Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston
Biography
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, director, and producer who is mainly known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006). He has received a number of awards—including six Primetime Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award—with a nomination for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Bryan Cranston's performance on Breaking Bad earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014). After becoming a producer of the show in 2011, he also won the award for Outstanding Drama Series twice. Breaking Bad also earned Cranston five Golden Globe nominations (with one win) and nine Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with four wins). He was previously nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Malcolm in the Middle. Cranston co-developed and occasionally appeared in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019) and served as a director for episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, and The Office. In 2014, Cranston earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way, a role he reprised in the HBO 2016 television film of the same name. In 2018, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Howard Beale in the play Network at London's National Theatre, later winning his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the same role on Broadway. For portraying Dalton Trumbo in the film Trumbo (2015), he received nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Cranston has appeared in several other films, such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Argo (2012), Godzilla (2014), and The Upside (2017). He also provided voice acting in the films Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Isle of Dogs (2018).
Known For
Actor
as Buddy
as King Hrothgar
as Li (voice)
as Director Ritter
as The Host
as Jerry Selbee
as Self
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - "Walter White"
as Self
as Mack
as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
as Self
as Self
as Self - Narrator
as The President (voice) (uncredited)
as Michael Desiato
as Kaisen (voice)
as Count Rugen
as Self (extended version)
as Walt
as Phillip Lacasse
as Howard Beale
as Himself
as John Steinbeck (voice)
as Chief (voice)
as Sal Nealon
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
as Self
as Howard Wakefield
as Zordon
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
as Silas Herrick
as Self
as Ned Fleming
as Sheriff
as Robert Mazur
as Lyndon B. Johnson
as Roger Davis
as Li (voice)
as Self
as Dalton Trumbo
as Titanium Rex
as Vince
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Walter White / Heisenberg (archive footage)
as Walter White
as Self
as Himself
as Buzz Jackson
as Tyler
as Joe Brody
as Self
as Richard Sackler
as Self
as Self
as Topo
as Titanium Rex
as Heisenberg
as Narrator
as Self - Actor
as Jack O'Donnell
as Cohaagen
as Mayor Mike Whitmore
as Vitaly (voice)
as Powell
as Colonel William Mortamus
as Self
as Jim Gordon (voice)
as Shannon
as Lyle Haggerty
as Dean Tainot
as Eliot
as Richard Dearden
as Detective Lankford
as James Pettis
as Self
as Self
as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Walter White
as Hal
as Lt. Bryce Baxter
as Self
as Self
as Stan Grossman
as Narrator (voice)
as Ron
as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
as Hammond Druthers
as Bryan Cranston
as Bill Publisherman (voice)
as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
as Peter
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Woodrow Snider
as Mr. Jamieson (voice)
as Self
as Santa Claus (voice)
as Nick Wrigley
as Self
as Mr. Newton (voice)
as (voice)
as Ron Gatley
as Dr. Templeton
as Various (voice)
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
as Hal
as Lance
as Dr. Jewish (voice)
as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
as Bert (voice)
as Bert / Judge (voice)
as Hal (voice)
as Bryan Cranston
as War Department Colonel
as Colt Arrow
as Tim
as Buzz Aldrin
as Phil Hertzberg
as Larry Prince
as IAB Lt. Gordon Denton
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
as Father Brophy
as Patrick Dougherty
as Eddie (voice)
as Witch Lawyer
as Neil Roberts
as Joe Thax
as Record Executive
as Self
as Neil Diamond impersonator
as Special Agent Falsey
as Self
as Self / Mike
as Russell
as Sheriff Norman Wade
as Alan
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
as Club Official
as Dr. Tom Bryant
as Ericsson
as Garrett Berlin
as Walter Mason
as Martin Rutgers
as Patrick Crump
as Hank
as Dr. Frank Darden
as Prof. Harris
as Philip Moses
as Congressman Marple
as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
as Walter White (voice)
as Tim Whatley
as Officer Dickenson
as Tom Logan
as Jim
as Self - Guest
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
as Dr. Shepherd
as James Phillips
as Brian Emerson
as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
as Brian East
as Parker Foreman
as Jerry Wilber
as Robert Hollis
as Douglas Donovan
as Martin Randall
as Self
as Quarterback (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director