Bryan Cranston
Acting
Bryan Lee Cranston 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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Bryan Cranston
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Filmography of
Bryan Cranston
Self
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Buddy Smart
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Reagan
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Li (voice)
... 2024
Director Ritter
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The Host
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Jerry Selbee
... 2022
Self
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"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
... 2021
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Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
... 2020
Self
... 2020
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Self - Narrator
... 2020
Self (extended version)
... 2019
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Phillip Lacasse
... 2019
Self
... 2018
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John Steinbeck (voice)
... 2018
Chief (voice)
... 2018
Howard Beale
... 2018
Sal Nealon
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Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
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Howard Wakefield
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Zordon
... 2017
Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
... 2017
Ned Fleming
... 2016
Sheriff
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Robert Mazur
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Lyndon B. Johnson
... 2016
Roger Davis
... 2016
Li (voice)
... 2016
Dalton Trumbo
... 2015
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Buzz Jackson
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Tyler
... 2014
Joe Brody
... 2014
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Topo
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Titanium Rex
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Heisenberg
... 2013
Jack O'Donnell
... 2012
Cohaagen
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Mayor Mike Whitmore
... 2012
Vitaly (voice)
... 2012
Powell
... 2012
Colonel William Mortamus
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Jim Gordon (voice)
... 2011
Shannon
... 2011
Lyle Haggerty
... 2011
Dean Tainot
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Eliot
... 2011
Mr. Dearden
... 2011
Detective Lankford
... 2011
James Pettis
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Lt. Bryce Baxter
... 2007
Stan Grossman
... 2006
Buzz Aldrin (voice)
... 2005
David
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Peter
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Woodrow Snider
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Santa Claus (voice)
... 2002
Nick Wrigley
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Ron Gatley
... 2000
Lance
... 1999
War Department Colonel
... 1998
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Phil Hertzberg
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Virgil "Gus" Grissom
... 1996
Father Brophy
... 1996
Patrick Dougherty
... 1996
Eddie (voice)
... 1996
Special Agent Falsey
... 1995
Alan
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Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
... 1994
Club Official
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Dr. Frank Darden
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Prof. Harris
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Darren
... 1990
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Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
... 1987
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Douglas Donovan
... 1983
Quarterback (uncredited)
... 1980
King Hrothgar
Roberto Montalban
