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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 six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, 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 starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). On stage, he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for portraying President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film. 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), and Asteroid City (2023). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Isle of Dogs (2018), 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 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 six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, 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 starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). On stage, he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for portraying President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film. 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), and Asteroid City (2023). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Isle of Dogs (2018), 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
Murder, She Wrote
Saturday Night Live
Seinfeld
Family Guy
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Diagnosis: Murder
American Dad!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
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
Better Call Saul
Matlock
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Airwolf
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Baywatch
CHiPs
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The X-Files
Walker, Texas Ranger
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Working
Entertainment Tonight
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?
L.A. Law
The King of Queens
Cover Up
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Flash
Brotherly Love
Babylon 5
Falcon Crest
Geeking Out
The Pretender
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Archer
Brooklyn South
Clerks
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
From the Earth to the Moon
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Sneaky Pete
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
The Lincoln Lawyer
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
John Carter
Fall
Detachment
Rock of Ages
Contagion
Total Recall
Little Miss Sunshine
Power Rangers
The Phoenician Scheme
MADtv
Power Rangers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Asteroid City
Kung Fu Panda 4
Venom: The Last Dance
The Studio
Godzilla
The Concert for Valor
The Louie Show
Get a Job
Argylle
Larry Crowne
Malcolm in the Middle
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Drive
Hart to Heart
Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival
The Upside
Argo
Kung Fu Panda 3
Last Flag Flying
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Batman: Year One
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Supermansion
Your Honor
Isle of Dogs
The One and Only Ivan
Breaking Bad
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Animal
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Red Tails
Why Him?
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
All the Way
Production Credits
Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival
The Office
Supermansion
Modern Family
Venom: The Last Dance
Your Honor
Sneaky Pete
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Malcolm in the Middle
Breaking Bad
All the Way
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