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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

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).

Birthday: 1956-03-07

Place of birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Also known as: Bryan Lee Cranston, 布莱恩·李·克兰斯顿, 布萊恩·克萊斯頓, 布赖恩·克兰斯顿, Lee Stone, برایان کرانستون

Clean Slate
Clean Slate

1994-05-06

Club Official

Total Recall
Total Recall

2012-08-02

Cohaagen

Drive
Drive

2011-09-15

Shannon

Hard Four
Hard Four

2007-11-01

Lt. Bryce Baxter

Contagion
Contagion

2011-09-08

Lyle Haggerty

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005-09-23

Buzz Aldrin (voice)

Holiday Reunion
Holiday Reunion

2003-11-23

Woodrow Snider

John Carter
John Carter

2012-03-07

Powell

Argo
Argo

2012-10-11

Jack O'Donnell

Batman: Year One
Batman: Year One

2011-09-27

Jim Gordon (voice)

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012-06-06

Vitaly (voice)

The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer

2011-03-17

Detective Lankford

Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages

2012-06-13

Mayor Mike Whitmore

Red Tails
Red Tails

2012-01-19

Colonel William Mortamus

Detachment
Detachment

2011-04-24

Mr. Dearden

Larry Crowne
Larry Crowne

2011-06-30

Dean Tainot

'Twas the Night
'Twas the Night

2001-12-07

Nick Wrigley

Godzilla
Godzilla

2014-05-14

Joe Brody

Sell/Buy/Date
Sell/Buy/Date

2022-10-14

Self

Barely Legal Pawn
Barely Legal Pawn

2014-08-19

Buzz Jackson

Get a Job
Get a Job

2016-03-17

Roger Davis

Cold Comes the Night
Cold Comes the Night

2013-09-20

Topo

Writer's Block
Writer's Block

2013-11-01

Trumbo
Trumbo

2015-10-27

Dalton Trumbo

Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda 4

2024-03-02

Li (voice)

Strategic Command
Strategic Command

1997-01-06

Phil Hertzberg

Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine

2006-07-26

Stan Grossman

The Concert for Valor
The Concert for Valor

2014-11-11

Self

Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda 3

2016-01-23

Li (voice)

That Thing You Do!
That Thing You Do!

1996-10-04

Virgil "Gus" Grissom

The Infiltrator
The Infiltrator

2016-07-13

Robert Mazur

In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle

2016-10-08

Sheriff

To Race the Wind
To Race the Wind

1980-03-12

Quarterback (uncredited)

All the Way
All the Way

2016-05-23

Lyndon B. Johnson

Armitage III: Poly Matrix
Armitage III: Poly Matrix

1996-06-25

Eddie (voice)

Why Him?
Why Him?

2016-12-22

Ned Fleming

Wakefield
Wakefield

2017-05-19

Howard Wakefield

Dead Silence
Dead Silence

1991-08-26

Prof. Harris

Grendel
Grendel

King Hrothgar

The Disaster Artist
The Disaster Artist

2017-03-12

Bryan Cranston (uncredited)

Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs

2018-03-23

Chief (voice)

Power Rangers
Power Rangers

2017-03-23

Zordon

Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying

2017-11-03

Sal Nealon

The Upside
The Upside

2019-01-10

Phillip Lacasse

Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan

1998-07-24

War Department Colonel

Sense of Smell
Sense of Smell

2014-06-27

Tyler

Dead Space
Dead Space

1991-10-21

Dr. Frank Darden

Love Ranch
Love Ranch

2010-06-30

James Pettis

Terror Tract
Terror Tract

2000-10-18

Ron Gatley

Seeing Other People
Seeing Other People

2004-05-07

Peter

Leave
Leave

2011-05-03

Eliot

Erotique
Erotique

1994-05-14

Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')

The Companion
The Companion

1994-10-14

Alan

Illusion
Illusion

2004-10-25

David

Time Under Fire
Time Under Fire

1997-11-12

The Big Turnaround
The Big Turnaround

1988-01-01

Jim

Street Corner Justice
Street Corner Justice

1996-09-27

Father Brophy

The Santa Claus Brothers
The Santa Claus Brothers

2002-07-12

Santa Claus (voice)

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

1996-09-18

Patrick Dougherty

Corporate Affairs
Corporate Affairs

1990-10-05

Darren

The One and Only Ivan
The One and Only Ivan

2020-08-21

Mack

Every Act of Life
Every Act of Life

2018-04-23

John Steinbeck (voice)

Last Chance
Last Chance

1999-01-01

Lance

Übermansion
Übermansion

2013-08-25

Titanium Rex

The Words That Built America
The Words That Built America

2017-07-04

Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

Pink Elephants
Pink Elephants

2018-11-15

Self

The Story of Soaps
The Story of Soaps

2020-05-19

Self

Love Letters
Love Letters

2020-05-21

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III

Loving
Loving

1983-06-26

Douglas Donovan

Ancient Caves
Ancient Caves

2020-03-13

Self - Narrator

Jerry & Marge Go Large
Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022-10-20

Jerry Selbee

Kissing Miranda
Kissing Miranda

1995-02-25

Special Agent Falsey

Argylle
Argylle

2024-01-31

Director Ritter

Asteroid City
Asteroid City

2023-06-08

The Host

Amazon Women on the Moon
Amazon Women on the Moon

1987-09-18

Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)

Network
Network

2018-03-07

Howard Beale

Show of Titles
Show of Titles

2021-06-13

"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme

2025-05-23

Reagan

The Big Thing
The Big Thing

Roberto Montalban

When We Went MAD!
When We Went MAD!

2025-06-24

Self (archive footage)