Bryan Cranston
Acting
Biography
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor. After taking minor roles in television, he established himself as a leading actor in both comedic and dramatic works on stage and screen. He has received several accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Cranston first gained prominence playing Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He gained stardom for his dramatic leading role playing Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which he won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014). He was Emmy-nominated for All the Way (2016) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2018). Cranston co-developed and appeared in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019) and starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). On stage, he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for portraying President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and his second Tony Award for portraying Howard Beale in the play Network on the West End and Broadway, respectively. Cranston earned nominations for the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for portraying Dalton Trumbo in the Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo (2015). Other notable films include Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Contagion (2011), Argo (2012), Godzilla (2014), The Infiltrator (2016), The Upside (2017), Last Flag Flying (2017), and Asteroid City (2023). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Isle of Dogs (2018), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).
Born: March 7, 1956
Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Buddy Smart
as Reagan
as Griffin Mill
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 "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
as The President (voice) (uncredited)
as Michael Desiato
as Mack
as Count Rugen
as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
as Self
as Self
as Self - Narrator
as Self (extended version)
as Self
as Phillip Lacasse
as Self
as John Steinbeck (voice)
as Chief (voice)
as Howard Beale
as Sal Nealon
as Silas Herrick
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
as Self
as Howard Wakefield
as Self
as Zordon
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
as Ned Fleming
as Sheriff
as Self
as Robert Mazur
as Lyndon B. Johnson
as Roger Davis
as Li (voice)
as Dalton Trumbo
as Titanium Rex
as Vince
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Walter White
as Self
as Buzz Jackson
as Tyler
as Joe Brody
as Richard Sackler
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Topo
as Titanium Rex
as Self - Actor
as Heisenberg
as Jack O'Donnell
as Cohaagen
as Mayor Mike Whitmore
as Vitaly (voice)
as Powell
as Self
as Colonel William Mortamus
as Jim Gordon (voice)
as Shannon
as Lyle Haggerty
as Dean Tainot
as Eliot
as Mr. Dearden
as Detective Lankford
as Self
as James Pettis
as Self
as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Walter White
as Lt. Bryce Baxter
as Self
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Ron
as Stan Grossman
as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
as Hammond Druthers
as Bryan Cranston
as Bill Publisherman (voice)
as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
as David
as Peter
as Self
as Woodrow Snider
as Mr. Jamieson (voice)
as Mr. Jameson (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Santa Claus (voice)
as Nick Wrigley
as Mr. Newton (voice)
as (voice)
as Ron Gatley
as Dr. Templeton
as Various (voice)
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
as Hal
as Dr. Jewish (voice)
as Bert (voice)
as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
as Bert / Judge (voice)
as Hal (voice)
as Bryan Cranston
as Lance
as Colt Arrow
as Tim
as War Department Colonel
as Buzz Aldrin
as (voice)
as Larry Prince
as Gordon Denton
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Phil Hertzberg
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
as Witch Lawyer
as Father Brophy
as Neil Roberts
as Patrick Dougherty
as Joe Thax
as Self
as Eddie (voice)
as Neil Diamond impersonator
as Self
as Self / Mike
as Russell
as Sheriff Norman Wade
as Alan
as Dr. Tom Bryant
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
as Club Official
as Ericsson
as Garrett Berlin
as Walter Mason
as Martin Rutgers
as Patrick Crump
as Hank
as Dr. Frank Darden
as Prof. Harris
as Darren
as Philip Moses
as Congressman Marple
as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
as Walter White (voice)
as Tim Whatley
as Officer Dickenson
as Tom Logan
as Self - Guest
as Jim
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
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 Martin Randall
as Self
as Quarterback (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as King Hrothgar