Bryan Cranston
Acting
🎂 1956-03-07
Bryan Lee Cranston 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).
Cast credits(218)
Walter White
2008
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
Bill Publisherman (voice)
2005
Mr. Winthrop (voice)
2005
Self
1996
Hammond Druthers
2005
Self
2014
Self
2007
Tim Whatley
1989
Self
2003
Brian East
1984
Parker Foreman
1984
Jerry Wilber
1984
Walter White
2015
Hal
2000
Patrick Crump
1993
Bryan Cranston
2005
Vince
2015
Walter Mason
1993
Martin Rutgers
1993
Dr. Templeton
2000
Self
2014
Tom Logan
1989
Self
2019
Li (voice)
2024
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Griffin Mill
2025
Self - Guest
2009
Brian Emerson
1986
Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
1986
Self
2010
Witch Lawyer
1996
Self
2015
Tim
1998
Ron
2006
Self
2015
Commander Tony Drake (voice)
2009
1994
Neil Diamond impersonator
1996
Martin Randall
1981
Richard Sackler
2014
Robert Hollis
1984
1981
Self - Guest
2015
Hank
1993
Silas Herrick
2017
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
Mr. Jamieson (voice)
2003
Mr. Jameson (voice)
2003
Reagan
2025
James Phillips
1986
Ericsson
1994
Dr. Tom Bryant
1994
Self
2015
Colt Arrow
1998
Neil Roberts
1996
Self - Guest
1988
Self - Guest
2004
War Department Colonel
1998
Self
2003
Li (voice)
2016
1987
Joe Brody
2014
Garrett Berlin
1994
Shannon
2011
Self
2004
Self
1953
Vitaly (voice)
2012
Michael Desiato
2020
Cohaagen
2012
Powell
2012
Director Ritter
2024
Walt
2019
Buzz Aldrin
1998
Jack O'Donnell
2012
Self
2001
Lyle Haggerty
2011
The Host
2023
Gordon Denton
1997
Philip Moses
1990
Stan Grossman
2006
1977
The President (voice) (uncredited)
2020
Sheriff Norman Wade
1995
Mr. Dearden
2011
Zordon
2017
Self
2010
Phillip Lacasse
2019
Self
2017
Chief (voice)
2018
Mack
2020
Larry Prince
1997
Detective Lankford
2011
Count Rugen
2020
Narrator (voice)
2006
Jerry Selbee
2022
Self
2022
(voice)
1998
Self
2012
1984
Self
1981
Ned Fleming
2016
Mayor Mike Whitmore
2012
Self
2021
Colonel William Mortamus
2012
Russell
1995
Virgil "Gus" Grissom
1996
Buddy Smart
2025
Dean Tainot
2011
Joe Thax
1996
Robert Mazur
2016
Self (extended version)
2019
Various (voice)
2000
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
2000
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Dalton Trumbo
2015
Self
2025
Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
2017
Jim Gordon (voice)
2011
Mr. Newton (voice)
2001
(voice)
2001
Officer Dickenson
1989
Record Executive
1996
Buzz Aldrin (voice)
2005
Self
2013
Hal
Roger Davis
2016
Self
2016
Congressman Marple
1990
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
Self
2020
2007
Titanium Rex
2015
Phil Hertzberg
1997
Self
2017
Peter
2004
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
1987
Sal Nealon
2017
2026
Douglas Donovan
1983
Prof. Harris
1991
Self - "Walter White"
2021
Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
1994
Lyndon B. Johnson
2016
Dr. Shepherd
1987
Howard Wakefield
2017
Self
2018
Sheriff
2016
Heisenberg
2013
Self
2022
Self
2020
Self
2013
Topo
2013
Dr. Frank Darden
1991
1988
Club Official
1994
King Hrothgar
Ron Gatley
2000
Quarterback (uncredited)
1980
Self
1995
Self / Mike
1995
James Pettis
2010
Self
2014
Buzz Jackson
2014
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2021
Self
2021
Howard Beale
2018
Santa Claus (voice)
2002
Alan
1994
Nick Wrigley
2001
Self
2018
David
2004
Self
2007
Self
1949
Eddie (voice)
1996
Patrick Dougherty
1996
2004
1996
Narrator
2013
1993
Tyler
2014
Woodrow Snider
2003
1997
Special Agent Falsey
1995
Darren
1990
John Steinbeck (voice)
2018
Hal
Self - Actor
2013
Lance
1999
2017
Self
2022
Self
2024
Lt. Bryce Baxter
2007
Father Brophy
1996
Titanium Rex
2013
Self - Narrator
2020
Eliot
2011
Jim
1988
2013
self
2020
Roberto Montalban
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
2020
2022
