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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, 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 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, 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 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
Murder, She Wrote
Family Guy
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Diagnosis: Murder
American Dad!
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
Matlock
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Airwolf
The Oscars
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Baywatch
CHiPs
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The X-Files
Walker, Texas Ranger
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
Touched by an Angel
Inside Comedy
Who Do You Think You Are?
The King of Queens
L.A. Law
Cover Up
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Flash
Brotherly Love
Babylon 5
Falcon Crest
Geeking Out
The Pretender
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Archer
Brooklyn South
Clerks
Hart to Heart
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Thank God You're Here
Gary & Mike
Amazon Women on the Moon
Saving Private Ryan
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
I Know My First Name Is Steven
Sneaky Pete
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
The Lincoln Lawyer
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
John Carter
Fall
Detachment
Rock of Ages
Contagion
Little Miss Sunshine
Total Recall
The Studio
Power Rangers
The Phoenician Scheme
Power Rangers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
MADtv
Asteroid City
Kung Fu Panda 4
Venom: The Last Dance
The Concert for Valor
The Louie Show
Godzilla
Drive
Malcolm in the Middle
Larry Crowne
Argylle
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Get a Job
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Malcolm in the Middle Revival
Kung Fu Panda 3
Batman: Year One
Last Flag Flying
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Argo
The Upside
All the Way
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Red Tails
Animal
Your Honor
The One and Only Ivan
Supermansion
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Breaking Bad
Isle of Dogs
Why Him?
Production Credits
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Sneaky Pete
Modern Family
Malcolm in the Middle
The Office
Supermansion
Malcolm in the Middle Revival
Venom: The Last Dance
All the Way
Breaking Bad
Your Honor
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