- Giancarlo Esposito has signed with UTA for all-areas representation, departing CAA.
- The deal spans Film/TV Theatrical, Brand Partnerships/Voiceover, and Personal Appearances across nine agents.
- He continues with MGMT. Entertainment for management and The Initiative Group for publicity.
- Esposito has a packed release slate ahead, including The Only Living Pickpocket in New York and Season 2 of The Gentlemen.
Giancarlo Esposito has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for representation in all areas, moving over from Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
The deal covers Film/TV Theatrical, led by agents Andrew Lear, Brittany Balbo, Chris Hart, James Murray, Jessica Kantor, Sarah Clossey, and Scott Schachter; Brand Partnerships and Voiceover, handled by Maximilian Ulanoff; and Personal Appearances, headed by Will Friedman. Esposito continues with MGMT. Entertainment for management and The Initiative Group for PR.
A six-time Emmy nominee, Esposito is best known for playing Gus Fring on AMC’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, work that earned him two Critics Choice Awards. His credits include Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X, The Usual Suspects, Coda, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.
He has plenty coming up: The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, co-starring John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, and Tatiana Maslany, hits theaters via Sony Pictures Classics on October 16 after premiering at Sundance.
He also stars opposite Mahershala Ali in Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother, returns as Uncle Stan in Season 2 of Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, and voices a role in Warner Bros. Pictures’ animated Cat in the Hat.
Esposito’s move follows a busy stretch of UTA film/TV additions, including Anthony Ramos, who made a similar jump from CAA in July, and Emma Roberts, who signed for theatrical and literary representation in June after leaving the same agency. Pamela Adlon also joined UTA’s theatrical roster in May.
Takeaways
This is a clean agency swap, not a full team overhaul; Esposito is keeping MGMT. Entertainment and The Initiative Group in place and only moving the agency piece.
This also fits a pattern: UTA has spent 2026 pulling established CAA names across film and TV, and landing a six-time Emmy nominee with a stacked release calendar shows the agency isn’t easing up on courting top-tier theatrical talent.
Does this add more heat to UTA’s rivalry with CAA and WME for veteran film/TV talent? With The Gentlemen, Cat in the Hat, and multiple 2026 releases stacking up, is this Esposito’s busiest year yet? Could UTA’s voiceover and brand partnerships bench help expand Esposito’s presence beyond acting?
