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.
99 movies · 107 shows
The Sheep Detectives
2026·7.9
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
2026·10.0
When We Went MAD!
2025·5.3
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025·5.9
The Phoenician Scheme
2025·6.5
Moscow Mule
2024·0.0
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
2024·0.0
Kung Fu Panda 4
2024·7.0
Argylle
2024·6.0
Asteroid City
2023·6.5
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022·7.4
Sell/Buy/Date
2022·8.0
Experience Yosemite
2022·0.0
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022·7.0
An Audience with Adele
2021·8.4
Show of Titles
2021·0.0
The One and Only Ivan
2020·7.3
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
2020·1.0
Love Letters
2020·0.0
The Story of Soaps
2020·7.0
David Blaine: The Magic Way
2020·6.6
Ancient Caves
2020·10.0
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019·7.0
The Upside
2019·7.1
Pink Elephants
2018·6.2
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018·5.2
Every Act of Life
2018·6.4
Isle of Dogs
2018·7.8
Network
2018·0.0
Last Flag Flying
2017·6.8
The Words That Built America
2017·6.0
The Power of the Present
2017·8.5
Wakefield
2017·6.1
Power Rangers
2017·6.2
The Disaster Artist
2017·7.1
Why Him?
2016·6.4
In Dubious Battle
2016·5.8
The Infiltrator
2016·6.7
All the Way
2016·6.6
Get a Job
2016·5.3
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016·6.9
Trumbo
2015·7.2
The Concert for Valor
2014·8.6
Barely Legal Pawn
2014·10.0
Sense of Smell
2014·10.0
Godzilla
2014·6.4
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013·8.4
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013·6.8
Writer's Block
2013·4.1
Cold Comes the Night
2013·5.4
Übermansion
2013·10.0
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
2013·6.4
Argo
2012·7.3
Total Recall
2012·6.0
Rock of Ages
2012·6.2
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012·6.6
John Carter
2012·6.4
Red Tails
2012·6.7
Batman: Year One
2011·7.2
Drive
2011·7.6
Contagion
2011·6.7
Larry Crowne
2011·6.0
Leave
2011·6.3
Detachment
2011·7.6
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011·7.2
Love Ranch
2010·5.4
The Big Thing
2008·9.0
Hard Four
2007·4.9
Little Miss Sunshine
2006·7.7
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005·5.8
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
2004·7.0
Illusion
2004·7.7
Seeing Other People
2004·5.8
Holiday Reunion
2003·4.2
The Santa Claus Brothers
2002·6.6
'Twas the Night
2001·5.6
Terror Tract
2000·6.0
Last Chance
1999·6.8
Saving Private Ryan
1998·8.2
Time Under Fire
1997·5.3
Strategic Command
1997·5.0
That Thing You Do!
1996·6.9
Street Corner Justice
1996·5.0
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1996·6.8
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
1996·6.5
Kissing Miranda
1995·4.0
The Companion
1994·5.3
Erotique
1994·4.0
Clean Slate
1994·5.8
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993·5.6
The Disappearance of Nora
1993·5.8
Dead Space
1991·3.8
Dead Silence
1991·6.3
Corporate Affairs
1990·3.3
The Big Turnaround
1988·4.7
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987·5.9
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987·7.3
Loving
1983·0.0
To Race the Wind
1980·8.8