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Bryan Cranston
Known for: ActingBryan 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 seven Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, 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 has also starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). On stage, he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film of the same name. 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), Isle of Dogs (2018), Asteroid City (2023), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3 (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), 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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Breaking Bad
as Walter White 
Malcolm in the Middle
as Hal 
The Sheep Detectives
as Sebastian (voice) 
Isle of Dogs
as Chief (voice) 
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Li (voice) 
Sneaky Pete
Creator 
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Li (voice) 
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Vitaly (voice) 
Your Honor
as Michael Desiato 
Power Rangers
as Zordon 
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Detective Lankford 
Why Him?
as Ned Fleming 
Pocket Dragon Adventures
as (voice) 
Godzilla
as Joe Brody 
The Phoenician Scheme
as Reagan 
Argylle
as Director Ritter 
Total Recall
as Cohaagen 
Drive
as Shannon 
John Carter
as Powell 
Little Miss Sunshine
as Stan Grossman 
Asteroid City
as The Host 
The Upside
as Phillip Lacasse 
Argo
as Jack O'Donnell 
In Dubious Battle
as Sheriff 
Rock of Ages
as Mayor Mike Whitmore 
Contagion
as Lyle Haggerty 
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Walt 
The One and Only Ivan
as Mack 
Larry Crowne
as Dean Tainot 
Trumbo
as Dalton Trumbo 
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Jerry Selbee 
SuperMansion
as Titanium Rex 
The Infiltrator
as Robert Mazur 
Detachment
as Mr. Dearden 
Batman: Year One
as Jim Gordon (voice) 
Fallen
as Lucifer 
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
as Eddie (voice) 
Wakefield
as Howard Wakefield 
Dead Space
as Dr. Frank Darden 
All the Way
as Lyndon B. Johnson 
Red Tails
as Colonel William Mortamus 
Get a Job
as Roger Davis 
Last Flag Flying
as Sal Nealon 
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Creator 
Cold Comes the Night
as Topo 
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence 
Leave
as Eliot 
'Twas the Night
as Nick Wrigley 
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Buddy Smart 
Big History
as Narrator 
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Dr. Shepherd 
Dark Mind
as CSE Radio Host 
Love Ranch
as James Pettis 
David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self 
Seeing Other People
as Peter 
Strategic Command
as Phil Hertzberg 
When We Went MAD!
as Self 
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Patrick Dougherty 
Time Under Fire
as Braddock (as Brian Cranston) 
The Santa Claus Brothers
as Santa Claus (voice) 
Erotique
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love') 
Holiday Reunion
as Woodrow Snider 
Street Corner Justice
as Father Brophy 
Sell/Buy/Date
as Self 
Illusion
as David 
Last Chance
as Lance 
