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Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director and producer. 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.
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Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director and producer. 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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Murder, She Wrote
Seinfeld
Family Guy
The Simpsons
Diagnosis: Murder
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Oscars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
30 Rock
Late Night with Seth Meyers
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
How I Met Your Mother
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Better Call Saul
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Airwolf
The Colbert Report
Breaking Bad
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Kelly Clarkson Show
American Dad!
Matlock
Baywatch
CHiPs
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The X-Files
Walker, Texas Ranger
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Working
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Entertainment Tonight
Viper
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Jake and the Fatman
Chicago Hope
The Stand
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Emmy Awards
Inside Comedy
Touched by an Angel
Hill Street Blues
Who Do You Think You Are?
L.A. Law
The King of Queens
Cover Up
3rd Rock from the Sun
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
The Flash
Brotherly Love
Babylon 5
Falcon Crest
Geeking Out
The Pretender
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Talking Bad
Archer
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Brooklyn South
Clerks
Hart to Heart
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Power Rangers
The Studio
Animal
Thank God You're Here
Amazon Women on the Moon
Saving Private Ryan
From the Earth to 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
The Lincoln Lawyer
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
John Carter
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Detachment
Fall
Rock of Ages
Contagion
Little Miss Sunshine
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Asteroid City
Total Recall
The Phoenician Scheme
MADtv
Power Rangers
Venom: The Last Dance
Kung Fu Panda 4
Argylle
Godzilla
The Concert for Valor
Larry Crowne
Get a Job
Drive
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Kung Fu Panda 3
Batman: Year One
The Louie Show
Last Flag Flying
Argo
Gary & Mike
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
The Upside
Why Him?
The One and Only Ivan
Red Tails
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
All the Way
Isle of Dogs
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Raising Miranda
Your Honor
SuperMansion
Production Credits
Venom: The Last Dance
Breaking Bad
All the Way
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Your Honor
Sneaky Pete
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Malcolm in the Middle
SuperMansion
Modern Family
The Office
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