
Bryan Cranston
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Biography
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

Saturday Night Live

Murder, She Wrote

Seinfeld

Family Guy

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Diagnosis: Murder

The Simpsons

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Late Night with Seth Meyers

30 Rock

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

How I Met Your Mother

The Graham Norton Show

The Daily Show

Better Call Saul

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Airwolf

The Oscars

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

Matlock

American Dad!

Baywatch

CHiPs

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The X-Files

Walker, Texas Ranger

Working

Entertainment Tonight

From the Earth to the Moon

Viper

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Jake and the Fatman

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Chicago Hope

The Stand

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

The Emmy Awards

Hill Street Blues

Touched by an Angel

Inside Comedy

Who Do You Think You Are?

The King of Queens

L.A. Law

Cover Up

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

3rd Rock from the Sun

The Flash

Babylon 5

Brotherly Love

Falcon Crest

Geeking Out

The Pretender

Talking with Chris Hardwick

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Archer

Brooklyn South

Clerks

Hart to Heart

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Thank God You're Here

Gary & Mike

Saving Private Ryan

Amazon Women on the Moon

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

I Know My First Name Is Steven

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Sneaky Pete

Detachment

The Lincoln Lawyer

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

John Carter

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Fall

Contagion

Rock of Ages

Total Recall

Little Miss Sunshine

Power Rangers

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Power Rangers

Asteroid City

MADtv

Venom: The Last Dance

The Studio

Kung Fu Panda 4

Godzilla

The Louie Show

The Concert for Valor

Larry Crowne

Argylle

Spider-Man 4

Drive

Get a Job

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle Revival

Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World

Kung Fu Panda 3

Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion

Argo

Last Flag Flying

Batman: Year One

The Upside

Animal

Red Tails

Jujutsu Kaisen

Jerry & Marge Go Large

All the Way

The One and Only Ivan

Supermansion

Your Honor

Breaking Bad

Why Him?

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

Isle of Dogs
Production Credits
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