Trivia

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.

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.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6351 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on April 26, 2014.

Speaks Italian and Spanish fluently.

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.

Practices yoga, and likes riding motorcycles and playing the saxophone.

Won Obie Awards for his performances in "Zooman and the Sign" (1981) and "Distant Fires" (1993).

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).

He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992).

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".