Bryan Cranston
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).
Known For
Club Official
Clean Slate
Self
An Audience with Adele
Cohaagen
Total Recall
Shannon
Drive
Lt. Bryce Baxter
Hard Four
Lyle Haggerty
Contagion
Buddy Smart
Everything's Going to Be Great
Buzz Aldrin (voice)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Woodrow Snider
Holiday Reunion
Powell
John Carter
Jack O'Donnell
Argo
Jim Gordon (voice)
Batman: Year One
Vitaly (voice)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Detective Lankford
The Lincoln Lawyer
Mayor Mike Whitmore
Rock of Ages
Colonel William Mortamus
Red Tails
Mr. Dearden
Detachment
Dean Tainot
Larry Crowne
Nick Wrigley
'Twas the Night
Joe Brody
Godzilla
Self
Sell/Buy/Date
Buzz Jackson
Barely Legal Pawn
Roger Davis
Get a Job
Topo
Cold Comes the Night
Writer's Block
Self
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
self
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Experience Yosemite
Dalton Trumbo
Trumbo
Li (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
Phil Hertzberg
Strategic Command
Stan Grossman
Little Miss Sunshine
Self
The Concert for Valor
Li (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3
Virgil "Gus" Grissom
That Thing You Do!
Heisenberg
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Robert Mazur
The Infiltrator
Sheriff
In Dubious Battle
Quarterback (uncredited)
To Race the Wind
Lyndon B. Johnson
All the Way
Self
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Eddie (voice)
アミテージ・ザ・サード POLY-MATRIX
Ned Fleming
Why Him?
Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Howard Wakefield
Wakefield
Prof. Harris
Dead Silence
King Hrothgar
Grendel
Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
The Disaster Artist
Chief (voice)
Isle of Dogs
Zordon
Power Rangers
Tangles
Sal Nealon
Last Flag Flying
Phillip Lacasse
The Upside
War Department Colonel
Saving Private Ryan
Tyler
Sense of Smell
Dr. Frank Darden
Dead Space
James Pettis
Love Ranch
David
Illusion
Peter
Seeing Other People
Father Brophy
Street Corner Justice
Eliot
Leave
Santa Claus (voice)
The Santa Claus Brothers
Ron Gatley
Terror Tract
Time Under Fire
Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
Erotique
Alan
The Companion
Jim
The Big Turnaround
Darren
Corporate Affairs
Patrick Dougherty
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Mack
The One and Only Ivan
John Steinbeck (voice)
Every Act of Life
Self
The Power of the Present
Lance
Last Chance
Walt
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Titanium Rex
Übermansion
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Words That Built America
Self
Pink Elephants
Self
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Dr. Shepherd
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Self
The Story of Soaps
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
Love Letters
Self
David Blaine: The Magic Way
Douglas Donovan
Loving
Self - Narrator
Ancient Caves
Jerry Selbee
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Special Agent Falsey
Kissing Miranda
Director Ritter
Argylle
The Host
Asteroid City
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
Amazon Women on the Moon
Jackpot
Assassination
Lone Wolf
Chili Finger
Howard Beale
Network
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Show of Titles
Reagan
The Phoenician Scheme
Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
(voice)
The Sheep Detectives
Roberto Montalban
The Big Thing
Self
When We Went MAD!
Hal
Malcolm In The Middle: Reese Goes To War
Self
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
Bryan Cranston
Moscow Mule
Self
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
105
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-03-07
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Bryan Lee Cranston