{"id":780312,"date":"2026-07-23T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/780312\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:16:18","slug":"breaking-bad-star-giancarlo-esposito-leaves-caa-signs-with-uta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/780312\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Breaking Bad’ Star Giancarlo Esposito Leaves CAA, Signs With UTA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tActor, director and producer Giancarlo Esposito<\/a> has signed with United Talent Agency<\/a> for representation in all areas. <\/p>\n

\n\tEsposito was previously repped by CAA. The prolific star will be seen in several projects in the next few months, including Noah Segan\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York,\u201d in which he stars with John Turturro, Steve Buscemi and Tatiana Maslany. The film, which premiered at Sundance, will open in theaters via Sony Pictures Classics October 16. <\/p>\n

\n\tEsposito\u2019s will also next be seen in Orion Pictures\u2019\u00a0\u201cYour Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother\u201d\u00a0opposite Mahershala Ali; Season 2 of Guy Ritchie\u2019s Netflix series\u00a0\u201cThe Gentlemen,\u201d where he returns as Uncle Stan; and as a voice in Universal Pictures\u2019\u00a0animated take on Dr. Seuss\u2019 \u201cThe Cat in the Hat.\u201d He also has\u00a0\u201cKill Me,\u201d the Paramount Pictures historical crime thriller\u00a0\u201cBy Any Means,\u201d\u00a0Lionsgate\u2019s\u00a0\u201cKaroshi\u201d (with Cynthia Erivo and Bill Camp), and Netflix\u2019s adaptation of the S.A. Cosby novel\u00a0\u201cAll the Sinners Bleed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEsposito, a six-time Emmy nominee, is probably best known for playing calm and cool drug kingpin Gus Fring in AMC\u2019s\u00a0\u201cBreaking Bad\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0its spinoff \u201cBetter Call Saul.\u201d Esposito also earned two Critics Choice awards. His film credits include Spike Lee\u2019s\u00a0\u201cDo the Right Thing\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cMalcolm X,\u201d Brian Singer\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Usual Suspects,\u201d Forest Whitaker\u2019s\u00a0\u201cWaiting to Exhale,\u201d Sian Heder\u2019s \u201cCODA,\u201d Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s\u00a0\u201cMegalopolis\u201d\u00a0and Ti West\u2019s\u00a0\u201cMaXXXine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEsposito appeared in \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World,\u201d Netflix\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Electric State\u201d\u00a0(from Anthony and Joe Russo), Shondaland\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Residence,\u201d \u201cPoker Face\u201d and \u201cThe Boys,\u201d which earned him an Emmy nomination for his guest performance. <\/p>\n

\n\tEsposito executive produced and starred in AMC\u2019s\u00a0\u201cParish\u201d\u00a0and directed on \u201d an acclaimed episode of\u00a0\u201cBetter Call Saul,\u201d which landed him an NAACP Image Award for outstanding directing in a drama series. Other kudos include the Hollywood Creative Alliance\u2019s TV Icon Award and best supporting actor Award for\u00a0\u201cBetter Call Saul,\u201d as well as a Saturn Award nomination for\u00a0\u201cBreaking Bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEsposito is also repped by MGMT Entertainment, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein, and The Initiative Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor, director and producer Giancarlo Esposito has signed with United Talent Agency for representation in all areas. Esposito…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,309120,451,3,452,453,315597],"class_list":["post-780312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-giancarlo-esposito","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-united-talent-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}