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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 7, 1956
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Bryan Lee Cranston
- 布莱恩·李·克兰斯顿
- 布萊恩·克萊斯頓
- 布赖恩·克兰斯顿
- Lee Stone
- برایان کرانستون
Bryan Cranston
4.9 Popularity
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, 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
0.0
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
2026
0.0
Buddy
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
6.9
Reagan
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
7.6
Griffin Mill
The Studio
2025
6.0
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
2024
0.0
Self
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024
7.1
Li (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
6.0
Director Ritter
Argylle
2024
6.5
The Host
Asteroid City
2023
7.4
Jerry Selbee
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
Credits
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
2026
0.0
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Buddy
2025
0.0
The Phoenician Scheme
as Reagan
2025
6.9
The Studio
as Griffin Mill
2025
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
2024
6.0
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
as Self
2024
0.0
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Li (voice)
2024
7.1
Argylle
as Director Ritter
2024
6.0
Asteroid City
as The Host
2023
6.5
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Jerry Selbee
2022
7.4
Sell/Buy/Date
as Self
2022
8.0
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
2022
3.7
Experience Yosemite
2022
0.0
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self
2022
9.5
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
8.3
Animal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
8.1
Show Me More
as Self - "Walter White"
2021
0.0
Hart to Heart
as Self
2021
8.2
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2021
0.0
The Stand
as The President (voice) (uncredited)
2020
6.9
Your Honor
as Michael Desiato
2020
8.1
The One and Only Ivan
as Mack
2020
7.4
🎬
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
as self
2020
0.0
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Count Rugen
2020
7.5
Love Letters
as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
2020
0.0
The Story of Soaps
as Self
2020
9.5
David Blaine: The Magic Way
as Self
2020
6.5
Ancient Caves
as Self - Narrator
2020
10.0
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self (extended version)
2019
7.0
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Walt
2019
7.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.4
The Upside
as Phillip Lacasse
2019
7.1
Pink Elephants
as Self
2018
6.2
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
2018
5.2
Every Act of Life
as John Steinbeck (voice)
2018
7.0
Isle of Dogs
as Chief (voice)
2018
7.8
Network
as Howard Beale
2018
0.0
Last Flag Flying
as Sal Nealon
2017
6.8
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Silas Herrick
2017
7.1
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
6.0
Just For Laughs: Redux
2017
10.0
The Power of the Present
as Self
2017
8.7
Wakefield
as Howard Wakefield
2017
6.2
Talking with Chris Hardwick
as Self
2017
8.7
Power Rangers
as Zordon
2017
6.3
The Disaster Artist
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
2017
7.1
Why Him?
as Ned Fleming
2016
6.4
In Dubious Battle
as Sheriff
2016
5.8
Geeking Out
as Self
2016
5.3
The Infiltrator
as Robert Mazur
2016
6.7
All the Way
as Lyndon B. Johnson
2016
6.7
Get a Job
as Roger Davis
2016
5.3
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Li (voice)
2016
6.9
Trumbo
as Dalton Trumbo
2015
7.2
Supermansion
as Titanium Rex
2015
6.7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
Sneaky Pete
as Vince
2015
7.5
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
5.7
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.4
Better Call Saul
as Walter White
2015
8.7
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.4
The Concert for Valor
as Self
2014
8.6
Barely Legal Pawn
as Buzz Jackson
2014
10.0
Sense of Smell
as Tyler
2014
10.0
Godzilla
as Joe Brody
2014
6.3
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Richard Sackler
2014
7.9
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self
2013
8.4
David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self
2013
6.7
Big History
as Narrator
2013
7.8
🎬
Writer's Block
2013
4.1
Cold Comes the Night
as Topo
2013
5.5
Übermansion
as Titanium Rex
2013
10.0
The Writers' Room
as Self - Actor
2013
4.7
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
as Heisenberg
2013
6.4
Argo
as Jack O'Donnell
2012
7.3
Total Recall
as Cohaagen
2012
6.0
Rock of Ages
as Mayor Mike Whitmore
2012
6.2
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Vitaly (voice)
2012
6.6
John Carter
as Powell
2012
6.3
Inside Comedy
as Self
2012
6.5
Red Tails
as Colonel William Mortamus
2012
6.6
Batman: Year One
as Jim Gordon (voice)
2011
7.2
Drive
as Shannon
2011
7.6
Contagion
as Lyle Haggerty
2011
6.6
Larry Crowne
as Dean Tainot
2011
6.0
Leave
as Eliot
2011
6.1
Detachment
as Mr. Dearden
2011
7.6
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Detective Lankford
2011
7.2
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Love Ranch
as James Pettis
2010
5.4
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
6.6
Archer
as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
2009
8.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Breaking Bad
as Walter White
2008
8.9
Hard Four
as Lt. Bryce Baxter
2007
4.4
Fallen
2007
6.7
Thank God You're Here
as Self
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
2006
6.0
30 Rock
as Ron
2006
7.4
Little Miss Sunshine
as Stan Grossman
2006
7.7
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
2005
5.8
How I Met Your Mother
as Hammond Druthers
2005
8.1
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Bryan Cranston
2005
8.3
American Dad!
as Bill Publisherman (voice)
2005
7.0
American Dad!
as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
2005
7.0
Illusion
as David
2004
7.6
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
Alf's Hit Talk Show
2004
5.0
Seeing Other People
as Peter
2004
5.8
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
9.5
Holiday Reunion
as Woodrow Snider
2003
4.0
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
as Mr. Jamieson (voice)
2003
7.4
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
5.5
The Santa Claus Brothers
as Santa Claus (voice)
2002
6.4
'Twas the Night
as Nick Wrigley
2001
5.5
🎬
Good Day Live
as Self
2001
3.0
Gary & Mike
as Mr. Newton (voice)
2001
0.0
Gary & Mike
as (voice)
2001
0.0
Terror Tract
as Ron Gatley
2000
6.1
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Dr. Templeton
2000
8.0
Clerks
as Various (voice)
2000
7.2
Clerks
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
2000
7.2
Malcolm in the Middle
as Hal
2000
8.5
Family Guy
as Dr. Jewish (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Bert (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Bert / Judge (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Hal (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Bryan Cranston
1999
7.4
Last Chance
as Lance
1999
6.0
V.I.P.
as Colt Arrow
1998
5.3
The King of Queens
as Tim
1998
7.1
Saving Private Ryan
as War Department Colonel
1998
8.2
From the Earth to the Moon
as Buzz Aldrin
1998
8.2
Pocket Dragon Adventures
as (voice)
1998
7.0
Time Under Fire
1997
4.7
Working
as Larry Prince
1997
4.7
🎬
Brooklyn South
as Gordon Denton
1997
9.7
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.5
The View
1997
4.5
Strategic Command
as Phil Hertzberg
1997
4.9
That Thing You Do!
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
1996
6.9
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Witch Lawyer
1996
7.8
Street Corner Justice
as Father Brophy
1996
4.7
The Pretender
as Neil Roberts
1996
7.4
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Patrick Dougherty
1996
5.8
Eagle Riders
as Joe Thax
1996
6.5
🎬
Goode Behavior
as Record Executive
1996
0.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
as Eddie (voice)
1996
6.4
🎬
The Louie Show
1996
0.0
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Neil Diamond impersonator
1996
7.5
MADtv
as Self
1995
6.9
MADtv
as Self / Mike
1995
6.9
Brotherly Love
as Russell
1995
6.6
Nowhere Man
as Sheriff Norman Wade
1995
7.6
🎬
Kissing Miranda
as Special Agent Falsey
1995
4.0
The Companion
as Alan
1994
5.2
Touched by an Angel
as Dr. Tom Bryant
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
Erotique
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
1994
3.9
Clean Slate
as Club Official
1994
5.8
Babylon 5
as Ericsson
1994
8.0
Viper
as Garrett Berlin
1994
6.0
Diagnosis: Murder
as Walter Mason
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Martin Rutgers
1993
7.1
The X-Files
as Patrick Crump
1993
8.4
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
5.3
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Hank
1993
7.0
Dead Space
as Dr. Frank Darden
1991
3.6
Dead Silence
as Prof. Harris
1991
6.2
Corporate Affairs
as Darren
1990
1.0
The Flash
as Philip Moses
1990
7.4
🎬
Capital News
as Congressman Marple
1990
6.0
The Simpsons
as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
1989
8.0
The Simpsons
as Walter White (voice)
1989
8.0
Seinfeld
as Tim Whatley
1989
8.3
I Know My First Name Is Steven
as Officer Dickenson
1989
6.7
Baywatch
as Tom Logan
1989
5.9
🎬
Raising Miranda
1988
5.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.5
The Big Turnaround
as Jim
1988
3.5
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.0
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
1987
5.9
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Dr. Shepherd
1987
7.3
L.A. Law
as James Phillips
1986
7.1
Matlock
as Brian Emerson
1986
7.1
Matlock
as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
1986
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Brian East
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Parker Foreman
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Jerry Wilber
1984
7.5
Cover Up
1984
6.6
Airwolf
as Robert Hollis
1984
7.6
Loving
as Douglas Donovan
1983
0.0
Falcon Crest
as Martin Randall
1981
5.5
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
To Race the Wind
as Quarterback (uncredited)
1980
8.5
CHiPs
1977
6.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
6.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
🎬
Chili Finger
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival
as Hal
N/A
0.0
🎬
Tangles
N/A
0.0
Grendel
as King Hrothgar
N/A
0.0
🎬
Jackpot
N/A
0.0
🎬
Assassination
N/A
0.0
🎬
Lone Wolf
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Big Thing
as Roberto Montalban
N/A
0.0