Bryan Cranston
Biography
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 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.
Movies (95)
Chili Finger
2026
Tangles
2026
The Sheep Detectives
2026
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
2026
When We Went MAD!
2025
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Moscow Mule
2024
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
Argylle
2024
Asteroid City
2023
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
Sell/Buy/Date
2022
Experience Yosemite
2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
An Audience with Adele
2021
Show of Titles
2021
The One and Only Ivan
2020
Love Letters
2020
The Story of Soaps
2020
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020
Ancient Caves
2020
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
The Upside
2019
Pink Elephants
2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
Every Act of Life
2018
Isle of Dogs
2018
Network
2018
Last Flag Flying
2017
The Words That Built America
2017
The Power of the Present
2017
Wakefield
2017
Power Rangers
2017
The Disaster Artist
2017
Why Him?
2016
In Dubious Battle
2016
The Infiltrator
2016
All the Way
2016
Get a Job
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
Trumbo
2015
The Concert for Valor
2014
Barely Legal Pawn
2014
Sense of Smell
2014
Godzilla
2014
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
Cold Comes the Night
2013
Übermansion
2013
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
2013
Argo
2012
Total Recall
2012
Rock of Ages
2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
John Carter
2012
Red Tails
2012
Batman: Year One
2011
Drive
2011
Contagion
2011
Larry Crowne
2011
Leave
2011
Detachment
2011
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
Love Ranch
2010
Hard Four
2007
Little Miss Sunshine
2006
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
Illusion
2004
Seeing Other People
2004
Holiday Reunion
2003
The Santa Claus Brothers
2002
'Twas the Night
2001
Terror Tract
2000
Last Chance
1999
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Time Under Fire
1997
Strategic Command
1997
That Thing You Do!
1996
Street Corner Justice
1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1996
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
1996
The Companion
1994
Erotique
1994
Clean Slate
1994
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
Dead Space
1991
Dead Silence
1991
Corporate Affairs
1990
The Big Turnaround
1988
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987
To Race the Wind
1980
Grendel
TV Shows (118)
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
2026
The Studio
2025
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Animal
2021
Show Me More
2021
Hart to Heart
2021
Omori
2020
The Stand
2020
Your Honor
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Just For Laughs: Redux
2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017
Geeking Out
2016
SuperMansion
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Sneaky Pete
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Better Call Saul
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Big History
2013
Talking Bad
2013
The Writers' Room
2013
Inside Comedy
2012
Conan
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Archer
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Breaking Bad
2008
Fallen
2007
Thank God You're Here
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
30 Rock
2006
The Colbert Report
2005
How I Met Your Mother
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
American Dad!
2005
American Dad!
2005
Alf's Hit Talk Show
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
2003
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Gary & Mike
2001
Gary & Mike
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Clerks
2000
Clerks
2000
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
V.I.P.
1998
The King of Queens
1998
Hollywood Squares
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Pocket Dragon Adventures
1998
Working
1997
Brooklyn South
1997
The View
1997
The View
1997
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
The Pretender
1996
Eagle Riders
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Louie Show
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
MADtv
1995
MADtv
1995
Brotherly Love
1995
Nowhere Man
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
Babylon 5
1994
Viper
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The X-Files
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
The Flash
1990
Capital News
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
Seinfeld
1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
Baywatch
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Jake and the Fatman
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Matlock
1986
Matlock
1986
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Cover Up
1984
Airwolf
1984
Falcon Crest
1981
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
CHiPs
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Oscars
1953
The Emmy Awards
1949