Giancarlo's mother was an African-American opera singer and his father was a Neopolitan stagehand from Naples, Italy. He was born in Copenhagen because his mother was appearing there in a nightclub on a split bill with Josephine Baker. During his childhood, Giancarlo lived in Italy and attended military school. He recalls that he quickly learned to take care in the way one dressed, mostly from his father's fastidiousness. After living in Europe and Cleveland, his family settled in Manhattan in 1964. His parents later divorced.
Giancarlo ventured very early on into acting and
More recently, Giancarlo became a pivotal cast member on the television show Breaking Bad and Once Upon a Time.
Giancarlo is married to Joy McManigal and the father of four children, two of them: Shayne (b. 1997) and Kate (b. 1998). These days, Giancarlo also directs and produces feature films, for example Gospel Hill (2008) and This Is Your Death (2012) and has aspirations of getting feature films to the box office.
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