Bryan Cranston

Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director and producer. 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).

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Filmography (205 Appearances)

National Theatre Live: All My Sons

Upcoming (2026)

The Sheep Detectives

Upcoming (2026)

Chili Finger

Upcoming (2026)

Assassination

TBA

Grendel

TBA

Jackpot

TBA

Lone Wolf

TBA

Tangles

TBA

The Big Thing

TBA

Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair

2026

When We Went MAD!

2025

Everything's Going to Be Great

2025

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

The Studio

2025

Moscow Mule

2024

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

2024

Argylle

2024

Hot Ones Versus

2024

Asteroid City

2023

Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022

Sell/Buy/Date

2022

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

Experience Yosemite

2022

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

2022

An Audience with Adele

2021

Animal

2021

Show Me More

2021

Hart to Heart

2021

Show of Titles

2021

The Stand

2020

Your Honor

2020

The One and Only Ivan

2020

Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion

2020

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

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 Kelly Clarkson Show

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

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

2017

The Words That Built America

2017

Just For Laughs: Redux

2017

The Power of the Present

2017

Wakefield

2017

Talking with Chris Hardwick

2017

Power Rangers

2017

The Disaster Artist

2017

Why Him?

2016

In Dubious Battle

2016

Geeking Out

2016

The Infiltrator

2016

All the Way

2016

Get a Job

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016

Trumbo

2015

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

The Concert for Valor

2014

Barely Legal Pawn

2014

Sense of Smell

2014

Godzilla

2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013

David Blaine: Real or Magic

2013

Big History

2013

Writer's Block

2013

Cold Comes the Night

2013

Übermansion

2013

Talking Bad

2013

The Writers' Room

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

Inside Comedy

2012

Red Tails

2012

Batman: Year One

2011

Drive

2011

Contagion

2011

Larry Crowne

2011

Leave

2011

Detachment

2011

The Lincoln Lawyer

2011

Conan

2010

Love Ranch

2010

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

Archer

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Breaking Bad

2008

Hard Four

2007

Fallen

2007

Thank God You're Here

2007

The Graham Norton Show

2007

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006

30 Rock

2006

Little Miss Sunshine

2006

The Colbert Report

2005

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005

How I Met Your Mother

2005

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005

American Dad!

2005

Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo

2004

Illusion

2004

The Tony Danza Show

2004

Alf's Hit Talk Show

2004

Seeing Other People

2004

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

2004

Holiday Reunion

2003

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

2003

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

The Santa Claus Brothers

2002

'Twas the Night

2001

Good Day Live

2001

Gary & Mike

2001

Terror Tract

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

Clerks

2000

Malcolm in the Middle

2000

Family Guy

1999

Last Chance

1999

V.I.P.

1998

The King of Queens

1998

Hollywood Squares

1998

Saving Private Ryan

1998

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

Pocket Dragon Adventures

1998

Time Under Fire

1997

Working

1997

Brooklyn South

1997

The View

1997

Strategic Command

1997

That Thing You Do!

1996

Street Corner Justice

1996

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996

The Pretender

1996

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

1996

Eagle Riders

1996

Goode Behavior

1996

The Daily Show

1996

Armitage III: Poly Matrix

1996

The Louie Show

1996

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996

MADtv

1995

Brotherly Love

1995

Nowhere Man

1995

Kissing Miranda

1995

The Companion

1994

Erotique

1994

Touched by an Angel

1994

Chicago Hope

1994

Clean Slate

1994

Babylon 5

1994

Viper

1994

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

The X-Files

1993

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

Dead Space

1991

Dead Silence

1991

Corporate Affairs

1990

The Flash

1990

Capital News

1990

The Simpsons

1989

Seinfeld

1989

I Know My First Name Is Steven

1989

Baywatch

1989

Raising Miranda

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

The Big Turnaround

1988

Jake and the Fatman

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

1987

L.A. Law

1986

Matlock

1986

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Cover Up

1984

Airwolf

1984

Loving

1983

Falcon Crest

1981

Entertainment Tonight

1981

Hill Street Blues

1981

To Race the Wind

1980 Debut

CHiPs

1977

Saturday Night Live

1975
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