Bryan Cranston
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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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All Credits (215)
Grendel
as King Hrothgar
Tangles
as Rob (voice)
After Hours with James Corden
as Self
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Joe Keller
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
as Hal
Chili Finger
as Dave
The Equilibrium Knight II- The Cast of Shadows
as Walter White
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self
When We Went MAD!
as Self
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Buddy Smart
The Phoenician Scheme
as Reagan
The Studio
as Griffin Mill
Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
as Self
Moscow Mule
as Bryan Cranston
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
as Self
Argylle
as Director Ritter
Hot Ones Versus
as Self
Asteroid City
as The Host
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Jerry Selbee
Sell/Buy/Date
as Self
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self
Experience Yosemite
as Unknown
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self
An Audience with Adele
as Self
Show Me More
as Self - "Walter White"
Hart to Heart
as Self
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
The Stand
as The President (voice) (uncredited)
Your Honor
as Michael Desiato
The One and Only Ivan
as Mack
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Count Rugen
Love Letters
as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
The Story of Soaps
as Self
David Blaine: The Magic Way
as Self
Ancient Caves
as Self - Narrator
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Walt
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Upside
as Phillip Lacasse
Pink Elephants
as Self
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
Every Act of Life
as John Steinbeck (voice)
Isle of Dogs
as Chief (voice)
Network
as Howard Beale
Last Flag Flying
as Sal Nealon
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Silas Herrick
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Just For Laughs: Redux
as Unknown
The Power of the Present
as Self
Wakefield
as Howard Wakefield
Talking with Chris Hardwick
as Self
Power Rangers
as Zordon
The Disaster Artist
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
Why Him?
as Ned Fleming
In Dubious Battle
as Sheriff
Geeking Out
as Self
The Infiltrator
as Robert Mazur
All the Way
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Get a Job
as Roger Davis
Trumbo
as Dalton Trumbo
SuperMansion
as Titanium Rex
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Sneaky Pete
as Vince
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
as Self
Better Call Saul
as Walter White
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Concert for Valor
as Self
Barely Legal Pawn
as Buzz Jackson
Sense of Smell
as Tyler
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Richard Sackler
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self
Big History
as Narrator
Cold Comes the Night
as Topo
Übermansion
as Titanium Rex
Talking Bad
as Self
The Writers' Room
as Self - Actor
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
as Heisenberg
Argo
as Jack O'Donnell
Total Recall
as Cohaagen
Rock of Ages
as Mayor Mike Whitmore
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Vitaly (voice)
John Carter
as Powell
Inside Comedy
as Self
Red Tails
as Colonel William Mortamus
Batman: Year One
as Jim Gordon (voice)
Drive
as Shannon
Contagion
as Lyle Haggerty
Larry Crowne
as Dean Tainot
Leave
as Eliot
Detachment
as Mr. Dearden
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Detective Lankford
Conan
as Self
Love Ranch
as James Pettis
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
The Cleveland Show
as Dr. Fist (voice)
Archer
as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Hard Four
as Lt. Bryce Baxter
Fallen
as Lucifer
Thank God You're Here
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
30 Rock
as Ron
Little Miss Sunshine
as Stan Grossman
Dark Mind
as CSE Radio Host
The Colbert Report
as Self (uncredited)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
as Hammond Druthers
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Bryan Cranston
American Dad!
as Bill Publisherman (voice)
American Dad!
as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
as Self
Illusion
as David
Alf's Hit Talk Show
as Unknown
Seeing Other People
as Peter
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
Holiday Reunion
as Woodrow Snider
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
as Mr. Jamieson (voice)
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
as Mr. Jameson (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - "Mean Tweets"
The Santa Claus Brothers
as Santa Claus (voice)
'Twas the Night
as Nick Wrigley
Gary & Mike
as Mr. Newton (voice)
Gary & Mike
as (voice)
Terror Tract
as Ron Gatley
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Dr. Templeton
Clerks
as Various (voice)
Clerks
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
as Hal
Family Guy
as Dr. Jewish (voice)
Family Guy
as Bert (voice)
Family Guy
as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
Family Guy
as Bert / Judge (voice)
Family Guy
as Hal (voice)
Family Guy
as Bryan Cranston
Last Chance
as Lance
V.I.P.
as Colt Arrow
The King of Queens
as Tim
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
Saving Private Ryan
as War Department Colonel
From the Earth to the Moon
as Buzz Aldrin
Pocket Dragon Adventures
as (voice)
Time Under Fire
as Braddock (as Brian Cranston)
Working
as Larry Prince
Brooklyn South
as Gordon Denton
The View
as Self
The View
as Self - Guest
Strategic Command
as Phil Hertzberg
That Thing You Do!
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Street Corner Justice
as Father Brophy
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Witch Lawyer
The Pretender
as Neil Roberts
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Patrick Dougherty
Eagle Riders
as Joe Thax
The Daily Show
as Self
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
as Eddie (voice)
The Louie Show
as Curt Sincic
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Neil Diamond impersonator
MADtv
as Self
MADtv
as Self / Mike
Brotherly Love
as Russell
Nowhere Man
as Norman Wade
The Companion
as Alan
Erotique
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
Touched by an Angel
as Tom Bryant
Chicago Hope
as Jesus
Clean Slate
as Club Official
Babylon 5
as Ericsson
Viper
as Garrett Berlin
Diagnosis: Murder
as Walter Mason
Diagnosis: Murder
as Martin Rutgers
The X-Files
as Patrick Crump
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Unknown
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Hank
The Disappearance of Nora
as Police Detective
Dead Space
as Dr. Frank Darden
Dead Silence
as Prof. Harris
Corporate Affairs
as Darren
Capital News
as Congressman Marple
The Simpsons
as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
The Simpsons
as Walter White (voice)
Seinfeld
as Tim Whatley
I Know My First Name Is Steven
as Officer Dickenson
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
The Big Turnaround
as Jim
Jake and the Fatman
as Unknown
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Dr. Shepherd
L.A. Law
as James Phillips
Matlock
as Brian Emerson
Matlock
as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
Murder, She Wrote
as Brian East
Murder, She Wrote
as Parker Foreman
Murder, She Wrote
as Jerry Wilber
Cover Up
as Unknown
Airwolf
as Robert Hollis
Falcon Crest
as Martin Randall
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Hill Street Blues
as Unknown
To Race the Wind
as Quarterback (uncredited)
CHiPs
as Unknown
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
as Self
The Emmy Awards
as Self