Bryan Cranston
Acting
- Born
- March 7, 1956
- Place of Birth
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
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 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.
Filmography
The Simpsons
as Stradivarius Cain (voice), as Walter White (voice)
1989
Family Guy
as Hal (voice), as Bert (voice), as Dr. Jewish (voice), as Bryan Cranston, as Bert / Judge (voice), as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
1999
American Dad!
as Bill Publisherman (voice), as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
2005
Breaking Bad
as Walter White
2008
The X-Files
as Patrick Crump
1993
Seinfeld
as Tim Whatley
1989
Diagnosis: Murder
as Walter Mason, as Martin Rutgers
1993
How I Met Your Mother
as Hammond Druthers
2005
Better Call Saul
as Walter White
2015
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Dr. Templeton
2000
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Bryan Cranston
2005
Murder, She Wrote
as Parker Foreman, as Jerry Wilber, as Brian East
1984
Babylon 5
as Ericsson
1994
The King of Queens
as Tim
1998
Malcolm in the Middle
as Hal
2000
30 Rock
as Ron
2006
Touched by an Angel
as Tom Bryant
1994
L.A. Law
as James Phillips
1986
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Witch Lawyer
1996
Archer
as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
2009
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Neil Diamond impersonator
1996
Hill Street Blues
1981
Baywatch
as Tom Logan
1989
Matlock
as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor, as Brian Emerson
1986
V.I.P.
as Colt Arrow
1998
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Airwolf
as Robert Hollis
1984
The Pretender
as Neil Roberts
1996
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Hank
1993
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
as Mr. Jamieson (voice), as Mr. Jameson (voice)
2003
Sneaky Pete
as Vince
2015