1956-03-07 ( 69 years old ) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, director, and producer who is mainly known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006). He has received a number of awards—including six Primetime Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award—with a nomination for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Bryan Cranston's performance on Breaking Bad earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014). After becoming a producer of the show in 2011, he also won the award for Outstanding Drama Series twice. Breaking Bad also earned Cranston five Golden Globe nominations (with one win) and nine Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with four wins). He was previously nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Malcolm in the Middle. Cranston co-developed and occasionally appeared in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019) and served as a director for episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, and The Office.
In 2014, Cranston 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, a role he reprised in the HBO 2016 television film of the same name. In 2018, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Howard Beale in the play Network at London's National Theatre, later winning his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the same role on Broadway. For portraying Dalton Trumbo in the film Trumbo (2015), he received nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Cranston has appeared in several other films, such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Argo (2012), Godzilla (2014), and The Upside (2017). He also provided voice acting in the films Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Isle of Dogs (2018).
Movies
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
2026-02-20
The Phoenician Scheme
2025-05-28
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024-03-18
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024-03-02
Argylle
2024-01-31
Asteroid City
2023-06-08
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022-10-20
Sell/Buy/Date
2022-10-14
Experience Yosemite
2022-06-04
An Audience with Adele
2021-11-21
Show of Titles
2021-06-13
The One and Only Ivan
2020-08-21
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
2020-07-09
Love Letters
2020-05-21
The Story of Soaps
2020-05-19
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020-04-01
Ancient Caves
2020-03-13
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019-10-11
The Upside
2019-01-10
Pink Elephants
2018-11-15
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018-10-05
Every Act of Life
2018-04-23
Isle of Dogs
2018-03-23
Network
2018-03-07
Last Flag Flying
2017-11-03
The Words That Built America
2017-07-04
The Power of the Present
2017-06-27
Wakefield
2017-05-19
Power Rangers
2017-03-23
The Disaster Artist
2017-03-12
Why Him?
2016-12-22
In Dubious Battle
2016-10-08
The Infiltrator
2016-07-13
All the Way
2016-05-23
Get a Job
2016-03-17
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016-01-23
Trumbo
2015-10-27
The Concert for Valor
2014-11-11
Barely Legal Pawn
2014-08-19
Sense of Smell
2014-06-27
Godzilla
2014-05-14
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013-11-19
Writer's Block
2013-11-01
Cold Comes the Night
2013-09-20
Übermansion
2013-08-25
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
2013-04-10
Argo
2012-10-11
Total Recall
2012-08-02
Rock of Ages
2012-06-13
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012-06-06
John Carter
2012-03-07
Red Tails
2012-01-19
Batman: Year One
2011-09-27
Drive
2011-09-15
Contagion
2011-09-08
Larry Crowne
2011-06-30
Leave
2011-05-03
Detachment
2011-04-24
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011-03-17
Love Ranch
2010-06-30
Hard Four
2007-11-01
Little Miss Sunshine
2006-07-26
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005-09-23
Illusion
2004-10-25
Seeing Other People
2004-05-07
Holiday Reunion
2003-11-23
The Santa Claus Brothers
2002-07-12
'Twas the Night
2001-12-07
Terror Tract
2000-10-18
Last Chance
1999-01-01
Saving Private Ryan
1998-07-24
Time Under Fire
1997-11-12
Strategic Command
1997-01-06
That Thing You Do!
1996-10-04
Street Corner Justice
1996-09-27
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1996-09-18
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
1996-06-25
Kissing Miranda
1995-02-25
The Companion
1994-10-14
Erotique
1994-05-14
Clean Slate
1994-05-06
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993-05-04
Dead Space
1991-10-21
Dead Silence
1991-08-26
Corporate Affairs
1990-10-05
The Big Turnaround
1988-01-01
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Loving
1983-06-26
To Race the Wind
1980-03-12
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