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Bryan Lee Cranston 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).
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Bryan Lee Cranston 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).
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
Saturday Night Live
Seinfeld
Family Guy
Diagnosis: Murder
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
American Dad!
The Simpsons
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Airwolf
Breaking Bad
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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
From the Earth to the Moon
Viper
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Jake and the Fatman
Chicago Hope
The Stand
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Emmy Awards
Hill Street Blues
Inside Comedy
Touched by an Angel
Who Do You Think You Are?
The King of Queens
L.A. Law
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
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Archer
Brooklyn South
Clerks
Hart to Heart
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Power Rangers
Thank God You're Here
Gary & Mike
Saving Private Ryan
Amazon Women on 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
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
Total Recall
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Power Rangers
Asteroid City
The Phoenician Scheme
MADtv
The Studio
Kung Fu Panda 4
Venom: The Last Dance
Godzilla
The Concert for Valor
The Louie Show
Larry Crowne
Get a Job
Argylle
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Malcolm in the Middle
Drive
The Upside
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Batman: Year One
Argo
Kung Fu Panda 3
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Last Flag Flying
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Your Honor
All the Way
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Why Him?
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Red Tails
The One and Only Ivan
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Supermansion
Animal
Isle of Dogs
Production Credits
The Office
Venom: The Last Dance
Your Honor
Sneaky Pete
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
All the Way
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Malcolm in the Middle
Breaking Bad
Modern Family
Supermansion
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