "Maggie Flynn" in 1966.More Broadway work followed through the 1960s and early '70s, followed by some small roles in movies. TV work followed in the 1980s, with increasingly significant parts in a string of high-profile series until he became well-established as a character player both on TV and in a number of movies.He came very much to the public's attention playing Agent Mike Giardello in the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) in 1998 and since then has rarely been off our screens.
Tivia: Was one of the chorus of children who sang the theme song of The Electric Company (1971).His mother was doing a nightclub gig on a split bill with Josephine Baker in Copenhagen, Denmark, around the time he was born.He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6351 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on April 26, 2014.His mother was an American opera singer and his father was a stagehand and carpenter from Naples, Italy.For a while in New York City, he was a roommate of Laurence Fishburne.Lived in Europe, New York City, and Cleveland until he; his older brother, Vincent; and their parents moved to Manhattan when Giancarlo was six. During the boys' teens, the family lived in Elmsford in Westchester County, New York.Is a member of the Atlantic Theater Ensemble, the theater company started by David Mamet and William H. Macy.Speaks Italian and Spanish fluently.Won Obie Awards for his performances in "Zooman and the Sign" (1981) and "Distant Fires" (1993).Practices yoga, and likes riding motorcycles and playing the saxophone.Was a member of the dramatic jury at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.Giancarlo Esposito and Aaron Paul appeared together many years before Breaking Bad (2008) on Fury (2006).Is a supporter of Mumia Abu Jamal and participated in the 2012 documentary Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary (2012).His last name is pronounced "ess-POSE-ee-toh".