Gustavo 'Gus' Fring

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Gustavo "Gus" Fring is a fictional character in the American television drama series Breaking Bad on AMC and is a major antagonist in Seasons 3 and 4. He is portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito and was created by series creator Vince Gilligan.

Gus is one of the most prominent methamphetamine distributors in the southwestern United States. He owns and operates several legitimate businesses, including a chain of fast food restaurants (called Los Pollos Hermanos) and an industrial laundry facility, as fronts for a vast and sophisticated drug operation. Gus maintains a friendly and low-key exterior; he takes an active role in managing his front businesses and personally supervises employees and serves customers at his fast food restaurants. In order to keep up appearances, Gus is a booster for the DEA and has made large donations to the agency's Albuquerque office. However, Gus is ruthless and machiavellian in managing his vast drug empire. He employs a number of enforcers and has personally killed rivals and associates.

For his portrayal of Fring, Esposito won the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama award at the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards and was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. Paste ranked Fring number 3 in its list of the 20 Best Characters of 2011. TV Guide named him #3 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.