Bryan Cranston
Acting
🎂 1956-03-07
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.
Cast credits(219)
Self
2015
Self
2010
Self
1996
2019
Self
2014
Self
2014
Richard Sackler
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2007
Stradivarius Cain (voice)
1989
Walter White (voice)
1989
Dr. Jewish (voice)
1999
Bert (voice)
1999
Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
1999
Bert / Judge (voice)
1999
Hal (voice)
1999
Bryan Cranston
1999
Self - Guest
2015
Self - Guest
2004
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
1997
Hammond Druthers
2005
Bill Publisherman (voice)
2005
Mr. Winthrop (voice)
2005
Self - Guest
1988
Dr. Templeton
2000
Walter White
2008
Bryan Cranston
2005
Tim Whatley
1989
Dr. Tom Bryant
1994
Self
2015
Walter White
2015
Patrick Crump
1993
Self
2001
Neil Diamond impersonator
1996
Commander Tony Drake (voice)
2009
Mr. Jamieson (voice)
2003
Mr. Jameson (voice)
2003
Reagan
2025
2003
1987
Ericsson
1994
Garrett Berlin
1994
Walter Mason
1993
Martin Rutgers
1993
Brian East
1984
Parker Foreman
1984
Jerry Wilber
1984
Tim
1998
Ron
2006
Narrator (voice)
2006
Hal
2000
Tom Logan
1989
Larry Prince
1997
Witch Lawyer
1996
Self
2015
James Phillips
1986
Count Rugen
2020
Self
2014
Griffin Mill
2025
Robert Hollis
1984
Hank
1993
Martin Randall
1981
Self
2012
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self
2017
Self
2004
Buzz Aldrin
1998
Self
2003
Self
2010
Li (voice)
2024
Russell
1995
Michael Desiato
2020
Vince
2015
Self
1953
Neil Roberts
1996
Officer Dickenson
1989
Colt Arrow
1998
Philip Moses
1990
Titanium Rex
2015
Self
1949
1981
1994
The President (voice) (uncredited)
2020
Brian Emerson
1986
Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
1986
Record Executive
1996
Self
2022
Self
2016
Silas Herrick
2017
1977
(voice)
1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Self
2021
Mr. Newton (voice)
2001
(voice)
2001
Self
1981
War Department Colonel
1998
2004
Li (voice)
2016
1996
Narrator
2013
1984
Shannon
2011
Director Ritter
2024
Gordon Denton
1997
Vitaly (voice)
2012
Joe Thax
1996
The Host
2023
Various (voice)
2000
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
2000
Joe Brody
2014
Jack O'Donnell
2012
Self - "Walter White"
2021
Powell
2012
2017
Walt
2019
Phillip Lacasse
2019
Cohaagen
2012
Lyle Haggerty
2011
Zordon
2017
Sheriff Norman Wade
1995
Self
1995
Self / Mike
1995
Chief (voice)
2018
2007
Self
2017
Jerry Selbee
2022
Detective Lankford
2011
Stan Grossman
2006
Ned Fleming
2016
Mr. Dearden
2011
Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
2017
Congressman Marple
1990
Dean Tainot
2011
Virgil "Gus" Grissom
1996
Mayor Mike Whitmore
2012
Mack
2020
Colonel William Mortamus
2012
Self
2007
Jim Gordon (voice)
2011
Robert Mazur
2016
Hal
Self (extended version)
2019
Self
2013
Dalton Trumbo
2015
1988
Lyndon B. Johnson
2016
Dr. Frank Darden
1991
Howard Wakefield
2017
Phil Hertzberg
1997
Sal Nealon
2017
Roger Davis
2016
Self (archive footage)
2024
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
1987
Self
2022
Buzz Aldrin (voice)
2005
Self
2020
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
Sheriff
2016
Self - Actor
2013
James Pettis
2010
Self (archive footage)
2025
2026
1997
Dr. Shepherd
1987
Eddie (voice)
1996
Alan
1994
Self
2021
Buddy
2025
Topo
2013
Peter
2004
Club Official
1994
Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
1994
John Steinbeck (voice)
2018
Patrick Dougherty
1996
Self
2014
Nick Wrigley
2001
Self
2022
Self
2018
Ron Gatley
2000
Eliot
2011
Buzz Jackson
2014
Darren
1990
Prof. Harris
1991
Self - Narrator
2020
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2021
David
2004
Woodrow Snider
2003
self
2020
Self
2013
1993
Self
2020
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
2020
Douglas Donovan
1983
Santa Claus (voice)
2002
Father Brophy
1996
Heisenberg
2013
Self
2018
Lt. Bryce Baxter
2007
King Hrothgar
Quarterback (uncredited)
1980
Lance
1999
Self
2024
Titanium Rex
2013
Jim
1988
Tyler
2014
Special Agent Falsey
1995
2022
Howard Beale
2018
2013
Roberto Montalban
