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Bryan Cranston

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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, 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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Overview

Known For

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Oscars

30 Rock

Late Night with Seth Meyers

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

How I Met Your Mother

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Airwolf

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Better Call Saul

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The X-Files

Walker, Texas Ranger

Working

Entertainment Tonight

From the Earth to the Moon

Viper

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Jake and the Fatman

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Chicago Hope

The Stand

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Who Do You Think You Are?

The King of Queens

L.A. Law

Cover Up

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

3rd Rock from the Sun

Talking with Chris Hardwick

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Thank God You're Here

Gary & Mike

Saving Private Ryan

Amazon Women on the Moon

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

I Know My First Name Is Steven

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Sneaky Pete

The Lincoln Lawyer

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

John Carter

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

The Phoenician Scheme

Asteroid City

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Power Rangers

Venom: The Last Dance

The Concert for Valor

Larry Crowne

Malcolm in the Middle

Get a Job

Drive

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Argylle

Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion

Argo

The Upside

Malcolm in the Middle Revival

Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World

Kung Fu Panda 3

Batman: Year One

Last Flag Flying

The One and Only Ivan

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

All the Way

Jerry & Marge Go Large

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