Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring in Better Call Saul
First appearance
Breaking Bad:
"Mandala" (2009)
Better Call Saul:
"Witness" (2017)
Last appearance
Breaking Bad:
"Face Off" (2011)
Better Call Saul:
"Fun and Games" (2022)
Created by
Vince Gilligan George Mastras
Portrayed by
Giancarlo Esposito
In-universe information
Full name
Gustavo Fring
Alias
Chicken Man
Occupation
Drug kingpin
Co-founder and proprietor of Los Pollos Hermanos
Industrial laundry owner
Significant other
Maximino "Max" Arciniega (deceased)
Origin
Chile
Nationality
Chilean American
Date of birth
c. 1958 Republic of Chile
Gustavo Fring is a fictional character portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito in the Breaking Bad franchise, serving as one of the main antagonists in the crime drama series Breaking Bad and a major character in its prequel Better Call Saul. He is a Chilean-American businessman and major narcotics distributor in the Southwestern United States who uses several legitimate businesses, including a chain of successful fast food restaurants called Los Pollos Hermanos (The Chicken Brothers) and an industrial laundry facility called Lavandería Brillante (Bright Laundry), as fronts used to launder money for a vast drug operation.
Though outwardly he works with the Mexican cartel to distribute cocaine, he secretly plots revenge against its members over the death of his business associate and romantic partner Maximino "Max" Arciniega at the hands of Hector Salamanca, the patriarch of the cartel-backed drug trade in the Southwest. To become independent of the cartel's meth, he constructs a secret lab under his industrial laundry to manufacture methamphetamine.
Fring was created as a character to replace that of Tuco Salamanca (played by departing actor Raymond Cruz) during the second season of Breaking Bad. Gus, as a stoic businessman, was created to be opposite to that of the chaotic Tuco and act as a foil to protagonist Walter White. The character has received high acclaim, and Esposito's performance in the role has earned him several nominations and awards.
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than Hector did. Because of the rivalry between GusFring and Hector, Lalo becomes determined to disrupt Gus' legitimate restaurant business and his reputation...
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vicious Salamanca enforcers and GusFring's ambitions for removal of Don Eladio, his allegiance is co-opted by Fring, after trying to kill Hector Salamanca...
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his medication. This is discovered by GusFring, who runs the rival drug trade. Nacho is forced to be a mole for Gus within the Salamancas' organization...
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honesty as well as his intent to not fight for Lalo's release on bail. GusFring desires Lalo's release and arranges for Mike Ehrmantraut to provide Jimmy...
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