Bryan Cranston
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Phoenician Scheme as
- 2025 · The Studio as Griffin Mill
- 2024 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Asteroid City as The Host
- 2022 · Jerry & Marge Go Large as Jerry Selbee
- 2022 · Sell/Buy/Date as Self
- 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
- 2021 · Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hart to Heart as Self
- 2020 · The One and Only Ivan as Mack
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Count Rugen
- 2019 · The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self (extended version)
- 2019 · The Upside as Phillip Lacasse
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Chief (voice)
- 2017 · Last Flag Flying as Sal Nealon
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · Just For Laughs: Redux as
- 2017 · The Power of the Present as Self
- 2017 · Wakefield as Howard Wakefield
- 2017 · Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2017 · Power Rangers as Zordon
- 2017 · The Disaster Artist as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
- 2016 · Why Him? as Ned Fleming
- 2016 · In Dubious Battle as Sheriff
- 2016 · Geeking Out as Self
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Robert Mazur
- 2016 · All the Way as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2016 · Get a Job as Roger Davis
- 2015 · Trumbo as Dalton Trumbo
- 2013 · No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
- 2013 · Big History as Narrator
- 2013 · Cold Comes the Night as Topo
- 2012 · Argo as Jack O'Donnell
- 2012 · Rock of Ages as Mayor Mike Whitmore
- 2012 · Red Tails as Colonel William Mortamus
- 2011 · Batman: Year One as Jim Gordon (voice)
- 2011 · Larry Crowne as Dean Tainot
- 2007 · Thank God You're Here as Self
- 2006 · Little Miss Sunshine as Stan Grossman
- 2004 · Alf's Hit Talk Show as
- 2000 · Clerks as Various (voice)
- 2000 · Clerks as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
- 1998 · Pocket Dragon Adventures as (voice)
- 1997 · Working as Larry Prince
- 1997 · Strategic Command as Phil Hertzberg
- 1996 · That Thing You Do! as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
- 1996 · Armitage III: Poly Matrix as Eddie (voice)
- 1996 · The Louie Show as
- 1995 · Brotherly Love as Russell
- 1991 · Dead Space as Dr. Frank Darden
- 1990 · Capital News as Congressman Marple
- 1989 · I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Dickenson
- 1988 · Raising Miranda as
- 1987 · Amazon Women on the Moon as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
- Future · Malcolm in the Middle Revival as Hal
- 2024 · Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés as Self
- 2024 · Kung Fu Panda 4 as Li (voice)
- 2024 · Argylle as Director Ritter
- 2022 · Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? as Self
- 2022 · Experience Yosemite as
- 2022 · Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2021 · Show Me More as Self - "Walter White"
- 2021 · Show of Titles as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
- 2020 · The Stand as The President (voice) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Your Honor as Michael Desiato
- 2020 · Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion as self
- 2020 · Love Letters as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
- 2020 · The Story of Soaps as Self
- 2020 · David Blaine: The Magic Way as Self
- 2020 · Ancient Caves as Self - Narrator
- 2019 · El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Walt
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2018 · Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
- 2018 · Pink Elephants as Self
- 2018 · CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
- 2018 · Every Act of Life as John Steinbeck (voice)
- 2018 · Network as Howard Beale
- 2017 · Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Silas Herrick
- 2016 · Kung Fu Panda 3 as Li (voice)
- 2015 · Supermansion as Titanium Rex
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Sneaky Pete as Vince
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Walter White / Heisenberg (archive footage)
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Walter White
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Concert for Valor as Self
- 2014 · Barely Legal Pawn as Buzz Jackson
- 2014 · Sense of Smell as Tyler
- 2014 · Godzilla as Joe Brody
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Richard Sackler
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
- 2013 · Writer's Block as
- 2013 · Übermansion as Titanium Rex
- 2013 · The Writers' Room as Self - Actor
- 2013 · Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World as Heisenberg
- 2012 · Total Recall as Cohaagen
- 2012 · Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Vitaly (voice)
- 2012 · John Carter as Powell
- 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
- 2011 · Drive as Shannon
- 2011 · Contagion as Lyle Haggerty
- 2011 · Leave as Eliot
- 2011 · Detachment as Mr. Dearden
- 2011 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Lankford
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Love Ranch as James Pettis
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2009 · Archer as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Breaking Bad as Walter White
- 2008 · Breaking Bad as Hal
- 2007 · Hard Four as Lt. Bryce Baxter
- 2007 · Fallen as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Ron
- 2005 · Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Hammond Druthers
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Bryan Cranston
- 2005 · American Dad! as Bill Publisherman (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
- 2004 · Illusion as
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Seeing Other People as Peter
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Holiday Reunion as Woodrow Snider
- 2003 · Lilo & Stitch: The Series as Mr. Jamieson (voice)
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2001 · 'Twas the Night as Nick Wrigley
- 1996 · The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime as Patrick Dougherty
- 1994 · Erotique as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
- Future · Tangles as
- 2002 · The Santa Claus Brothers as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Gary & Mike as Mr. Newton (voice)
- 2001 · Gary & Mike as (voice)
- 2000 · Terror Tract as Ron Gatley
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Templeton
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as Hal
- 1999 · Family Guy as Dr. Jewish (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Bert (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Bert / Judge (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Hal (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Bryan Cranston
- 1999 · Last Chance as Lance
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Colt Arrow
- 1998 · The King of Queens as Tim
- 1998 · Saving Private Ryan as War Department Colonel
- 1998 · From the Earth to the Moon as Buzz Aldrin
- 1997 · Time Under Fire as
- 1997 · Brooklyn South as IAB Lt. Gordon Denton
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Witch Lawyer
- 1996 · Street Corner Justice as Father Brophy
- 1996 · The Pretender as Neil Roberts
- 1996 · Eagle Riders as Joe Thax
- 1996 · Goode Behavior as Record Executive
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · 3rd Rock from the Sun as Neil Diamond impersonator
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self / Mike
- 1995 · Nowhere Man as Sheriff Norman Wade
- 1995 · Kissing Miranda as Special Agent Falsey
- 1994 · The Companion as Alan
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Dr. Tom Bryant
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Clean Slate as Club Official
- 1994 · Babylon 5 as Ericsson
- 1994 · Viper as Garrett Berlin
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Walter Mason
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Martin Rutgers
- 1993 · The X-Files as Patrick Crump
- 1993 · Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Hank
- 1988 · The Big Turnaround as Jim
- 1980 · To Race the Wind as Quarterback (uncredited)
- Future · Assassination as
- Future · Grendel as King Hrothgar
- Future · Lone Wolf as
- Future · Chili Finger as
- 1991 · Dead Silence as Prof. Harris
- 1990 · Corporate Affairs as
- 1990 · The Flash as Philip Moses
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Walter White (voice)
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Tim Whatley
- 1989 · Baywatch as Tom Logan
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Dr. Shepherd
- 1986 · L.A. Law as James Phillips
- 1986 · Matlock as Brian Emerson
- 1986 · Matlock as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Brian East
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Parker Foreman
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Jerry Wilber
- 1984 · Cover Up as
- 1984 · Airwolf as Robert Hollis
- Future · Everything's Going to Be Great as Buddy
- 1983 · Loving as Douglas Donovan
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Martin Randall
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1977 · CHiPs as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Jackpot as