Bryan Cranston
Actor

Bryan Cranston

18 Movies
2 TV Shows
20 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 20
Birthday March 7, 1956 (70 years old)
Place of Birth Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As Bryan Lee Cranston, Lee Stone
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Biography

Bryan Lee CranstonΒ (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 dramaticΒ works on stage and screen. He has receivedΒ several accolades, including sevenΒ Primetime Emmy Awards, aΒ Golden Globe Award, aΒ Laurence Olivier Award, and twoΒ Tony Awards, as well as nominations for anΒ Academy AwardΒ and aΒ BAFTA Award.

Cranston first gained prominence playingΒ HalΒ in theΒ FoxΒ sitcomΒ Malcolm in the MiddleΒ (2000–2006), for which he was nominated for theΒ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He gained stardom for his dramatic leading role playingΒ Walter WhiteΒ in theΒ AMCΒ crime drama seriesΒ Breaking BadΒ (2008–2013), for which he won theΒ Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesΒ four times (2008,Β 2009,Β 2010, andΒ 2014).Β He was Emmy-nominated forΒ All the WayΒ (2016) andΒ Curb Your Enthusiasm (2018). Cranston co-developed and appeared in the crime drama seriesΒ Sneaky PeteΒ (2015–2019), and has also starred in the drama seriesΒ Your HonorΒ (2020–2023).

On stage, he earned aΒ Tony Award for Best Actor in a PlayΒ for his portrayal of PresidentΒ Lyndon B. JohnsonΒ in theΒ BroadwayΒ playΒ All the WayΒ (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016Β HBO film of the same name. He received theΒ Laurence Olivier Award for Best ActorΒ and his second Tony Award for portrayingΒ Howard BealeΒ in the playΒ NetworkΒ on the West End and Broadway, respectively.

Cranston earned nominations for theΒ Academy AwardΒ and theΒ BAFTA Award for Best ActorΒ for portrayingΒ Dalton TrumboΒ in theΒ Hollywood blacklistΒ dramaΒ TrumboΒ (2015). Other notable films includeΒ Saving Private RyanΒ (1998),Β Little Miss SunshineΒ (2006),Β DriveΒ (2011),Β ContagionΒ (2011),Β ArgoΒ (2012),Β GodzillaΒ (2014),Β The InfiltratorΒ (2016),Β The UpsideΒ (2017),Β Last Flag FlyingΒ (2017),Β Isle of DogsΒ (2018),Β Asteroid CityΒ (2023), andΒ The Phoenician SchemeΒ (2025). He has also voiced roles inΒ Madagascar 3Β (2012),Β Kung Fu Panda 3Β (2016), andΒ Kung Fu Panda 4Β (2024).

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Filmography (210)

Tangles 2026
Chili Finger 2026
The Sheep Detectives 2026
National Theatre Live: All My Sons 2026
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair 2026
Everything's Going to Be Great 2025
The Phoenician Scheme 2025
When We Went MAD! 2025
The Studio 2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors 2025
Kung Fu Panda 4 2024
Dinner Party Diaries with JosΓ© AndrΓ©s 2024
Argylle 2024
Moscow Mule 2024
Hot Ones Versus 2024
Asteroid City 2023
Sell/Buy/Date 2022
Experience Yosemite 2022
Jerry & Marge Go Large 2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl 2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg 2022
An Audience with Adele 2021
Show of Titles 2021
Show Me More 2021
Animal 2021
Hart to Heart 2021
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion 2020
The One and Only Ivan 2020
The Story of Soaps 2020
Love Letters 2020
David Blaine: The Magic Way 2020
Ancient Caves 2020
The Stand 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride 2020
Your Honor 2020
Omori 2020
The Upside 2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Isle of Dogs 2018
Every Act of Life 2018
Pink Elephants 2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion 2018
Network 2018
Wakefield 2017
The Disaster Artist 2017
Power Rangers 2017
Last Flag Flying 2017
The Power of the Present 2017
The Words That Built America 2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick 2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams 2017
Just For Laughs: Redux 2017
Get a Job 2016
Kung Fu Panda 3 2016
The Infiltrator 2016
In Dubious Battle 2016
All the Way 2016
Why Him? 2016
Geeking Out 2016
Trumbo 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
SuperMansion 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015
Hot Ones 2015
Better Call Saul 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015
Sneaky Pete 2015
Godzilla 2014
Barely Legal Pawn 2014
The Concert for Valor 2014
Sense of Smell 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
Cold Comes the Night 2013
Writer's Block 2013
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad 2013
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World 2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic 2013
Übermansion 2013
Big History 2013
The Writers' Room 2013
Talking Bad 2013
Total Recall 2012 John Carter 2012 Argo 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 2012
Rock of Ages 2012
Red Tails 2012
Inside Comedy 2012
Drive 2011 Contagion 2011
Batman: Year One 2011
The Lincoln Lawyer 2011
Detachment 2011
Larry Crowne 2011
Leave 2011
Love Ranch 2010
Who Do You Think You Are? 2010
Conan 2010
Archer 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
The Big Thing 2008
Breaking Bad 2008
Hard Four 2007
The Graham Norton Show 2007
Thank God You're Here 2007
Fallen 2007
Little Miss Sunshine 2006
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions 2006
30 Rock 2006
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 2005
How I Met Your Mother 2005
American Dad! 2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2005
The Colbert Report 2005
Seeing Other People 2004
Illusion 2004
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo 2004
The Tony Danza Show 2004
Alf's Hit Talk Show 2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest 2004
Holiday Reunion 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
Lilo & Stitch: The Series 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003
The Santa Claus Brothers 2002
'Twas the Night 2001
Good Day Live 2001
Gary & Mike 2001
Terror Tract 2000
Malcolm in the Middle 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm 2000
Clerks 2000
Last Chance 1999
Family Guy 1999
Saving Private Ryan 1998
The King of Queens 1998
Pocket Dragon Adventures 1998
From the Earth to the Moon 1998
V.I.P. 1998
Hollywood Squares 1998
Strategic Command 1997
Time Under Fire 1997
The View 1997
Brooklyn South 1997
Working 1997
That Thing You Do! 1996
Armitage III: Poly Matrix 1996
Street Corner Justice 1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime 1996
The Pretender 1996
Goode Behavior 1996
The Daily Show 1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun 1996
Eagle Riders 1996
The Louie Show 1996
Kissing Miranda 1995
Brotherly Love 1995
MADtv 1995
Nowhere Man 1995
Clean Slate 1994
Erotique 1994
The Companion 1994
Touched by an Angel 1994
Babylon 5 1994
Chicago Hope 1994
Viper 1994
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story 1993
Walker, Texas Ranger 1993
The X-Files 1993
Diagnosis: Murder 1993
Dead Silence 1991
Dead Space 1991
Corporate Affairs 1990
The Flash 1990
Capital News 1990
Seinfeld 1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven 1989
Baywatch 1989
The Simpsons 1989
The Big Turnaround 1988
Raising Miranda 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 1987
Amazon Women on the Moon 1987
Jake and the Fatman 1987
L.A. Law 1986
Matlock 1986
Murder, She Wrote 1984
Cover Up 1984
Airwolf 1984
Loving 1983
Falcon Crest 1981
Hill Street Blues 1981
Entertainment Tonight 1981
To Race the Wind 1980
CHiPs 1977
Saturday Night Live 1975
The Oscars 1953
The Emmy Awards 1949
Grendel
Jackpot
Assassination
Lone Wolf