Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito (b. April 26, 1958) is an African-American film and television actor.

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April 26 - 1958 - African-American

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Born in Denmark to an Italian father and an African-American mother, Esposito lived in Europe, New York and Cleveland until the family settled in Manhattan when he was six. He began acting in the late 1970s. Throughout most of the 1980s he appeared in small roles in films such as Maximum Overdrive and Trading Places and TV shows such as Miami Vice and ', until landing his breakout role as a conflicted, light-skinned college student in director Spike Lee's 1988 film School Daze. Over the next four years, Esposito and Lee collaborated in three other movies: Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, and Malcolm X.

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Denmark - Italian - Europe - New York - Cleveland - Manhattan - 1970 - 1980s - Maximum Overdrive - Trading Places - Miami Vice - Spike Lee - 1988 - Do the Right Thing - Mo' Better Blues - Malcolm X

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Esposito is probably best known for his portrayal of Det. Mike Giardetto on the TV crime drama ', a role he played from 1998 until the series' cancellation in 1999. Other TV credits include NYPD Blue, Law & Order, and The Practice.

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1998 - 1999 - NYPD Blue - Law & Order - The Practice

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Esposito's career and choice of roles defies pigeonholing; he has portrayed drug dealers (Fresh), cops (The Usual Suspects), political radicals (Bob Roberts) and even a demonic version of the Greek God of Sleep from another dimension (Monkeybone.) His last notable roles were as Muhammed Ali's father in Ali and Nuyorican poet Miguel Piñero's friend and collaborator Miguel Algarin in Piñero, both released in 2001.

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Fresh - The Usual Suspects - Political radicals - Bob Roberts - Demon - Dimension - Monkeybone - Muhammed Ali - Ali - Nuyorican - Miguel Piñero - Miguel Algarin - Piñero - 2001

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