Twilight (1998)
No, Esposito didn’t play a sparkling vampire or a shirtless werewolf in the recent Twilight franchise. Instead, he appeared in Twilight starring Paul Newman and Susan Sarandon.
Esposito plays Newman’s limo driver who becomes a sidekick of sorts to Newman’s Private eye. The film got mixed to negative reviews, but it gave Esposito the chance to share significant screen time with an American legend, which was probably a lot more useful than some good notices.
Homicide Life on the Street (1998-1999)
Please remember while reading this list that this is a far cry from Esposito’s full resume. In between these film and TV appearances, Esposito made at least a dozen more. By the late ’90s, he’d made appearances on practically every show filmed in New York and starred in his own short lived cop show called Bakersfield P.D.
In 1998, Esposito got a chance to join a major drama series for a season long arc in Homicide Life on the Street. He played Officer Mike Giardello and added to his growing resume of cop characters that he mastered.
Ghost Whisperer (2006)
In 2006, the TV show Ghost Whisperer had an episode that in some twisted universe could be seen as an accidental Breaking Bad sequel. Esposito starred in an episode titled “Fury” where Aaron Paul, who later played Jesse Pinkman, beats the hell out of Esposito and later kills him. Esposito revealed that Paul actually hit him a couple times during the shoot and Esposito slammed Paul’s head into the pavement in a take gone wrong.
Maybe if Walt hadn’t got his revenge on Fring, this is how Jesse would have taken him out. But it’s unlikely that Jesse would ever grow such long hair with ’70s sideburns and you know Fring would never let Jesse get the best of him.