Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 7, 1956
Place of Birth:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Sheep Detectives | (voice) |
| 2025 | Everything's Going to Be Great | Buddy Smart |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Reagan |
| 2025 | When We Went MAD! | Self |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Li (voice) |
| 2024 | Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés | Self |
| 2024 | Argylle | Director Ritter |
| 2024 | Moscow Mule | Bryan Cranston |
| 2023 | Asteroid City | The Host |
| 2022 | Sell/Buy/Date | Self |
| 2022 | Experience Yosemite | |
| 2022 | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Jerry Selbee |
| 2022 | Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl | Self |
| 2022 | Making of Better Call Saul: Finale | Self |
| 2021 | An Audience with Adele | Self |
| 2021 | Show of Titles | "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer |
| 2020 | Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion | self |
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Mack |
| 2020 | The Story of Soaps | Self |
| 2020 | Love Letters | Andrew Makepeace Ladd III |
| 2020 | David Blaine: The Magic Way | Self |
| 2020 | Ancient Caves | Self - Narrator |
| 2019 | The Upside | Phillip Lacasse |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Walt |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Chief (voice) |
| 2018 | Every Act of Life | John Steinbeck (voice) |
| 2018 | Pink Elephants | Self |
| 2018 | CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self |
| 2018 | Network | Howard Beale |
| 2017 | Wakefield | Howard Wakefield |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Bryan Cranston (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Power Rangers | Zordon |
| 2017 | Last Flag Flying | Sal Nealon |
| 2017 | The Power of the Present | Self |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence |
| 2016 | Get a Job | Roger Davis |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Li (voice) |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Robert Mazur |
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle | Sheriff |
| 2016 | All the Way | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 2016 | Why Him? | Ned Fleming |
| 2015 | Trumbo | Dalton Trumbo |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Joe Brody |
| 2014 | Barely Legal Pawn | Buzz Jackson |
| 2014 | The Concert for Valor | Self |
| 2014 | Sense of Smell | Tyler |
| 2013 | Cold Comes the Night | Topo |
| 2013 | Writer's Block | |
| 2013 | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self |
| 2013 | Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World | Heisenberg |
| 2013 | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self |
| 2013 | Übermansion | Titanium Rex |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Cohaagen |
| 2012 | John Carter | Powell |
| 2012 | Argo | Jack O'Donnell |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Vitaly (voice) |
| 2012 | Rock of Ages | Mayor Mike Whitmore |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Colonel William Mortamus |
| 2011 | Drive | Shannon |
| 2011 | Contagion | Lyle Haggerty |
| 2011 | Batman: Year One | Jim Gordon (voice) |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Detective Lankford |
| 2011 | Detachment | Mr. Dearden |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Dean Tainot |
| 2011 | Leave | Eliot |
| 2010 | Love Ranch | James Pettis |
| 2007 | Hard Four | Lt. Bryce Baxter |
| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Stan Grossman |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Buzz Aldrin (voice) |
| 2004 | Seeing Other People | Peter |
| 2004 | Illusion | David |
| 2004 | Malcolm In The Middle: Reese Goes To War | Hal |
| 2004 | Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo | Self |
| 2003 | Holiday Reunion | Woodrow Snider |
| 2002 | The Santa Claus Brothers | Santa Claus (voice) |
| 2001 | 'Twas the Night | Nick Wrigley |
| 2000 | Terror Tract | Ron Gatley |
| 1999 | Last Chance | Lance |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | War Department Colonel |
| 1997 | Strategic Command | Phil Hertzberg |
| 1997 | Time Under Fire | |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Virgil "Gus" Grissom |
| 1996 | Armitage III: Poly Matrix | Eddie (voice) |
| 1996 | Street Corner Justice | Father Brophy |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Patrick Dougherty |
| 1995 | Kissing Miranda | Special Agent Falsey |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Club Official |
| 1994 | Erotique | Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love') |
| 1994 | The Companion | Alan |
| 1993 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | |
| 1991 | Dead Silence | Prof. Harris |
| 1991 | Dead Space | Dr. Frank Darden |
| 1990 | Corporate Affairs | Darren |
| 1988 | The Big Turnaround | Jim |
| 1987 | The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Dr. Shepherd |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Loving | Douglas Donovan |
| 1980 | To Race the Wind | Quarterback (uncredited) |
| Grendel | King Hrothgar | |
| Tangles | ||
| Jackpot | ||
| Assassination | ||
| Lone Wolf | ||
| Chili Finger | ||
| The Big Thing | Roberto Montalban |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Studio | Griffin Mill |
| 2022 | Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? | Self |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self |
| 2021 | Show Me More | Self - "Walter White" |
| 2021 | Animal | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Hart to Heart | Self |
| 2020 | The Stand | The President (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Count Rugen |
| 2020 | Your Honor | Michael Desiato |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2017 | Talking with Chris Hardwick | Self |
| 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Silas Herrick |
| 2017 | Just For Laughs: Redux | |
| 2016 | Geeking Out | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | SuperMansion | Titanium Rex |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Hot Ones | Self |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Walter White |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete | Vince |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Richard Sackler |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | Big History | Narrator |
| 2013 | The Writers' Room | Self - Actor |
| 2013 | Talking Bad | Self |
| 2012 | Inside Comedy | Self |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2009 | Archer | Commander Tony Drake (voice) |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Walter White |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2007 | Fallen | |
| 2007 | Thank God You're Here | Self |
| 2006 | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Ron |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Hammond Druthers |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Bill Publisherman (voice) |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Bryan Cranston |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Mr. Winthrop (voice) |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Alf's Hit Talk Show | |
| 2004 | On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2003 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Mr. Jamieson (voice) |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self |
| 2003 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Mr. Jameson (voice) |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self |
| 2001 | Gary & Mike | Mr. Newton (voice) |
| 2001 | Gary & Mike | (voice) |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Hal |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dr. Templeton |
| 2000 | Clerks | Various (voice) |
| 2000 | Clerks | Helicopter Pilot (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Dr. Jewish (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Bert (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Bert / Arby's Executive (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Bert / Judge (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Hal (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Bryan Cranston |
| 1998 | The King of Queens | Tim |
| 1998 | Pocket Dragon Adventures | (voice) |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Buzz Aldrin |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Colt Arrow |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | Gordon Denton |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1997 | Working | Larry Prince |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Neil Roberts |
| 1996 | Goode Behavior | Record Executive |
| 1996 | The Louie Show | |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Witch Lawyer |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Neil Diamond impersonator |
| 1996 | Eagle Riders | Joe Thax |
| 1995 | Brotherly Love | Russell |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self |
| 1995 | Nowhere Man | Sheriff Norman Wade |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self / Mike |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Dr. Tom Bryant |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Ericsson |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Jesus |
| 1994 | Viper | Garrett Berlin |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Hank |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Patrick Crump |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Walter Mason |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Martin Rutgers |
| 1990 | The Flash | Philip Moses |
| 1990 | Capital News | Congressman Marple |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Tim Whatley |
| 1989 | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Officer Dickenson |
| 1989 | Baywatch | Tom Logan |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Stradivarius Cain (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Walter White (voice) |
| 1988 | Raising Miranda | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | James Phillips |
| 1986 | Matlock | Brian Emerson |
| 1986 | Matlock | Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Brian East |
| 1984 | Cover Up | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Parker Foreman |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Robert Hollis |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Jerry Wilber |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Martin Randall |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self |
| 1977 | CHiPs | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self |
| Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair | Hal |