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 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 | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Studio | Griffin Mill |
| 2022 | Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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! | |
| 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 |
| 1997 | The View | |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self |
| Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair | Hal |