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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
The Sheep Detectives
Character:Sebastian (voice)
Release Date:07/05/2026
The Studio: How to Shoot a Oner
Character:Self
Release Date:20/08/2025
When We Went MAD!
Character:Self
Release Date:24/06/2025
Everything's Going to Be Great
Character:Buddy Smart
Release Date:20/06/2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Character:Reagan
Release Date:23/05/2025
Moscow Mule
Character:Bryan Cranston
Release Date:02/05/2024
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Character:Self
Release Date:18/03/2024
Kung Fu Panda 4
Character:Li (voice)
Release Date:02/03/2024
Argylle
Character:Director Ritter
Release Date:31/01/2024
Asteroid City
Character:The Host
Release Date:08/06/2023
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Character:Jerry Selbee
Release Date:20/10/2022
Sell/Buy/Date
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2022
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2022
Experience Yosemite
Character:
Release Date:04/06/2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Character:Self
Release Date:31/01/2022
An Audience with Adele
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2021
Show of Titles
Character:"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Release Date:13/06/2021
The One and Only Ivan
Character:Mack
Release Date:21/08/2020
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Character:self
Release Date:09/07/2020
Love Letters
Character:Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
Release Date:21/05/2020
The Story of Soaps
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2020
David Blaine: The Magic Way
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2020
Ancient Caves
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:13/03/2020
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Character:Walt
Release Date:11/10/2019
The Upside
Character:Phillip Lacasse
Release Date:10/01/2019
Pink Elephants
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2018
Every Act of Life
Character:John Steinbeck (voice)
Release Date:23/04/2018
Isle of Dogs
Character:Chief (voice)
Release Date:23/03/2018
Network
Character:Howard Beale
Release Date:07/03/2018
Last Flag Flying
Character:Sal Nealon
Release Date:03/11/2017
The Words That Built America
Character:Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Release Date:04/07/2017
The Power of the Present
Character:Self
Release Date:27/06/2017
Wakefield
Character:Howard Wakefield
Release Date:19/05/2017
Power Rangers
Character:Zordon
Release Date:23/03/2017
The Disaster Artist
Character:Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/2017
Why Him?
Character:Ned Fleming
Release Date:22/12/2016
In Dubious Battle
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:08/10/2016
The Infiltrator
Character:Robert Mazur
Release Date:13/07/2016
All the Way
Character:Lyndon B. Johnson
Release Date:23/05/2016
Get a Job
Character:Roger Davis
Release Date:17/03/2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
Character:Li (voice)
Release Date:23/01/2016
Trumbo
Character:Dalton Trumbo
Release Date:27/10/2015
The Concert for Valor
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2014
Barely Legal Pawn
Character:Buzz Jackson
Release Date:19/08/2014
Sense of Smell
Character:Tyler
Release Date:27/06/2014
Godzilla
Character:Joe Brody
Release Date:14/05/2014
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/2013
Writer's Block
Character:
Release Date:01/11/2013
Cold Comes the Night
Character:Topo
Release Date:20/09/2013
Übermansion
Character:Titanium Rex
Release Date:25/08/2013
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Character:Heisenberg
Release Date:10/04/2013
Argo
Character:Jack O'Donnell
Release Date:11/10/2012
Total Recall
Character:Cohaagen
Release Date:02/08/2012
Rock of Ages
Character:Mayor Mike Whitmore
Release Date:13/06/2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Character:Vitaly (voice)
Release Date:06/06/2012
John Carter
Character:Powell
Release Date:07/03/2012
Red Tails
Character:Colonel William Mortamus
Release Date:19/01/2012
Batman: Year One
Character:Jim Gordon (voice)
Release Date:27/09/2011
Drive
Character:Shannon
Release Date:15/09/2011
Contagion
Character:Lyle Haggerty
Release Date:08/09/2011
Larry Crowne
Character:Dean Tainot
Release Date:30/06/2011
Leave
Character:Eliot
Release Date:03/05/2011
Detachment
Character:Mr. Dearden
Release Date:24/04/2011
The Lincoln Lawyer
Character:Detective Lankford
Release Date:17/03/2011
Love Ranch
Character:James Pettis
Release Date:30/06/2010
Hard Four
Character:Lt. Bryce Baxter
Release Date:01/11/2007
Little Miss Sunshine
Character:Stan Grossman
Release Date:26/07/2006
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Character:Buzz Aldrin (voice)
Release Date:23/09/2005
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2004
Illusion
Character:David
Release Date:25/10/2004
Seeing Other People
Character:Peter
Release Date:07/05/2004
Holiday Reunion
Character:Woodrow Snider
Release Date:23/11/2003
The Santa Claus Brothers
Character:Santa Claus (voice)
Release Date:12/07/2002
'Twas the Night
Character:Nick Wrigley
Release Date:07/12/2001
Terror Tract
Character:Ron Gatley
Release Date:18/10/2000
Last Chance
Character:Lance
Release Date:01/01/1999
Saving Private Ryan
Character:War Department Colonel
Release Date:24/07/1998
Time Under Fire
Character:
Release Date:12/11/1997
Strategic Command
Character:Phil Hertzberg
Release Date:06/01/1997
That Thing You Do!
Character:Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Release Date:04/10/1996
Street Corner Justice
Character:Father Brophy
Release Date:27/09/1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Character:Patrick Dougherty
Release Date:18/09/1996
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
Character:Eddie (voice)
Release Date:25/06/1996
Kissing Miranda
Character:Special Agent Falsey
Release Date:25/02/1995
The Companion
Character:Alan
Release Date:14/10/1994
Erotique
Character:Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
Release Date:14/05/1994
Clean Slate
Character:Club Official
Release Date:06/05/1994
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Character:
Release Date:04/05/1993
Dead Space
Character:Dr. Frank Darden
Release Date:21/10/1991
Dead Silence
Character:Prof. Harris
Release Date:26/08/1991
Corporate Affairs
Character:Darren
Release Date:05/10/1990
The Big Turnaround
Character:Jim
Release Date:01/01/1988
Amazon Women on the Moon
Character:Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
Release Date:18/09/1987
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Character:Dr. Shepherd
Release Date:17/05/1987
Loving
Character:Douglas Donovan
Release Date:26/06/1983
To Race the Wind
Character:Quarterback (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1980
Television Appearances
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Character:Hal
The Studio
Character:Griffin Mill
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Character:Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Character:Self
Animal
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Show Me More
Character:Self - "Walter White"
Hart to Heart
Character:Self
The Stand
Character:The President (voice) (uncredited)
Your Honor
Character:Michael Desiato
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Character:Count Rugen
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Character:Silas Herrick
Just For Laughs: Redux
Character:
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Character:Self
Geeking Out
Character:Self
SuperMansion
Character:Titanium Rex
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Sneaky Pete
Character:Vince
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character:Self - Guest
Hot Ones
Character:Self
Better Call Saul
Character:Walter White
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Character:Richard Sackler
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
Big History
Character:Narrator
Talking Bad
Character:Self
The Writers' Room
Character:Self - Actor
Inside Comedy
Character:Self
Conan
Character:Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Archer
Character:Commander Tony Drake (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Breaking Bad
Character:Walter White
Fallen
Character:Lucifer
Thank God You're Here
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Character:Narrator (voice)
30 Rock
Character:Ron
How I Met Your Mother
Character:Hammond Druthers
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Character:Bryan Cranston
American Dad!
Character:Bill Publisherman (voice)
American Dad!
Character:Mr. Winthrop (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self - Guest
Alf's Hit Talk Show
Character:
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Character:Self
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Character:Mr. Jamieson (voice)
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Character:Mr. Jameson (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Good Day Live
Character:Self
Gary & Mike
Character:Mr. Newton (voice)
Gary & Mike
Character:(voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character:Dr. Templeton
Clerks
Character:Various (voice)
Clerks
Character:Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
Character:Hal
Family Guy
Character:Dr. Jewish (voice)
Family Guy
Character:Bert (voice)
Family Guy
Character:Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
Family Guy
Character:Bert / Judge (voice)
Family Guy
Character:Hal (voice)
Family Guy
Character:Bryan Cranston
V.I.P.
Character:Colt Arrow
The King of Queens
Character:Tim
From the Earth to the Moon
Character:Buzz Aldrin
Pocket Dragon Adventures
Character:(voice)
Working
Character:Larry Prince
Brooklyn South
Character:Gordon Denton
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Character:Witch Lawyer
The Pretender
Character:Neil Roberts
Eagle Riders
Character:Joe Thax
Goode Behavior
Character:Record Executive
The Daily Show
Character:Self
The Louie Show
Character:
3rd Rock from the Sun
Character:Neil Diamond impersonator
MADtv
Character:Self
MADtv
Character:Self / Mike
Brotherly Love
Character:Russell
Nowhere Man
Character:Sheriff Norman Wade
Touched by an Angel
Character:Dr. Tom Bryant
Chicago Hope
Character:Jesus
Babylon 5
Character:Ericsson
Viper
Character:Garrett Berlin
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:Walter Mason
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:Martin Rutgers
The X-Files
Character:Patrick Crump
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Hank
The Flash
Character:Philip Moses
Capital News
Character:Congressman Marple
The Simpsons
Character:Stradivarius Cain (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Walter White (voice)
Seinfeld
Character:Tim Whatley
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Character:Officer Dickenson
Baywatch
Character:Tom Logan
Raising Miranda
Character:
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Jake and the Fatman
Character:
L.A. Law
Character:James Phillips
Matlock
Character:Brian Emerson
Matlock
Character:Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Brian East
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Parker Foreman
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Jerry Wilber
Cover Up
Character:
Airwolf
Character:Robert Hollis
Falcon Crest
Character:Martin Randall
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
Hill Street Blues
Character:
CHiPs
Character:
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Character:Self
The Emmy Awards
Character:Self
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