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Esposito in 2010, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of Birth: April 26, 1958
Ethnicity: * father – Italian * mother – African-American
Giancarlo Esposito is an American actor.
Giancarlo was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian father, Giovanni Esposito, and an African-American mother, Elizabeth “Shanti” Foster. His father, a stage carpenter, was from Naples. His mother, an opera and nightclub singer, was from Alabama; she debuted at Karamu House, and performed in Europe. Giancarlo’s parents met while his mother was performing in a tour of Porgy and Bess in Naples. His family moved to Manhattan, New York, when he was six.
Giancarlo has four children. He was previously married to Joy McManigal.
Source: Obituary of Giancarlo’s mother – https://www.legacy.com