Bryan Cranston
Actor
Biography
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is a European-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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As Director
Filmography
Saving Private Ryan
as War Department Colonel 1998
Drive
as Shannon 2011
Godzilla
as Joe Brody 2014
Argo
as Jack O'Donnell 2012
Little Miss Sunshine
as Stan Grossman 2006
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Vitaly (voice) 2012
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Li (voice) 2016
Contagion
as Lyle Haggerty 2011
John Carter
as Powell 2012
Total Recall
as Cohaagen 2012
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Walt 2019
Isle of Dogs
as Chief (voice) 2018
Power Rangers
as Zordon 2017
Why Him?
as Ned Fleming 2016
The Disaster Artist
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited) 2017
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Detective Lankford 2011
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Li (voice) 2024