Bryan Cranston
Acting
- Born:
- 1956-03-07
- Place of birth:
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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 seven Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, 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 has also starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). On stage, he 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 (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film of the same name. 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), Isle of Dogs (2018), Asteroid City (2023), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3 (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Tangles
After Hours with James Corden
The Sheep Detectives
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Chili Finger
The Equilibrium Knight II- The Cast of Shadows
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
When We Went MAD!
Everything's Going to Be Great
The Phoenician Scheme
The Studio
Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
Moscow Mule
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Kung Fu Panda 4
Argylle
Hot Ones Versus
Asteroid City
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Sell/Buy/Date
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Experience Yosemite
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
An Audience with Adele
Animal
Show Me More
Hart to Heart
Show of Titles
The Stand
Your Honor
The One and Only Ivan
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Love Letters
The Story of Soaps
David Blaine: The Magic Way
Ancient Caves
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Upside
Pink Elephants
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Every Act of Life
Isle of Dogs
Network
Last Flag Flying
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Words That Built America
Just For Laughs: Redux
The Power of the Present
Wakefield
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Power Rangers
The Disaster Artist
Why Him?
In Dubious Battle
Geeking Out
The Infiltrator
All the Way
Get a Job
Kung Fu Panda 3
Trumbo
SuperMansion
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sneaky Pete
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hot Ones
Better Call Saul
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Concert for Valor
Barely Legal Pawn
Sense of Smell
Godzilla
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Big History
Writer's Block
Cold Comes the Night
Übermansion
Talking Bad
The Writers' Room
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Argo
Total Recall
Rock of Ages
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
John Carter
Inside Comedy
Red Tails
Batman: Year One
Drive
Contagion
Larry Crowne
Leave
Detachment
The Lincoln Lawyer
Conan
Love Ranch
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Cleveland Show
Archer
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes
Breaking Bad
The Big Thing
Hard Four
Fallen
Thank God You're Here
The Graham Norton Show
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
30 Rock
Little Miss Sunshine
Dark Mind
The Colbert Report
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
How I Met Your Mother
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
American Dad!
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
Illusion
The Tony Danza Show
Alf's Hit Talk Show
Seeing Other People
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Holiday Reunion
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Santa Claus Brothers
'Twas the Night
Good Day Live
Gary & Mike
Terror Tract
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Clerks
Malcolm in the Middle
Family Guy
Last Chance
V.I.P.
The King of Queens
Hollywood Squares
Saving Private Ryan
From the Earth to the Moon
Pocket Dragon Adventures
Time Under Fire
Working
Brooklyn South
The View
Strategic Command
That Thing You Do!
Street Corner Justice
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
The Pretender
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Eagle Riders
Goode Behavior
The Daily Show
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
The Louie Show
3rd Rock from the Sun
MADtv
Brotherly Love
Nowhere Man
Kissing Miranda
The Companion
Erotique
Touched by an Angel
Chicago Hope
Clean Slate
Babylon 5
Viper
Diagnosis: Murder
The X-Files
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Disappearance of Nora
Dead Space
Dead Silence
Corporate Affairs
The Flash
Capital News
The Simpsons
Seinfeld
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Baywatch
Raising Miranda
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Big Turnaround
Jake and the Fatman
Amazon Women on the Moon
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
L.A. Law
Matlock
Murder, She Wrote
Cover Up
Airwolf
Loving
Falcon Crest
Entertainment Tonight
Hill Street Blues
To Race the Wind
CHiPs
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Emmy Awards
Grendel
Jackpot
Assassination
Lone Wolf