Bryan Cranston
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
222
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-03-07 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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 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).
Known For
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Breaking Bad
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy
The Daily Show
American Dad!
American Dad!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Seinfeld
How I Met Your Mother
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The X-Files
Better Call Saul
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Malcolm in the Middle
Conan
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
30 Rock
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder
Chicago Hope
Archer
3rd Rock from the Sun
Baywatch
The King of Queens
Babylon 5
Falcon Crest
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Hot Ones
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Tony Awards
The View
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kung Fu Panda 4
The Power of the Present
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Matlock
Matlock
Airwolf
Sneaky Pete
L.A. Law
Hill Street Blues
V.I.P.
Touched by an Angel
The Studio
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Walker, Texas Ranger
Drive
The Phoenician Scheme
Saving Private Ryan
Jake and the Fatman
The Pretender
Good Day Live
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
The Tony Danza Show
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Viper
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Kung Fu Panda 3
John Carter
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Brotherly Love
Godzilla
Brooklyn South
The Oscars
Your Honor
Total Recall
From the Earth to the Moon
Larry Crowne
Argylle
The Flash
The Stand
Nowhere Man
Detachment
The Upside
Isle of Dogs
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
CHiPs
Entertainment Tonight
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Power Rangers
Little Miss Sunshine
Contagion
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Argo
The Lincoln Lawyer
Who Do You Think You Are?
Asteroid City
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Wakefield
Red Tails
The Infiltrator
Loving
Cover Up
The Sheep Detectives
The Companion
Working
Inside Comedy
Malcolm In The Middle: Reese Goes To War
Jerry & Marge Go Large
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Love Ranch
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Strategic Command
Assassination
Erotique
Rock of Ages
The One and Only Ivan
Hart to Heart
Clerks
Clerks
SuperMansion
Leave
Holiday Reunion
Pocket Dragon Adventures
Why Him?
Chili Finger
Tangles
The Disaster Artist
Terror Tract
Everything's Going to Be Great
Übermansion
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Dead Space
Animal
Fallen
Corporate Affairs
Batman: Year One
That Thing You Do!
In Dubious Battle
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Hard Four
All the Way
Kissing Miranda
The Emmy Awards
Amazon Women on the Moon
Illusion
Capital News
Last Chance
Seeing Other People
Trumbo
When We Went MAD!
Last Flag Flying
The Words That Built America
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Sense of Smell
Goode Behavior
An Audience with Adele
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Geeking Out
Cold Comes the Night
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
David Blaine: The Magic Way
Eagle Riders
Gary & Mike
Gary & Mike
The Big Turnaround
To Race the Wind
Show Me More
The Concert for Valor
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
'Twas the Night
Grendel
MADtv
MADtv
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Street Corner Justice
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
Get a Job
Time Under Fire
The Louie Show
Alf's Hit Talk Show
Show of Titles
Thank God You're Here
The Santa Claus Brothers
Clean Slate
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Barely Legal Pawn
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
The Writers' Room
Raising Miranda
The Story of Soaps
Big History
Lone Wolf
Every Act of Life
Just For Laughs: Redux
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Dead Silence
Experience Yosemite
Pink Elephants
Love Letters
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Network
Sell/Buy/Date
Jackpot
Writer's Block
Ancient Caves
The Big Thing
Moscow Mule
