Bryan Cranston
Award-winning American actor, director, and producer acclaimed for transformative roles across television, film, and stage spanning four decades.
Bryan Cranston - Personal Information
- Name: Bryan Cranston
- Date of Birth: March 7, 1956
- Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Director, Executive Producer, Creator, Producer, Writer
Biography
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director and producer. 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).
Filmography
A selection of Bryan Cranston's most recent screen and stage appearances across film and television.
- The Sheep Detectives (2026) as Sebastian (voice)
- National Theatre Live: All My Sons (2026) as Joe Keller
- All My Sons (2026) as Joe Keller
- Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair (TV - 2026) as Hal
- Chili Finger (2026)
- When We Went MAD! (2025) as Self
- Everything's Going to Be Great (2025) as Buddy Smart
- The Phoenician Scheme (2025) as Reagan
- The Studio (TV - 2025) as Griffin Mill
- Moscow Mule (2024) as Bryan Cranston
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