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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
Murder, She Wrote
Saturday Night Live
Family Guy
Seinfeld
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Diagnosis: Murder
The Simpsons
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Airwolf
The Oscars
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Matlock
American Dad!
Baywatch
MADtv
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
Better Call Saul
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
Babylon 5
Falcon Crest
Brotherly Love
Geeking Out
The Pretender
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Archer
Brooklyn South
Clerks
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Power Rangers
Thank God You're Here
Gary & Mike
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
The Lincoln Lawyer
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
John Carter
Detachment
Fall
Contagion
Rock of Ages
Little Miss Sunshine
Total Recall
Power Rangers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Phoenician Scheme
Asteroid City
The Studio
Kung Fu Panda 4
Venom: The Last Dance
Godzilla
The Louie Show
The Concert for Valor
Malcolm in the Middle
Drive
Get a Job
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Argylle
Larry Crowne
Kung Fu Panda 3
Batman: Year One
Argo
Last Flag Flying
Hart to Heart
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival
The Upside
Why Him?
All the Way
Animal
Red Tails
Isle of Dogs
The One and Only Ivan
Supermansion
Jerry & Marge Go Large
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Breaking Bad
Your Honor
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Production Credits
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Venom: The Last Dance
All the Way
Untitled Malcolm in the Middle Miniseries Revival
Supermansion
The Office
Breaking Bad
Your Honor
Sneaky Pete
Modern Family
Malcolm in the Middle
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
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