Bryan Cranston
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, director, and producer who is mainly known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006). He has received a number of awards—including six Primetime Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award—with a nomination for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Bryan Cranston's performance on Breaking Bad earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014). After becoming a producer of the show in 2011, he also won the award for Outstanding Drama Series twice. Breaking Bad also earned Cranston five Golden Globe nominations (with one win) and nine Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with four wins). He was previously nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Malcolm in the Middle. Cranston co-developed and occasionally appeared in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019) and served as a director for episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, and The Office.
In 2014, Cranston 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, a role he reprised in the HBO 2016 television film of the same name. In 2018, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Howard Beale in the play Network at London's National Theatre, later winning his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the same role on Broadway. For portraying Dalton Trumbo in the film Trumbo (2015), he received nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Cranston has appeared in several other films, such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Argo (2012), Godzilla (2014), and The Upside (2017). He also provided voice acting in the films Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Isle of Dogs (2018).
Acted in
The Studio
2025
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024
as Self
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024
as Li (voice)
Argylle
2024
as Director Ritter
Asteroid City
2023
as The Host
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022
as Jerry Selbee
Sell/Buy/Date
2022
as Self
Experience Yosemite
2022
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Animal
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Show Me More
2021
as Self - "Walter White"
The Stand
2020
as The President (voice) (uncredited)
Your Honor
2020
as Michael Desiato
Jujutsu Kaisen
2020
as Kaisen (voice)
The One and Only Ivan
2020
as Mack
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
2020
as self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Count Rugen
Love Letters
2020
as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
The Story of Soaps
2020
as Self
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020
as Self
Ancient Caves
2020
as Self - Narrator
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Self (extended version)
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Walt
The Upside
2019
as Phillip Lacasse
Network
2018
as Howard Beale
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
2018
as Self
Pink Elephants
2018
as Himself
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
as Self
Every Act of Life
2018
as John Steinbeck (voice)
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Chief (voice)
Last Flag Flying
2017
as Sal Nealon
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as Silas Herrick
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Just For Laughs: Redux
2017
The Power of the Present
2017
as Self
Wakefield
2017
as Howard Wakefield
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017
as Self
Power Rangers
2017
as Zordon
The Disaster Artist
2017
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
Why Him?
2016
as Ned Fleming
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Sheriff
The Infiltrator
2016
as Robert Mazur
All the Way
2016
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Get a Job
2016
as Roger Davis
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
as Li (voice)
Trumbo
2015
as Dalton Trumbo
Supermansion
2015
as Titanium Rex
Sneaky Pete
2015
as Vince
Better Call Saul
2015
as Walter White / Heisenberg (archive footage)
Better Call Saul
2015
as Walter White
The Concert for Valor
2014
as Self
Godzilla: Force of Nature
2014
as Himself
Barely Legal Pawn
2014
as Buzz Jackson
Sense of Smell
2014
as Tyler
Godzilla
2014
as Joe Brody
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
as Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
Big History
2013
as Narrator
Writer's Block
2013
Cold Comes the Night
2013
as Topo
Übermansion
2013
as Titanium Rex
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
2013
as Heisenberg
Argo
2012
as Jack O'Donnell
Total Recall
2012
as Cohaagen
Rock of Ages
2012
as Mayor Mike Whitmore
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
as Vitaly (voice)
John Carter
2012
as Powell
Red Tails
2012
as Colonel William Mortamus
Batman: Year One
2011
as Jim Gordon (voice)
Drive
2011
as Shannon
Contagion
2011
as Lyle Haggerty
Larry Crowne
2011
as Dean Tainot
Leave
2011
as Eliot
Detachment
2011
as Richard Dearden
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
as Detective Lankford
Love Ranch
2010
as James Pettis
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Archer
2009
as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
Breaking Bad
2008
as Walter White
Breaking Bad
2008
as Hal
Hard Four
2007
as Lt. Bryce Baxter
Fallen
2007
Thank God You're Here
2007
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Narrator (voice)
30 Rock
2006
as Ron
Little Miss Sunshine
2006
as Stan Grossman
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Hammond Druthers
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Bryan Cranston
American Dad!
2005
as Bill Publisherman (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
Illusion
2004
Seeing Other People
2004
as Peter
Holiday Reunion
2003
as Woodrow Snider
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
2003
as Mr. Jamieson (voice)
The Santa Claus Brothers
2002
as Santa Claus (voice)
'Twas the Night
2001
as Nick Wrigley
Gary & Mike
2001
as Mr. Newton (voice)
Gary & Mike
2001
as (voice)
Terror Tract
2000
as Ron Gatley
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Dr. Templeton
Clerks
2000
as Various (voice)
Clerks
2000
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Hal
Family Guy
1999
as Dr. Jewish (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Bert (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Bert / Judge (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Hal (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Bryan Cranston
Last Chance
1999
as Lance
V.I.P.
1998
as Colt Arrow
The King of Queens
1998
as Tim
Saving Private Ryan
1998
as War Department Colonel
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Buzz Aldrin
Pocket Dragon Adventures
1998
Time Under Fire
1997
Working
1997
as Larry Prince
Brooklyn South
1997
as IAB Lt. Gordon Denton
Strategic Command
1997
as Phil Hertzberg
That Thing You Do!
1996
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Street Corner Justice
1996
as Father Brophy
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Witch Lawyer
The Pretender
1996
as Neil Roberts
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1996
as Patrick Dougherty
Eagle Riders
1996
as Joe Thax
Goode Behavior
1996
as Record Executive
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
1996
as Eddie (voice)
The Louie Show
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Neil Diamond impersonator
MADtv
1995
as Self
MADtv
1995
as Self / Mike
Brotherly Love
1995
as Russell
Nowhere Man
1995
as Sheriff Norman Wade
Kissing Miranda
1995
as Special Agent Falsey
The Companion
1994
as Alan
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Dr. Tom Bryant
Chicago Hope
1994
Erotique
1994
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
Clean Slate
1994
as Club Official
Babylon 5
1994
as Ericsson
Viper
1994
as Garrett Berlin
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Walter Mason
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Martin Rutgers
The X-Files
1993
as Patrick Crump
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Hank
Dead Space
1991
as Dr. Frank Darden
Dead Silence
1991
as Prof. Harris
Corporate Affairs
1990
The Flash
1990
as Philip Moses
Capital News
1990
as Congressman Marple
The Simpsons
1989
as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Walter White (voice)
Seinfeld
1989
as Tim Whatley
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989
as Officer Dickenson
Baywatch
1989
as Tom Logan
Raising Miranda
1988
The Big Turnaround
1988
as Jim
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987
as Dr. Shepherd
L.A. Law
1986
as James Phillips
Matlock
1986
as Brian Emerson
Matlock
1986
as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Brian East
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Parker Foreman
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Jerry Wilber
Cover Up
1984
Airwolf
1984
as Robert Hollis
Loving
1983
as Douglas Donovan
Falcon Crest
1981
as Martin Randall
Hill Street Blues
1981
To Race the Wind
1980
as Quarterback (uncredited)
CHiPs
1977
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Buddy
The Phoenician Scheme
Grendel
as King Hrothgar
Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me
Jackpot
Assassination
Lone Wolf