Bryan Cranston

Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, director, and producer who is mainly known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006). He has received a number of awards—including six Primetime Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award—with a nomination for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Bryan Cranston's performance on Breaking Bad earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014). After becoming a producer of the show in 2011, he also won the award for Outstanding Drama Series twice. Breaking Bad also earned Cranston five Golden Globe nominations (with one win) and nine Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with four wins). He was previously nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Malcolm in the Middle. Cranston co-developed and occasionally appeared in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019) and served as a director for episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, and The Office. In 2014, Cranston 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, a role he reprised in the HBO 2016 television film of the same name. In 2018, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Howard Beale in the play Network at London's National Theatre, later winning his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the same role on Broadway. For portraying Dalton Trumbo in the film Trumbo (2015), he received nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Cranston has appeared in several other films, such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Argo (2012), Godzilla (2014), and The Upside (2017). He also provided voice acting in the films Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Isle of Dogs (2018).

Known For: Acting

Born: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1956-03-07

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	To Race the Wind	Quarterback (uncredited)	85
2	1991	Dead Silence	Prof. Harris	63
3	1994	Clean Slate	Club Official	58
4	1996	Armitage III: Poly Matrix	Eddie (voice)	63
5	1996	That Thing You Do!	Virgil "Gus" Grissom	69
6	1997	Strategic Command	Phil Hertzberg	51
7	2001	'Twas the Night	Nick Wrigley	54
8	2003	Holiday Reunion	Woodrow Snider	41
9	2005	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon	Buzz Aldrin (voice)	62
10	2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Stan Grossman	77
11	2007	Hard Four	Lt. Bryce Baxter	55
12	2011	The Lincoln Lawyer	Detective Lankford	72
13	2011	Detachment	Richard Dearden	76
14	2011	Larry Crowne	Dean Tainot	60
15	2011	Contagion	Lyle Haggerty	66
16	2011	Drive	Shannon	76
17	2011	Batman: Year One	Jim Gordon (voice)	72
18	2012	Red Tails	Colonel William Mortamus	66
19	2012	John Carter	Powell	63
20	2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Vitaly (voice)	66
21	2012	Rock of Ages	Mayor Mike Whitmore	62
22	2012	Total Recall	Cohaagen	60
23	2012	Argo	Jack O'Donnell	73
24	2013	Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World	Heisenberg	64
25	2013	Cold Comes the Night	Topo	55
26	2013	Writer's Block		41
27	2013	David Blaine: Real or Magic	Self	67
28	2013	No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad	Self	84
29	2014	Godzilla	Joe Brody	63
30	2014	The Concert for Valor	Self	86
31	2015	Trumbo	Dalton Trumbo	72
32	2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	Li (voice)	69
33	2016	All the Way	Lyndon B. Johnson	67
34	2016	The Infiltrator	Robert Mazur	67
35	2016	In Dubious Battle	Sheriff	59
36	2016	Why Him?	Ned Fleming	64
37	2017	The Disaster Artist	Bryan Cranston (uncredited)	71
38	2017	Wakefield	Howard Wakefield	62
39	2018	Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize	Self	0
40	2019	The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie	Self (extended version)	69
41	2021	An Audience with Adele	Self	83
42		Everything's Going to Be Great	Buddy	0
43	2014	Barely Legal Pawn	Buzz Jackson	100
44	2016	Get a Job	Roger Davis	53
45	2020	Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion	self	0
46	2022	Experience Yosemite		0
47	2022	Sell/Buy/Date	Self	80
48	2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	Li (voice)	71
49	2024	Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés	Self	0
50		Grendel	King Hrothgar	0
51	1983	Loving	Douglas Donovan	0
52	1987	The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman	Dr. Shepherd	74
53	1987	Amazon Women on the Moon	Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)	59
54	1988	The Big Turnaround	Jim	60
55	1990	Corporate Affairs		10
56	1991	Dead Space	Dr. Frank Darden	36
57	1993	Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story		54
58	1994	Erotique	Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')	41
59	1994	The Companion	Alan	55
60	1995	Kissing Miranda	Special Agent Falsey	55
61	1996	The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime	Patrick Dougherty	59
62	1996	Street Corner Justice	Father Brophy	53
63	1997	Time Under Fire		53
64	1998	Saving Private Ryan	War Department Colonel	82
65	1999	Last Chance	Lance	63
66	2000	Terror Tract	Ron Gatley	60
67	2002	The Santa Claus Brothers	Santa Claus (voice)	64
68	2004	Seeing Other People	Peter	58
69	2004	Illusion		82
70	2010	Love Ranch	James Pettis	54
71	2011	Leave	Eliot	64
72	2013	Übermansion	Titanium Rex	100
73	2014	Sense of Smell	Tyler	100
74	2014	Godzilla: Force of Nature	Himself	78
75	2017	Power Rangers	Zordon	63
76	2017	The Power of the Present	Self	87
77	2017	The Words That Built America	Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence	60
78	2017	Last Flag Flying	Sal Nealon	68
79	2018	Isle of Dogs	Chief (voice)	79
80		Tangles		0
81	2018	Network	Howard Beale	0
82	2018	Every Act of Life	John Steinbeck (voice)	70
83	2018	CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion	Self	52
84	2018	Pink Elephants	Himself	62
85	2019	The Upside	Phillip Lacasse	71
86	2019	El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie	Walt	70
87	2020	Ancient Caves	Self - Narrator	100
88	2020	David Blaine: The Magic Way	Self	65
89	2020	The Story of Soaps	Self	95
90	2020	Love Letters	Andrew Makepeace Ladd III	0
91	2020	The One and Only Ivan	Mack	74
92	2021	Show of Titles	"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer	0
93	2022	Jerry & Marge Go Large	Jerry Selbee	74
94	2023	Asteroid City	The Host	65
95	2024	Argylle	Director Ritter	61
96		Jackpot		0
97		Assassination		0
98		Lone Wolf		0
99		Chili Finger		0
100		Bryan Cranston's Super Sweet 60		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Emmy Awards	Self	75
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
5	1977	CHiPs		68
6	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
7	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	36
8	1981	Falcon Crest	Martin Randall	56
9	1984	Airwolf	Robert Hollis	76
10	1984	Cover Up		66
11	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Brian East	75
12	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Parker Foreman	75
13	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Jerry Wilber	75
14	1986	Matlock	Brian Emerson	72
15	1986	Matlock	Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor	72
16	1986	L.A. Law	James Phillips	71
17	1987	Jake and the Fatman		60
18	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	55
19	1988	Raising Miranda		50
20	1989	Baywatch	Tom Logan	59
21	1989	I Know My First Name Is Steven	Officer Dickenson	67
22	1989	Seinfeld	Tim Whatley	83
23	1989	The Simpsons	Stradivarius Cain (voice)	80
24	1989	The Simpsons	Walter White (voice)	80
25	1990	Capital News	Congressman Marple	60
26	1990	The Flash	Philip Moses	74
27	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Hank	70
28	1993	The X-Files	Patrick Crump	84
29	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Walter Mason	71
30	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Martin Rutgers	71
31	1994	Viper	Garrett Berlin	60
32	1994	Babylon 5	Ericsson	80
33	1994	Chicago Hope		72
34	1994	Touched by an Angel	Dr. Tom Bryant	72
35	1995	Nowhere Man	Sheriff Norman Wade	75
36	1995	Brotherly Love	Russell	68
37	1995	MADtv	Self	69
38	1995	MADtv	Self / Mike	69
39	1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Neil Diamond impersonator	75
40	1996	The Louie Show		0
41	1996	The Daily Show	Self	63
42	1996	Goode Behavior	Record Executive	0
43	1996	Eagle Riders	Joe Thax	65
44	1996	The Pretender	Neil Roberts	74
45	1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Witch Lawyer	78
46	1997	The View	Self	45
47	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
48	1997	Brooklyn South	IAB Lt. Gordon Denton	97
49	1997	Working	Larry Prince	47
50	1998	Pocket Dragon Adventures	(voice)	70
51	1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Buzz Aldrin	82
52	1998	The King of Queens	Tim	71
53	1998	V.I.P.	Colt Arrow	52
54	1999	Family Guy	Dr. Jewish (voice)	74
55	1999	Family Guy	Bert (voice)	74
56	1999	Family Guy	Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)	74
57	1999	Family Guy	Bert / Judge (voice)	74
58	1999	Family Guy	Hal (voice)	74
59	1999	Family Guy	Bryan Cranston	74
60	2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Hal	85
61	2000	Clerks	Various (voice)	71
62	2000	Clerks	Helicopter Pilot (voice)	71
63	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dr. Templeton	80
64	2001	Gary & Mike	Mr. Newton (voice)	0
65	2001	Gary & Mike	(voice)	0
66	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
67	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
68	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
69	2003	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Mr. Jamieson (voice)	74
70	2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest	Self	95
71	2004	Alf's Hit Talk Show		50
72	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
73	2005	American Dad!	Bill Publisherman (voice)	70
74	2005	American Dad!	Mr. Winthrop (voice)	70
75	2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Bryan Cranston	83
76	2005	How I Met Your Mother	Hammond Druthers	82
77	2006	30 Rock	Ron	74
78	2006	America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions	Narrator (voice)	60
79	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
80	2007	Thank God You're Here	Self	0
81	2007	Fallen		67
82	2008	Breaking Bad	Walter White	89
83	2008	Breaking Bad	Hal	89
84	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
85	2009	Archer	Commander Tony Drake (voice)	79
86	2010	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	66
87	2010	Conan	Self	70
88	2012	Inside Comedy	Self	60
89	2013	The Writers' Room	Self - Actor	47
90	2013	Big History	Narrator	78
91	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	58
92	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	54
93	2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Richard Sackler	79
94	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	44
95	2015	Better Call Saul	Walter White / Heisenberg (archive footage)	87
96	2015	Better Call Saul	Walter White	87
97	2015	Hot Ones	Self	74
98	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	54
99	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
100	2015	Sneaky Pete	Vince	75
101	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
102	2015	Supermansion	Titanium Rex	67
103	2016	Geeking Out	Self	53
104	2017	Talking with Chris Hardwick	Self	87
105	2017	Just For Laughs: Redux		100
106	2017	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams	Silas Herrick	71
107	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		63
108	2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Count Rugen	75
109	2020	Your Honor	Michael Desiato	81
110	2020	The Stand	The President (voice) (uncredited)	69
111	2021	Hart to Heart	Self	82
112	2021	Show Me More	Self - "Walter White"	0
113	2021	Animal	Self - Narrator (voice)	80
114	2025	The Studio		0
115		Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival	Hal	0
116	2022	Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?	Self	37