1956-03-07 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie | 2026-11-13 | |
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Everything's Going to Be Great | Buddy Smart | 2025-06-20 |
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When We Went MAD! | Self | 2025-06-24 |
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The Phoenician Scheme | Reagan | 2025-05-23 |
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Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés | Self | 2024-03-18 |
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Argylle | Director Ritter | 2024-01-31 |
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Kung Fu Panda 4 | Li (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
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Asteroid City | The Host | 2023-06-08 |
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Sell/Buy/Date | Self | 2022-10-14 |
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Experience Yosemite | 2022-06-04 | |
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Jerry & Marge Go Large | Jerry Selbee | 2022-10-20 |
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Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl | Self | 2022-01-31 |
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An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
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Show of Titles | "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer | 2021-06-13 |
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Love Letters | Andrew Makepeace Ladd III | 2020-05-21 |
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Ancient Caves | Self - Narrator | 2020-03-13 |
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Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion | self | 2020-07-09 |
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The One and Only Ivan | Mack | 2020-08-21 |
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The Story of Soaps | Self | 2020-05-19 |
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David Blaine: The Magic Way | Self | 2020-04-01 |
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The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Self (extended version) | 2019-10-28 |
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The Upside | Phillip Lacasse | 2019-01-10 |
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Walt | 2019-10-11 |
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Isle of Dogs | Chief (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018-10-05 |
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Network | Howard Beale | 2018-03-07 |
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Every Act of Life | John Steinbeck (voice) | 2018-04-23 |
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Pink Elephants | Self | 2018-11-15 |
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Wakefield | Howard Wakefield | 2017-05-19 |
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The Disaster Artist | Bryan Cranston (uncredited) | 2017-03-12 |
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The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
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The Power of the Present | Self | 2017-06-27 |
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Last Flag Flying | Sal Nealon | 2017-11-03 |
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Power Rangers | Zordon | 2017-03-23 |
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Kung Fu Panda 3 | Li (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
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Why Him? | Ned Fleming | 2016-12-22 |
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Get a Job | Roger Davis | 2016-03-17 |
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In Dubious Battle | Sheriff | 2016-10-08 |
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All the Way | Lyndon B. Johnson | 2016-05-23 |
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The Infiltrator | Robert Mazur | 2016-07-13 |
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Trumbo | Dalton Trumbo | 2015-10-27 |
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Sense of Smell | Tyler | 2014-06-27 |
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The Concert for Valor | Self | 2014-11-11 |
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Godzilla | Joe Brody | 2014-05-14 |
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Barely Legal Pawn | Buzz Jackson | 2014-08-19 |
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Writer's Block | 2013-11-01 | |
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No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013-11-26 |
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Cold Comes the Night | Topo | 2013-09-20 |
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Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World | Heisenberg | 2013-04-10 |
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Übermansion | Titanium Rex | 2013-08-25 |
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David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self | 2013-11-19 |
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Vitaly (voice) | 2012-06-06 |
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John Carter | Powell | 2012-03-07 |
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Total Recall | Cohaagen | 2012-08-02 |
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Argo | Jack O'Donnell | 2012-10-11 |
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Rock of Ages | Mayor Mike Whitmore | 2012-06-13 |
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Red Tails | Colonel William Mortamus | 2012-01-19 |
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The Lincoln Lawyer | Detective Lankford | 2011-03-17 |
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Batman: Year One | Jim Gordon (voice) | 2011-09-27 |
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Contagion | Lyle Haggerty | 2011-09-08 |
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Detachment | Mr. Dearden | 2011-04-24 |
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Larry Crowne | Dean Tainot | 2011-06-30 |
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Leave | Eliot | 2011-05-03 |
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Drive | Shannon | 2011-09-15 |
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Love Ranch | James Pettis | 2010-06-30 |
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Hard Four | Lt. Bryce Baxter | 2007-11-01 |
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Little Miss Sunshine | Stan Grossman | 2006-07-26 |
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Buzz Aldrin (voice) | 2005-09-23 |
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Seeing Other People | Peter | 2004-05-07 |
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Illusion | David | 2004-10-25 |
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Holiday Reunion | Woodrow Snider | 2003-11-23 |
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The Santa Claus Brothers | Santa Claus (voice) | 2002-07-12 |
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'Twas the Night | Nick Wrigley | 2001-12-07 |
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Terror Tract | Ron Gatley | 2000-10-18 |
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Last Chance | Lance | 1999-01-01 |
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Saving Private Ryan | War Department Colonel | 1998-07-24 |
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Strategic Command | Phil Hertzberg | 1997-01-06 |
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Time Under Fire | 1997-11-12 | |
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Street Corner Justice | Father Brophy | 1996-09-27 |
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アミテージ・ザ・サード POLY-MATRIX | Eddie (voice) | 1996-06-25 |
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That Thing You Do! | Virgil "Gus" Grissom | 1996-10-04 |
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The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Patrick Dougherty | 1996-09-18 |
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Kissing Miranda | Special Agent Falsey | 1995-02-25 |
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Erotique | Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love') | 1994-05-14 |
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Clean Slate | Club Official | 1994-05-06 |
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The Companion | Alan | 1994-10-14 |
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Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | 1993-05-04 | |
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Dead Silence | Prof. Harris | 1991-08-26 |
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Dead Space | Dr. Frank Darden | 1991-10-21 |
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Corporate Affairs | Darren | 1990-10-05 |
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The Big Turnaround | Jim | 1988-01-01 |
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The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Dr. Shepherd | 1987-05-17 |
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Amazon Women on the Moon | Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited) | 1987-09-18 |
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Loving | Douglas Donovan | 1983-06-26 |
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To Race the Wind | Quarterback (uncredited) | 1980-03-12 |
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Grendel | King Hrothgar | |
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The Big Thing | Roberto Montalban | |
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