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 Studio as
- 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
- 2021 · Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Show Me More as Self - "Walter White"
- 2021 · Hart to Heart as Self
- 2020 · The One and Only Ivan as Mack
- 2019 · The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self (extended version)
- 2017 · Last Flag Flying as Sal Nealon
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · The Power of the Present as Self
- 2017 · Wakefield as Howard Wakefield
- 2017 · Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2017 · The Disaster Artist as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
- 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
- 2015 · Supermansion as Titanium Rex
- 2013 · No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
- 2013 · David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
- 2013 · Cold Comes the Night as Topo
- 2012 · Rock of Ages as Mayor Mike Whitmore
- 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
- 2011 · Batman: Year One as Jim Gordon (voice)
- 2010 · Love Ranch as James Pettis
- 2007 · Fallen as
- 2006 · America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Little Miss Sunshine as Stan Grossman
- 2004 · Alf's Hit Talk Show as
- 2004 · Seeing Other People as Peter
- 2001 · 'Twas the Night as Nick Wrigley
- 2001 · Gary & Mike as Mr. Newton (voice)
- 2001 · Gary & Mike as (voice)
- 2000 · Terror Tract as Ron Gatley
- 1998 · Pocket Dragon Adventures as
- 1996 · That Thing You Do! as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
- 1996 · The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime as Patrick Dougherty
- 1996 · Eagle Riders as Joe Thax
- 1996 · Goode Behavior as Record Executive
- 1996 · Armitage III: Poly Matrix as Eddie (voice)
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self / Mike
- 1995 · Nowhere Man as Sheriff Norman Wade
- 1994 · Clean Slate as Club Official
- 1991 · Dead Space as Dr. Frank Darden
- 1990 · Capital News as Congressman Marple
- 1989 · I Know My First Name Is Steven as Officer Dickenson
- 1987 · Amazon Women on the Moon as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
- 1987 · The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Dr. Shepherd
- 1984 · Cover Up as
- Future · The Phoenician Scheme as
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Assassination as
- 2024 · Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés as Self
- 2024 · Kung Fu Panda 4 as Li (voice)
- 2024 · Argylle as Director Ritter
- 2023 · Asteroid City as The Host
- 2022 · Jerry & Marge Go Large as Jerry Selbee
- 2022 · Sell/Buy/Date as Self
- 2022 · Experience Yosemite as
- 2020 · The Stand as The President (voice) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Your Honor as Michael Desiato
- 2020 · Jujutsu Kaisen as Kaisen (voice)
- 2020 · Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion as self
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Count Rugen
- 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
- 2019 · The Upside as Phillip Lacasse
- 2018 · Network as Howard Beale
- 2018 · Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
- 2018 · Pink Elephants as Himself
- 2018 · CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
- 2018 · Every Act of Life as John Steinbeck (voice)
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Chief (voice)
- 2017 · Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Silas Herrick
- 2017 · Just For Laughs: Redux as
- 2017 · Power Rangers as Zordon
- 2016 · Why Him? as Ned Fleming
- 2016 · Kung Fu Panda 3 as Li (voice)
- 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 · Godzilla: Force of Nature as Himself
- 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 · Big History as Narrator
- 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 · Argo as Jack O'Donnell
- 2012 · Total Recall as Cohaagen
- 2012 · Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Vitaly (voice)
- 2012 · John Carter as Powell
- 2012 · Red Tails as Colonel William Mortamus
- 2011 · Drive as Shannon
- 2011 · Contagion as Lyle Haggerty
- 2011 · Larry Crowne as Dean Tainot
- 2011 · Leave as Eliot
- 2011 · Detachment as Richard Dearden
- 2011 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Lankford
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 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 · Thank God You're Here as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 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 · 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
- 2002 · The Santa Claus Brothers as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Templeton
- 2000 · Clerks as Various (voice)
- 2000 · Clerks as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
- 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 · Working as Larry Prince
- 1997 · Brooklyn South as IAB Lt. Gordon Denton
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Strategic Command as Phil Hertzberg
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Witch Lawyer
- 1996 · Street Corner Justice as Father Brophy
- 1996 · The Pretender as Neil Roberts
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Louie Show as
- 1996 · 3rd Rock from the Sun as Neil Diamond impersonator
- 1995 · Brotherly Love as Russell
- 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 · Erotique as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
- 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
- 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 · Raising Miranda as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Big Turnaround as Jim
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 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 · Airwolf as Robert Hollis
- 1980 · To Race the Wind as Quarterback (uncredited)
- Future · Grendel as King Hrothgar
- Future · Everything's Going to Be Great as Buddy
- Future · Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me as
- 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
- Future · Jackpot as
- Future · Chili Finger as
- Future · Lone Wolf as