Bryan Cranston
Acting
Born 1956-03-07
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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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).
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Breaking Bad
The Simpsons
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Family Guy
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show
Modern Family
American Dad!
The Office
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
How I Met Your Mother
Conan
Better Call Saul
The X-Files
The Graham Norton Show
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Seinfeld
The Colbert Report
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Murder, She Wrote
Real Time with Bill Maher
The View
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Malcolm in the Middle
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Sheep Detectives
Chicago Hope
Hot Ones
Diagnosis: Murder
30 Rock
Hollywood Squares
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
The King of Queens
Falcon Crest
Babylon 5
V.I.P.
Hill Street Blues
L.A. Law
Baywatch
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Saving Private Ryan
Archer
Touched by an Angel
Airwolf
Matlock
Good Day Live
The Cleveland Show
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Walker, Texas Ranger
3rd Rock from the Sun
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Jake and the Fatman
The Studio
Kung Fu Panda 4
Sneaky Pete
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