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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Seinfeld
Family Guy
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
30 Rock
Late Night with Seth Meyers
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
How I Met Your Mother
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
Diagnosis: Murder
Murder, She Wrote
Better Call Saul
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Airwolf
The Oscars
MADtv
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Matlock
American Dad!
Baywatch
CHiPs
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The X-Files
Walker, Texas Ranger
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Working
Entertainment Tonight
From the Earth to the Moon
Viper
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Jake and the Fatman
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Chicago Hope
The Stand
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Emmy Awards
Hill Street Blues
Inside Comedy
Touched by an Angel
Who Do You Think You Are?
L.A. Law
The King of Queens
Cover Up
3rd Rock from the Sun
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
The Flash
Brotherly Love
Babylon 5
Falcon Crest
Geeking Out
The Pretender
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Archer
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Brooklyn South
Gary & Mike
Clerks
Hart to Heart
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The Studio
Power Rangers
Animal
Thank God You're Here
Saving Private Ryan
Amazon Women on the Moon
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
I Know My First Name Is Steven
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Sneaky Pete
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
The Lincoln Lawyer
John Carter
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Detachment
Fall
Rock of Ages
Contagion
Little Miss Sunshine
Total Recall
Asteroid City
Power Rangers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Phoenician Scheme
Kung Fu Panda 4
Venom: The Last Dance
Godzilla
The Concert for Valor
The Louie Show
Malcolm in the Middle
Argylle
Drive
Get a Job
Larry Crowne
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Last Flag Flying
Kung Fu Panda 3
Argo
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
The Upside
Batman: Year One
Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Your Honor
Isle of Dogs
Supermansion
Why Him?
JUJUTSU KAISEN
All the Way
Breaking Bad
The One and Only Ivan
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Red Tails
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Production Credits
Venom: The Last Dance
Malcolm in the Middle
Sneaky Pete
Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival
Modern Family
Your Honor
The Office
Breaking Bad
All the Way
Supermansion
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Dangerous Book for Boys
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