Bryan Cranston
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.
Born: 07 March 1956
Played In
Chili Finger
Dave
Tangles
Rob (voice)
The Sheep Detectives
Sebastian (voice)
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Joe Keller
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Hal
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
When We Went MAD!
Self
Everything's Going to Be Great
Buddy Smart
The Phoenician Scheme
Reagan
The Studio
Griffin Mill
Moscow Mule
Bryan Cranston
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
Li (voice)
Argylle
Director Ritter
Hot Ones Versus
Self
Asteroid City
The Host
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Jerry Selbee
Sell/Buy/Date
Self
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
Experience Yosemite
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
An Audience with Adele
Self
Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
Show Me More
Self - "Walter White"
Hart to Heart
Self
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
The Stand
The President (voice) (uncredited)
Your Honor
Michael Desiato
The One and Only Ivan
Mack
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Count Rugen
Love Letters
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
The Story of Soaps
Self
David Blaine: The Magic Way
Self
Ancient Caves
Self - Narrator
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Walt
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Upside
Phillip Lacasse
Pink Elephants
Self
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
Every Act of Life
John Steinbeck (voice)
Isle of Dogs
Chief (voice)
Network
Howard Beale
Last Flag Flying
Sal Nealon
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Silas Herrick
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Just For Laughs: Redux
The Power of the Present
Self
Wakefield
Howard Wakefield
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Self
Power Rangers
Zordon
The Disaster Artist
Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
Why Him?
Ned Fleming
In Dubious Battle
Sheriff
Geeking Out
Self
The Infiltrator
Robert Mazur
All the Way
Lyndon B. Johnson
Get a Job
Roger Davis
Kung Fu Panda 3
Li (voice)
Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo
SuperMansion
Titanium Rex
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Sneaky Pete
Vince
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Hot Ones
Self
Better Call Saul
Walter White
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Concert for Valor
Self
Barely Legal Pawn
Buzz Jackson
Sense of Smell
Tyler
Godzilla
Joe Brody
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Richard Sackler
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
Big History
Narrator
Writer's Block
Cold Comes the Night
Topo
Übermansion
Titanium Rex
Talking Bad
Self
The Writers' Room
Self - Actor
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Heisenberg
Argo
Jack O'Donnell
Total Recall
Cohaagen
Rock of Ages
Mayor Mike Whitmore
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Vitaly (voice)
John Carter
Powell
Inside Comedy
Self
Red Tails
Colonel William Mortamus
Batman: Year One
Jim Gordon (voice)
Drive
Shannon
Contagion
Lyle Haggerty
Larry Crowne
Dean Tainot
Leave
Eliot
Detachment
Mr. Dearden
The Lincoln Lawyer
Detective Lankford
Conan
Self
Love Ranch
James Pettis
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Archer
Commander Tony Drake (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Breaking Bad
Walter White
The Big Thing
Roberto Montalban
Hard Four
Lt. Bryce Baxter
Fallen
Lucifer
Thank God You're Here
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
30 Rock
Ron
Little Miss Sunshine
Stan Grossman
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
Hammond Druthers
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Bryan Cranston
American Dad!
Bill Publisherman (voice)
American Dad!
Mr. Winthrop (voice)
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
Self
Illusion
David
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
Alf's Hit Talk Show
Seeing Other People
Peter
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
Holiday Reunion
Woodrow Snider
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Mr. Jamieson (voice)
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Mr. Jameson (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Santa Claus Brothers
Santa Claus (voice)
'Twas the Night
Nick Wrigley
Good Day Live
Self
Gary & Mike
Mr. Newton (voice)
Gary & Mike
(voice)
Terror Tract
Ron Gatley
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dr. Templeton
Clerks
Various (voice)
Clerks
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
Hal
Family Guy
Dr. Jewish (voice)
Family Guy
Bert (voice)
Family Guy
Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
Family Guy
Bert / Judge (voice)
Family Guy
Hal (voice)
Family Guy
Bryan Cranston
Last Chance
Lance
V.I.P.
Colt Arrow
The King of Queens
Tim
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
Saving Private Ryan
War Department Colonel
From the Earth to the Moon
Buzz Aldrin
Pocket Dragon Adventures
(voice)
Time Under Fire
Braddock (as Brian Cranston)
Working
Larry Prince
Brooklyn South
Gordon Denton
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Strategic Command
Phil Hertzberg
That Thing You Do!
Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Street Corner Justice
Father Brophy
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Witch Lawyer
The Pretender
Neil Roberts
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Patrick Dougherty
Eagle Riders
Joe Thax
Goode Behavior
Record Executive
The Daily Show
Self
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
Eddie (voice)
The Louie Show
Curt Sincic
3rd Rock from the Sun
Neil Diamond impersonator
MADtv
Self
MADtv
Self / Mike
Brotherly Love
Russell
Nowhere Man
Norman Wade
Kissing Miranda
Special Agent Falsey
The Companion
Alan
Erotique
Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
Touched by an Angel
Tom Bryant
Chicago Hope
Jesus
Clean Slate
Club Official
Babylon 5
Ericsson
Viper
Garrett Berlin
Diagnosis: Murder
Walter Mason
Diagnosis: Murder
Martin Rutgers
The X-Files
Patrick Crump
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Walker, Texas Ranger
Hank
Dead Space
Dr. Frank Darden
Dead Silence
Prof. Harris
Corporate Affairs
Darren
The Flash
Philip Moses
Capital News
Congressman Marple
The Simpsons
Stradivarius Cain (voice)
The Simpsons
Walter White (voice)
Seinfeld
Tim Whatley
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Officer Dickenson
Baywatch
Tom Logan
Raising Miranda
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Big Turnaround
Jim
Jake and the Fatman
Amazon Women on the Moon
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Dr. Shepherd
L.A. Law
James Phillips
Matlock
Brian Emerson
Matlock
Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
Murder, She Wrote
Brian East
Murder, She Wrote
Parker Foreman
Murder, She Wrote
Jerry Wilber
Cover Up
Airwolf
Robert Hollis
Loving
Douglas Donovan
Falcon Crest
Martin Randall
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Hill Street Blues
To Race the Wind
Quarterback (uncredited)
CHiPs
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
The Emmy Awards
Self
Grendel
King Hrothgar
Jackpot
Assassination
Lone Wolf