Hector pretends to have turned informant to the DEA. Giancarlo Esposito, Actor: Breaking Bad. Shortly afterward, Gus is given a tour of the DEA's Albuquerque field office, along with other local boosters. Hector "Tio" Salamanca is a high-ranking Cartel member and Tuco's uncle. The gunmen are suddenly attacked by an unknown shooter. While speaking to Esquire, Esposito, who played the role of business-like drug kingpin Gus Fring in the acclaimed series, revealed that he has an idea for a prequel that delves into his life prior to the show and Better Call Saul. Now, newer fans perhaps know him better as Gustavo Fring, the mysterious restaurant owner and drug boss from the “Breaking Bad” universe. Returning from Mexico, Gus shows Tio proof that Don Eladio is dead and gloats that Jesse killed Tio's grandson, ending the Salamanca family line. Born with cerebral palsy, Walter White, Jr. is Walter and Skyler's teenage son. Jimmy uses the information to accuse police of witness tampering, enabling him to win a motion to release Lalo on bail. Mike escorts engineers through the laundry and questions them about their ability to construct the lab as Gus secretly listens in. Badger is one of Jesse's stoner friends and a street dealer. He is also very well-known to theatre goers for his award-winning work on stage. When Gus was 7 years old, he raised a lucum… Mike convinces Gus to let Mike find Werner and bring him back instead of killing him. The police recover the account numbers and access codes for the offshore accounts Gus previously set up to pay his employees for their silence and seize the accounts. Gus arranges to meet with Don Eladio and the other cartel leaders to work out the differences that have caused the cartel to disrupt Gus' business and he brings Mike and Jesse with him. The man has been a standout actor for a long time. Werner inadvertently provides details of underground concrete construction to patrons during an outing at a bar and Mike ends the conversation. When Nacho and Arturo arrive at the chicken farm to pick up their next shipment, Gus suffocates and kills Arturo, and tells Nacho that he knows what Nacho did, and unless Nacho follows his orders, he will inform the Salamancas. He is also the host of The Broken and the Bad. [10], Gus arranges for Nacho to report to Mike about his activities to undermine the Salamanca organization. Dr. Barry Goodman tends to Mike's wounds and Mike stays to heal. [18], The humanity of Gus's personality played an integral role in his development. Nacho falsely identifies the Espinosas to the Cousins, who massacre the Espinosas to recover the "stolen" drugs before returning to Mexico to avoid the authorities. Lalo follows Mike, kills Fred the money wire clerk to obtain the information Mike discovered, then calls resorts until he finds Werner. [12], Jimmy drives to a remote desert location to pick up the bail money from The Cousins. Mike's truck was also damaged, so Jimmy and he recover the money and begin the drive back to Albuquerque in Jimmy's car. [14], As Gus oversees cleanup and rebuilding of the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant that was burned down, Mike informs him that Lalo has returned to his home in Chihuahua, and that Nacho is with him. In a meeting with Lalo and Juan Bolsa, Gus falsely claims that Werner Ziegler was working under Mike's supervision to construct a chilling system for Gus's chicken farm, and that Werner fled after stealing cocaine. With the DEA beginning to connect Gale's death to Gus, Gus fires Walt and threatens to kill Walt's family if he retaliates or informs. "Baddies to the Bone: The 60 nastiest villains of all time". When police successfully interdict these payments, Walt fears his identity will be exposed and attempts to obtain the employees' names from Mike so he can have them killed. [3] As mentioned in the Better Call Saul episode "JMM", Gus and Peter, the CEO of Madrigal Electromotive, had a shared experience in Santiago that Gus reminds Peter of to calm him when Peter panics over Lalo's attacks on Gus' business. Gus eventually agrees to purchase 38 pounds of Walt's meth for $1.2 million but only if it can be delivered within a limited time at a remote location. All but one are killed, and the survivor gets away in the only attacker's vehicle that is still drivable. Jesse cooks a superior batch of meth and Gus offers to have him stay in Mexico and work for the cartel. Because Lalo remains suspicious, Gus shuts down construction of the underground meth lab and has Mike send Werner's workers home. Walt and his partner, Jesse Pinkman, arrive at a Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant in the South Valley, but the buyer seemingly never shows up, with Jesse and Walt unaware that Gus, the restaurant manager, had been silently watching them. Before Gus administers the shot, Hector suddenly turns to face him, stares at him intently and repeatedly rings the bell on his wheelchair. Jesse learns that drug dealers who work for Gus were responsible for the death of Tomás, the young brother of Jesse's girlfriend Andrea. Rumors of the "stepped on" product reach Nacho and Domingo, who report them to Lalo. Mike and Jimmy agree on a cover story for Jimmy to tell Lalo after Jimmy posts his bail. [26], Although the character of Gus Fring and Esposito's performance have generally been well received by critics, some native Spanish speakers have criticized the actor's stilted and unnatural accent when speaking Spanish. Gus frequently visits the now ailing Tio in a nursing home to intimidate him. He falls to the floor and dies. 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. Gustavo Fring is a fictional character from the television series Breaking Bad and its prequel Better Call Saul, portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito. Too late, Gus sees that the bell is attached to the detonator of Walt's pipe bomb, which Walt had installed on the underside of Hector's wheelchair. Eladio spares Gus but forces him to cooperate with the cartel on Eladio's terms. After luring Gus to the nursing home, Tio detonates the bomb, killing himself and Gus. Giancarlo Esposito has said that he has an idea for a Breaking Bad spinoff based on his character in the show. By pretending to work for Gus, Lalo discovers from Werner some of the details of the lab's construction before Mike arrives and ends the call. Gus calmly tells Walt and Jesse to get back to work, and increases oversight in the lab by installing security cameras and having Mike and Tyrus watch them while they work. Gus provides long-term housing and amenities for Werner's crew, while Mike provides security and transportation designed to keep their presence a secret. Walt initially refuses, but Gus eventually convinces Walt that he should cook for his family's financial security. Gustavo "Gus" Fring. Little is known about Gus' past, except that he came from Chile and was connected to Madrigal Electromotive GmbH. Mike takes Jesse out of the lab to help pick up dead drops and carry out other tasks, and arranges for Jesse to foil a pre-planned attack on him, which boosts Jesse's confidence and increases his sense of loyalty to Mike and Gus. He later attempts to pay Mike, but Mike refuses the money. Jesse is apprehensive, but the offer is a ruse. Jesse Pinkman is a former student of Walt's and his meth-making partner. Worried about their safety, Walt gives Jesse a cigarette with a capsule of ricin hidden inside and tells him to poison Gus when he gets the chance, but Jesse does not follow through. Hank is Walter's macho brother-in-law. Mike briefs Gus on the events in the desert, and Gus realizes the attack was ordered by Juan Bolsa to protect Gus's business. When Mike refuses, Walt kills him. The actor's turn as the villainous Gus Fring, on both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is nothing short of iconic. Mike works under an assumed name to secretly point the police towards Lalo for the murder of Fred the money wire store clerk. The continuing investigation into Gus' death reaches his restaurant business and the destroyed superlab, which Walt and Jesse burned after Gus died. After establishing himself in Albuquerque, Gus secretly looks to end his dependency on cartel cocaine by producing and distributing meth in the United States. The actor played the villainous meth baron and fried chicken restaurateur Gus Fring in the acclaimed AMC crime series, reprising the role for its ongoing prequel, Better Call Saul. Tyrus and Victor make Arturo's death and a violent attack on Nacho look like the work of the Espinosas, while Victor sells the drugs from Nacho's car to them. Esposito has appeared in notable films such as Rabbit Hole, The Usual Suspects, Smoke and The Last Holiday. In a recent interview with Collider, Giancarlo Esposito, who played Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad, said he's working on a big new video game project. When Gus's subordinate Tyrus Kitt calls Gus for guidance, Gus recognizes an opportunity to infiltrate the Salamanca organization and tells Tyrus to give Nacho the extra kilo. Gus has a mysterious background; "Gustavo Fring" is established as an alias, as neither the DEA nor Gus' enforcer Mike Ehrmantraut can find any records about him prior to his arrival in Mexico. When Gus returns home, he and Nacho preserve Nacho's role as the mole in the Salamanca organization by destroying Gus's restaurant. 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. Tio's rage at Gus burns so deeply that he agrees to let Walt strap an explosive device to Tio's wheelchair. Gus is impressed by Jesse's mettle, and has Mike involve him in more work outside the lab. For the next twenty years, Gus remains outwardly loyal to the cartel, but nurses a grudge against Eladio and Hector, waiting for his chance at revenge. After recovering, Gus returns to Albuquerque and taunts Hector, telling him the cartel leaders are all dead, and that because of Joaquin's death, the Salamanca family line ends with Hector. Once Jesse finds Gale's apartment, Walt sets out to kill him, but Victor stops him and brings him to the lab, where Mike is waiting. Though Gus doesn't appear, his death has numerous consequences. [23], For his portrayal of Gus, Esposito won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards and was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Gus visits and asks Mike to join his organization, saying that he wants Mike with him because Mike understands his need for revenge. In "Hermanos", Eladio says that when he ordered Max killed, he spared Gus because of his unstated but apparently powerful connection to Chile. [17] To achieve Gus's trademark calmness, Esposito used yoga techniques, which allowed him to convey the character as "being a good listener". Hector is rushed to the hospital, while Gus, Nacho and Arturo are summoned to a meeting with Bolsa at the Los Pollos distribution plant, where Bolsa declares that until further notice, the Salamanca operation will continue with Nacho and Arturo in charge. I think they probably were lovers."[5]. Read an interview with Giancarlo Esposito for Season 2 » Esposito is a yoga enthusiast and spends his free time riding his motorcycle and practicing the saxophone. A Chilean-American, Fring is a major methamphetamine distributor in the Southwestern United States who uses several legitimate businesses, including a chain of successful fast food fried chicken restaurants called Los Pollos Hermanos (The Chicken Brothers) and an industrial laundryfacility called Lavanderia Brillante, as fronts for a vast drug operation. Because the Salamanca family drug business controlled by Hector also includes Albuquerque, Gus is forced to deal with him but seeks to undermine the Salamancas. [29], Fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Giancarlo Esposito is a celebrated television, film and stage actor whose acting career spans over several decades. He employs a number of enforcers and has personally killed rivals and associates.[1]. The unseen shooter was Mike, who was tracking Jimmy for Gus. He is also a DEA agent. In 2007 through his production company, Quiet Hand Productions, Esposito made his feature directorial debut with the film Gospel Hill. During the party at Eladio's house to celebrate their rapprochement, Gus tricks Eladio and most of the other cartel leaders into drinking from a poisoned bottle of tequila. While reviewing Hector's medical records, Gus realizes there is no nitroglycerin in Hector's system, meaning Nacho tried to kill him. Afterwards, Gus briefs Peter and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle on the status of the meth lab and Gus assures Peter he will get the plan back on track. Gustavo Fring. [6], Gus coerces Nacho into providing inside information on the Salamancas. Giancarlo Esposito is an Italian-American director and actor, well known for his appearance as Gustavo "Gus" Fring on the AMC show Breaking Bad.For portraying the role of Gus Fring, the actor won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards.. Esposito was born on 26th April 1958 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The villa serves as the residence for Dr. Barry Goodman, and contains a fountain which is dedicated to Max. Leonel and Marco Salamanca (the Cousins) arrive to watch over Hector. Before Jesse can kill them himself, Walt runs them over with his car and tells Jesse to flee. Walt realizes this later, and arranges a second meeting with only himself and Gus. Jesse agrees to help Walt and tells him about Gus' routine, including his visits to Hector at the nursing home. Some critics have compared Gus to Barack Obama, with the character's deliberate juxtaposition as a Black person to be an allegory to white America's alleged dissatisfaction with the Obama administration. He is supposedly a native of Chile; he is sometimes referred to by cartel members as "The Chilean". Esposito's other film credits include outstanding performances in SherryBaby, Ali, Nothing to Lose, Waiting to Exhale, Bob Roberts, King of New York and Cotton Club. He brings them to Dr. Goodman's makeshift hospital Gus had previously arranged at his villa, where both receive treatment. Esposito's many television credits include Homicide: Life on The Streets, Law and Order, Touched by an Angel and Kidnapped. [20] Moments before dying, Gus manages to calmly adjust his tie even after having half his face blown off. Gus says he has sent gunmen to kill Lalo, and that Nacho may be able to help. Without knowing what that secret was, Esposito understood the potential Gus had as a growing character, therefore rejecting offers for guest appearances and insisting on becoming a series regular. Hector refuses to acknowledge Gus as Gus prepares to kill him with a lethal injection. At a meeting between Juan Bolsa, Gus, Hector and Nacho, Bolsa informs them that the use of Gus's trucks to move the drugs and cash for both organizations will be a permanent arrangement. Gus is also a drug kingpin, distributing Walt's blue meth throughout the Southwest. [13], Jimmy and Mike eventually make their way to a truck stop, where Tyrus and Victor pick them up. Considering his life at risk, Walt attempts to kill Gus with a pipe bomb attached to his car, but Gus senses something amiss and walks away from the vehicle. If the show doesn't go ahead then we will all have to wave goodbye to Gus Fring when the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul debuts. After he is injured by a local gang, Gus has him taken to a pueblo Gus owns just inside the Mexican border, which includes a fountain dedicated to Max. Gus orders Hector's treatment halted after he has regained movement in his right index finger, leaving his recovered mind trapped in his unhealed body. The killings avenge the death twenty years earlier of Gus's beloved friend and first meth partner, Max Arciniega, at the hands of Tio Salamanca, Tuco's uncle. Giancarlo Esposito is an American actor who plays Gustavo Fring on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Hector's angry outburst leads to a stroke, and Gus calls for an ambulance while administering first aid that saves Hector's life, though he is comatose. Gus initially resists overtures from Walt, calling him unprofessional for partnering with Jesse – a junkie. Read an interview with Giancarlo Esposito for Season 4 ». Gus immigrated to Mexico in the 1980s during the Chilean dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet,[2] and in a flashback during the Breaking Bad episode "One Minute", Hector mockingly refers to him as "Grand Generalissimo", implying that Gus had a connection to the Pinochet regime. The company currently has four other projects in development, in which Esposito plans to direct, produce and co-star. Giancarlo Esposito’s Gustavo “Gus” Fring is a fictional powerful drug lord who appears in ‘Breaking Bad’ (2009-11) and its prequel series ‘Better Call Saul’ (2017-present). Jimmy tells Lalo he was alone and walked after his car broke down so that he would not put the money at risk. The comparisons between Castillo and Esposito’s “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” character Gustavo Fring seem inevitable, as they resemble each other in both ruthlessness and accent. Walt realizes that Gus is trying to groom Gale as his replacement, meaning his life is at risk, so he secretly meets with Jesse and asks him to find out where Gale lives. All rights reserved. He also lends his support to other various organizations that support the arts and education. Gus, who had wanted this result from the start, appears to reluctantly agree. Walt explains to Gus that this was just a "hiccup" in their agreement. With two Emmy nominations in the same year, the in-demand and versatile character actor is having the time of his life. Esposito has portrayed evil drug lord Gustavo Fring in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, so, obviously, he has some thoughts as to his character's headspace.The actor … Most recently, he co-starred on Broadway with James Earl Jones, Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad in Debbie Allen¹s rendition of the great classic Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. "[27], AMC released a series of ten short videos on YouTube and their social media accounts during season three as Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training with Gus Fring, combining live-action shots featuring Esposito as Gus along with animated segments, presented as employee training videos for Gus's Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant workers. Gus Fring is the owner of a fast food chicken restaurant and a major meth distributor. Knowing that Lalo can track Werner's actions back to Gus, Gus says Werner must be killed. Gilligan has stated that he purposely left Gus's origins ambiguous, comparing them to the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. Lalo confirms the impurity of the cocaine in a visit to Salamanca street dealers. Gustavo "Gus" Fring is a respected business owner whose legitimate operations include the fast food chicken restaurants Los Pollos Hermanos. As shown in the Better Call Saul episode "Dedicado a Max", after arriving in Albuquerque, Gus acquired a small villa on the Mexican side of the Mexico-US border. Gus appears uninjured as he calmly walks out of the room and adjusts his tie, but the camera slowly tracks around him to reveal that the explosion has torn off the right side of his face. When Gustavo Fring was introduced in the second season of Breaking Bad, he was a quiet, humble manager of a fast-food chain with vague ties to the largest meth-distribution ring in the southwestern United States. The Head of Logistics at Madrigal Electromotive, Lydia was Gus Fring's methylamine supplier. Panicked, Walt recovers the bomb and hides at his home. Gus arrives at the lab, where Walt and Jesse have been secured by Victor and Mike. With the new transport agreement in place, Nacho and Arturo Colon arrive at the Los Pollos Hermanos warehouse and farm to pick up a drug shipment, and Nacho attempts to strong-arm his way into taking six kilos instead of the agreed-upon five. Fring maintains a positive … In the Better Call Saul episode "Sabrosito", Hector suggests that Gus and Max, "The Chicken Brothers", might be better referred to as "The Butt Brothers", insinuating that they are homosexual. However, Gus encourages Mike to continue to disrupt the trucks Hector uses to bring ice cream store supplies and drugs from Mexico and send cash back to the cartel. Gus tells him that he is not interested in conducting business since Jesse was late and high for the first meeting, and is thus potentially unreliable. 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