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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-03-07 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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, 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 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).

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Known For

Acting

2026

2025

The Studio as Griffin Mill

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4 as Li (voice)
Argylle as Director Ritter

2023

Asteroid City as The Host

2022

Jerry & Marge Go Large as Jerry Selbee

2021

Show of Titles as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Show Me More as Self - "Walter White"
Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020

Love Letters as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
Ancient Caves as Self - Narrator
The Stand as The President (voice) (uncredited)
Your Honor as Michael Desiato

2019

The Upside as Phillip Lacasse

2018

Isle of Dogs as Chief (voice)
Every Act of Life as John Steinbeck (voice)
Network as Howard Beale

2017

Wakefield as Howard Wakefield
The Disaster Artist as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
Power Rangers as Zordon
Last Flag Flying as Sal Nealon
The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2016

Get a Job as Roger Davis
Kung Fu Panda 3 as Li (voice)
The Infiltrator as Robert Mazur
All the Way as Lyndon B. Johnson
Why Him? as Ned Fleming
Geeking Out as Self

2015

Trumbo as Dalton Trumbo
Supermansion as Titanium Rex
Hot Ones as Self
Better Call Saul as Walter White / Heisenberg (archive footage)
Better Call Saul as Walter White
Sneaky Pete as Vince

2014

Godzilla as Joe Brody
Barely Legal Pawn as Buzz Jackson

2013

Übermansion as Titanium Rex
Big History as Narrator
The Writers' Room as Self - Actor

2012

Total Recall as Cohaagen
John Carter as Powell
Argo as Jack O'Donnell
Rock of Ages as Mayor Mike Whitmore
Red Tails as Colonel William Mortamus

2011

Drive as Shannon
Contagion as Lyle Haggerty
Batman: Year One as Jim Gordon (voice)
The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Lankford
Detachment as Mr. Dearden
Larry Crowne as Dean Tainot
Leave as Eliot

2010

Love Ranch as James Pettis
Conan as Self

2009

Archer as Commander Tony Drake (voice)

2008

Breaking Bad as Walter White

2007

Hard Four as Lt. Bryce Baxter

2006

Little Miss Sunshine as Stan Grossman
30 Rock as Ron

2005

How I Met Your Mother as Hammond Druthers
American Dad! as Bill Publisherman (voice)
American Dad! as Mr. Winthrop (voice)

2004

Illusion as David
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest

2003

Holiday Reunion as Woodrow Snider
Lilo & Stitch: The Series as Mr. Jamieson (voice)

2002

The Santa Claus Brothers as Santa Claus (voice)

2001

'Twas the Night as Nick Wrigley
Gary & Mike as Mr. Newton (voice)
Gary & Mike as (voice)

2000

Terror Tract as Ron Gatley
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Templeton
Clerks as Various (voice)
Clerks as Helicopter Pilot (voice)

1999

Last Chance as Lance
Family Guy as Dr. Jewish (voice)
Family Guy as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
Family Guy as Bert (voice)
Family Guy as Bert / Judge (voice)
Family Guy as Hal (voice)
Family Guy as Bryan Cranston

1998

Saving Private Ryan as War Department Colonel
V.I.P. as Colt Arrow

1997

Strategic Command as Phil Hertzberg
The View as Self
Brooklyn South as IAB Lt. Gordon Denton
The View as Self - Guest
Working as Larry Prince

1996

That Thing You Do! as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Armitage III: Poly Matrix as Eddie (voice)
Street Corner Justice as Father Brophy
The Pretender as Neil Roberts
Goode Behavior as Record Executive
3rd Rock from the Sun as Neil Diamond impersonator
Eagle Riders as Joe Thax

1995

Kissing Miranda as Special Agent Falsey
Brotherly Love as Russell
MADtv as Self
Nowhere Man as Sheriff Norman Wade
MADtv as Self / Mike

1994

Clean Slate as Club Official
Erotique as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
Touched by an Angel as Dr. Tom Bryant
Babylon 5 as Ericsson
Viper as Garrett Berlin

1993

The X-Files as Patrick Crump
Diagnosis: Murder as Walter Mason
Diagnosis: Murder as Martin Rutgers

1991

Dead Silence as Prof. Harris
Dead Space as Dr. Frank Darden

1990

The Flash as Philip Moses
Capital News as Congressman Marple

1989

Seinfeld as Tim Whatley
I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Dickenson
Baywatch as Tom Logan
The Simpsons as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
The Simpsons as Walter White (voice)

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)

1986

L.A. Law as James Phillips
Matlock as Brian Emerson
Matlock as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Brian East
Murder, She Wrote as Parker Foreman
Airwolf as Robert Hollis
Murder, She Wrote as Jerry Wilber

1983

Loving as Douglas Donovan

1981

Falcon Crest as Martin Randall

1980

To Race the Wind as Quarterback (uncredited)

1977

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1953

The Oscars as Self

1949

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Grendel as King Hrothgar

Production

2020

Your Honor as Executive Producer

2018

The Dangerous Book for Boys as Executive Producer

2017

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Executive Producer

2016

The Infiltrator as Executive Producer
All the Way as Executive Producer

2015

Sneaky Pete as Executive Producer
Supermansion as Executive Producer

2008

Breaking Bad as Producer

1999

Last Chance as Producer

-

Tightrope! as Executive Producer
Malcolm in the Middle Revival as Executive Producer

Directing

2020

Your Honor as Director

2015

Sneaky Pete as Director

2009

Modern Family as Director

2008

Breaking Bad as Director

2006

Special Unit as Director
Big Day as Director

2005

The Office as Director

2000

1999

Last Chance as Director

Writing

2015

Sneaky Pete as Story

1999

Last Chance as Writer

Creator

2015

Supermansion as Creator
Sneaky Pete as Creator