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Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

ActingBorn March 7, 1956 (age 70)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.

Filmography

2026Movie
2026
Tangles

as Rob (voice)

Movie
2026
The Sheep Detectives

as Sebastian (voice)

Movie
2025Movie
2025Movie
2025Movie
2025
The Studio

as Griffin Mill

TV
2024
Moscow Mule

as Bryan Cranston

Movie
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4

as Li (voice)

Movie
2024
Argylle

as Director Ritter

Movie
2024TV
2023
Asteroid City

as The Host

Movie
2022
Jerry & Marge Go Large

as Jerry Selbee

Movie
2022Movie
2021Movie
2021
Animal

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2021
Show Me More

as Self - "Walter White"

TV
2021TV
2021
Show of Titles

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

Movie
2020
The Stand

as The President (voice) (uncredited)

TV
2020
Your Honor

as Michael Desiato

TV
2020Movie
2020TV
2020
Love Letters

as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III

Movie
2020Movie
2020
Ancient Caves

as Self - Narrator

Movie
2019
The Upside

as Phillip Lacasse

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Every Act of Life

as John Steinbeck (voice)

Movie
2018
Isle of Dogs

as Chief (voice)

Movie
2018
Network

as Howard Beale

Movie
2017
Last Flag Flying

as Sal Nealon

Movie
2017TV
2017
The Words That Built America

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

Movie
2017Movie
2017
Wakefield

as Howard Wakefield

Movie
2017
Power Rangers

as Zordon

Movie
2017
The Disaster Artist

as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)

Movie
2016
Why Him?

as Ned Fleming

Movie
2016Movie
2016TV
2016
The Infiltrator

as Robert Mazur

Movie
2016
All the Way

as Lyndon B. Johnson

Movie
2016
Get a Job

as Roger Davis

Movie
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3

as Li (voice)

Movie
2015
Trumbo

as Dalton Trumbo

Movie
2015
SuperMansion

as Titanium Rex

TV
2015
Sneaky Pete

as Vince

TV
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

TV
2015
Better Call Saul

as Walter White

TV
2014Movie
2014
Barely Legal Pawn

as Buzz Jackson

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Godzilla

as Joe Brody

Movie
2014TV
2014TV
2013
Big History

as Narrator

TV
2013Movie
2013
Übermansion

as Titanium Rex

Movie
2013TV
2013
The Writers' Room

as Self - Actor

TV
2012
Argo

as Jack O'Donnell

Movie
2012
Total Recall

as Cohaagen

Movie
2012
Rock of Ages

as Mayor Mike Whitmore

Movie
2012Movie
2012
John Carter

as Powell

Movie
2012TV
2012
Red Tails

as Colonel William Mortamus

Movie
2011
Batman: Year One

as Jim Gordon (voice)

Movie
2011
Drive

as Shannon

Movie
2011
Contagion

as Lyle Haggerty

Movie
2011
Larry Crowne

as Dean Tainot

Movie
2011
Leave

as Eliot

Movie
2011
Detachment

as Mr. Dearden

Movie
2011
The Lincoln Lawyer

as Detective Lankford

Movie
2010
Conan

as Self

TV
2010
Love Ranch

as James Pettis

Movie
2009
Archer

as Commander Tony Drake (voice)

TV
2008
Breaking Bad

as Walter White

TV
2008
The Big Thing

as Roberto Montalban

Movie
2007
Hard Four

as Lt. Bryce Baxter

Movie
2007
Fallen

as Lucifer

TV
2006
30 Rock

as Ron

TV
2006
Little Miss Sunshine

as Stan Grossman

Movie
2005
The Colbert Report

as Self (uncredited)

TV
2005Movie
2005
How I Met Your Mother

as Hammond Druthers

TV
2005TV
2005
American Dad!

as Bill Publisherman (voice)

TV
2005
American Dad!

as Mr. Winthrop (voice)

TV
2004
Illusion

as David

Movie
2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2004Movie
2003
Holiday Reunion

as Woodrow Snider

Movie
2003
Lilo & Stitch: The Series

as Mr. Jamieson (voice)

TV
2003
Lilo & Stitch: The Series

as Mr. Jameson (voice)

TV
2003TV
2002
The Santa Claus Brothers

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie
2001
'Twas the Night

as Nick Wrigley

Movie
2001TV
2001
Gary & Mike

as Mr. Newton (voice)

TV
2001
Gary & Mike

as (voice)

TV
2000
Terror Tract

as Ron Gatley

Movie
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Dr. Templeton

TV
2000
Clerks

as Various (voice)

TV
2000
Clerks

as Helicopter Pilot (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Dr. Jewish (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Bert (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Bert / Judge (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Hal (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Bryan Cranston

TV
1999
Last Chance

as Lance

Movie
1998
V.I.P.

as Colt Arrow

TV
1998TV
1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

TV
1998
Saving Private Ryan

as War Department Colonel

Movie
1998TV
1998TV
1997
Time Under Fire

as Braddock (as Brian Cranston)

Movie
1997
Working

as Larry Prince

TV
1997
Brooklyn South

as Gordon Denton

TV
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1997
Strategic Command

as Phil Hertzberg

Movie
1996
That Thing You Do!

as Virgil "Gus" Grissom

Movie
1996
Street Corner Justice

as Father Brophy

Movie
1996TV
1996
The Pretender

as Neil Roberts

TV
1996Movie
1996
Eagle Riders

as Joe Thax

TV
1996
Goode Behavior

as Record Executive

TV
1996TV
1996Movie
1996
The Louie Show

as Curt Sincic

TV
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun

as Neil Diamond impersonator

TV
1995
MADtv

as Self

TV
1995
MADtv

as Self / Mike

TV
1995
Brotherly Love

as Russell

TV
1995
Nowhere Man

as Norman Wade

TV
1995
Kissing Miranda

as Special Agent Falsey

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Erotique

as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')

Movie
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Tom Bryant

TV
1994
Chicago Hope

as Jesus

TV
1994
Clean Slate

as Club Official

Movie
1994
Babylon 5

as Ericsson

TV
1994
Viper

as Garrett Berlin

TV
1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Walter Mason

TV
1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Martin Rutgers

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Patrick Crump

TV
1991
Dead Space

as Dr. Frank Darden

Movie
1991
Dead Silence

as Prof. Harris

Movie
1990Movie
1990
The Flash

as Philip Moses

TV
1990
Capital News

as Congressman Marple

TV
1989
The Simpsons

as Stradivarius Cain (voice)

TV
1989
The Simpsons

as Walter White (voice)

TV
1989
Seinfeld

as Tim Whatley

TV
1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven

as Officer Dickenson

TV
1989
Baywatch

as Tom Logan

TV
1988TV
1988Movie
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon

as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)

Movie
1986
L.A. Law

as James Phillips

TV
1986
Matlock

as Brian Emerson

TV
1986
Matlock

as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Brian East

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Parker Foreman

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Jerry Wilber

TV
1984TV
1984
Airwolf

as Robert Hollis

TV
1983
Loving

as Douglas Donovan

Movie
1981
Falcon Crest

as Martin Randall

TV
1980
To Race the Wind

as Quarterback (uncredited)

Movie
1977TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1949TV
Grendel

as King Hrothgar

Movie
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 7, 1956
Place of BirthHollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Popularity3.9