Bryan Cranston
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-03-07 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Bryan Cranston
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).
Known For
Acting
The Big Thing
as Roberto Montalban
Grendel
as King Hrothgar
(2026)
(2025)
The Phoenician Scheme
as Reagan
(2025)
When We Went MAD!
as Self
(2025)
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Buddy Smart
(2024)
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Li (voice)
(2024)
Argylle
as Director Ritter
(2024)
(2023)
Asteroid City
as The Host
(2022)
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Jerry Selbee
(2022)
(2022)
Sell/Buy/Date
as Self
(2022)
(2021)
An Audience with Adele
as Self
(2021)
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
(2020)
The One and Only Ivan
as Mack
(2020)
David Blaine: The Magic Way
as Self
(2020)
The Story of Soaps
as Self
(2020)
(2020)
Ancient Caves
as Self - Narrator
(2020)
Love Letters
as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
(2019)
(2019)
The Upside
as Phillip Lacasse
(2019)
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self (extended version)
(2018)
Isle of Dogs
as Chief (voice)
(2018)
(2018)
Network
as Howard Beale
(2018)
Pink Elephants
as Self
(2018)
Every Act of Life
as John Steinbeck (voice)
(2017)
Power Rangers
as Zordon
(2017)
The Power of the Present
as Self
(2017)
The Disaster Artist
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
(2017)
Wakefield
as Howard Wakefield
(2017)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
(2017)
Last Flag Flying
as Sal Nealon
(2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Li (voice)
(2016)
Why Him?
as Ned Fleming
(2016)
The Infiltrator
as Robert Mazur
(2016)
All the Way
as Lyndon B. Johnson
(2016)
In Dubious Battle
as Sheriff
(2016)
Get a Job
as Roger Davis
(2015)
Trumbo
as Dalton Trumbo
(2014)
Godzilla
as Joe Brody
(2014)
Sense of Smell
as Tyler
(2014)
Barely Legal Pawn
as Buzz Jackson
(2014)
The Concert for Valor
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
as Heisenberg
(2013)
Übermansion
as Titanium Rex
(2013)
Cold Comes the Night
as Topo
(2013)
David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self
(2013)
(2012)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Vitaly (voice)
(2012)
John Carter
as Powell
(2012)
Rock of Ages
as Mayor Mike Whitmore
(2012)
Total Recall
as Cohaagen
(2012)
Argo
as Jack O'Donnell
(2012)
Red Tails
as Colonel William Mortamus
(2011)
Drive
as Shannon
(2011)
Detachment
as Mr. Dearden
(2011)
Larry Crowne
as Dean Tainot
(2011)
Contagion
as Lyle Haggerty
(2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Detective Lankford
(2011)
Batman: Year One
as Jim Gordon (voice)
(2011)
Leave
as Eliot
(2010)
Love Ranch
as James Pettis
(2007)
Hard Four
as Lt. Bryce Baxter
(2006)
Little Miss Sunshine
as Stan Grossman
(2005)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
(2004)
Seeing Other People
as Peter
(2004)
Illusion
as David
(2003)
Holiday Reunion
as Woodrow Snider
(2002)
The Santa Claus Brothers
as Santa Claus (voice)
(2001)
'Twas the Night
as Nick Wrigley
(2000)
Terror Tract
as Ron Gatley
(1999)
Last Chance
as Lance
(1998)
Saving Private Ryan
as War Department Colonel
(1997)
Strategic Command
as Phil Hertzberg
(1997)
(1996)
Street Corner Justice
as Father Brophy
(1996)
That Thing You Do!
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
(1996)
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Patrick Dougherty
(1996)
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
as Eddie (voice)
(1995)
Kissing Miranda
as Special Agent Falsey
(1994)
Clean Slate
as Club Official
(1994)
The Companion
as Alan
(1994)
Erotique
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
(1993)
(1991)
Dead Silence
as Prof. Harris
(1991)
Dead Space
as Dr. Frank Darden
(1990)
Corporate Affairs
as Darren
(1988)
The Big Turnaround
as Jim
(1987)
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
(1987)
(1983)
Loving
as Douglas Donovan
(1980)
To Race the Wind
as Quarterback (uncredited)
Crew
(2016)
The Infiltrator
Executive Producer
(2016)
All the Way
Executive Producer
(2006)
Special Unit
Director
(1999)
Last Chance
Producer, Writer, Director