Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

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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Filmography

2026

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
Movie - Released: 2/20/2026

2025

Everything's Going to Be Great
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Buddy
Movie - Released: 6/9/2025
The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme
as Reagan
Movie - Released: 5/23/2025
The Studio
The Studio
as Griffin Mill
TV - Released: 3/25/2025

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda 4
as Li (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/2/2024
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/18/2024
Argylle
Argylle
as Director Ritter
Movie - Released: 1/31/2024
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/14/2024

2023

Asteroid City
Asteroid City
as The Host
Movie - Released: 6/8/2023

2022

Sell/Buy/Date
Sell/Buy/Date
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/14/2022
Experience Yosemite
Experience Yosemite
Movie - Released: 6/4/2022
Jerry & Marge Go Large
Jerry & Marge Go Large
as Jerry Selbee
Movie - Released: 10/20/2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/31/2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
TV - Released: 9/23/2022

2021

An Audience with Adele
An Audience with Adele
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/21/2021
Show of Titles
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Movie - Released: 6/13/2021
Show Me More
Show Me More
as Self - "Walter White"
TV - Released: 10/20/2021
Animal
Animal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/10/2021
Hart to Heart
Hart to Heart
as Self
TV - Released: 8/5/2021

2020

Movie
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
as self
Movie - Released: 7/9/2020
The One and Only Ivan
The One and Only Ivan
as Mack
Movie - Released: 8/21/2020
The Story of Soaps
The Story of Soaps
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/19/2020
Love Letters
Love Letters
as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
Movie - Released: 5/21/2020
David Blaine: The Magic Way
David Blaine: The Magic Way
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/1/2020
Ancient Caves
Ancient Caves
as Self - Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/13/2020
The Stand
The Stand
as The President (voice) (uncredited)
TV - Released: 12/17/2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Count Rugen
TV - Released: 6/29/2020
Your Honor
Your Honor
as Michael Desiato
TV - Released: 12/6/2020

2019

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self (extended version)
Movie - Released: 10/28/2019
The Upside
The Upside
as Phillip Lacasse
Movie - Released: 1/10/2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Walt
Movie - Released: 10/11/2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2018

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
as Chief (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/23/2018
Every Act of Life
Every Act of Life
as John Steinbeck (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/23/2018
Pink Elephants
Pink Elephants
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/15/2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/5/2018
Network
Network
as Howard Beale
Movie - Released: 3/7/2018

2017

Wakefield
Wakefield
as Howard Wakefield
Movie - Released: 5/19/2017
The Disaster Artist
The Disaster Artist
as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/12/2017
Power Rangers
Power Rangers
as Zordon
Movie - Released: 3/23/2017
Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying
as Sal Nealon
Movie - Released: 11/3/2017
The Power of the Present
The Power of the Present
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/27/2017
The Words That Built America
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Movie - Released: 7/4/2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Talking with Chris Hardwick
as Self
TV - Released: 4/9/2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as Silas Herrick
TV - Released: 9/17/2017
Just For Laughs: Redux
Just For Laughs: Redux
TV - Released: 7/1/2017

2016

Get a Job
Get a Job
as Roger Davis
Movie - Released: 3/17/2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Li (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/23/2016
The Infiltrator
The Infiltrator
as Robert Mazur
Movie - Released: 7/13/2016
In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle
as Sheriff
Movie - Released: 10/8/2016
All the Way
All the Way
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Movie - Released: 5/23/2016
Why Him?
Why Him?
as Ned Fleming
Movie - Released: 12/22/2016
Geeking Out
Geeking Out
as Self
TV - Released: 7/24/2016

2015

Trumbo
Trumbo
as Dalton Trumbo
Movie - Released: 10/27/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015
Supermansion
Supermansion
as Titanium Rex
TV - Released: 10/8/2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 3/23/2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones
as Self
TV - Released: 3/12/2015
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul
as Walter White / Heisenberg (archive footage)
TV - Released: 2/8/2015
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul
as Walter White
TV - Released: 2/8/2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
TV - Released: 8/2/2015
Sneaky Pete
Sneaky Pete
as Vince
TV - Released: 8/7/2015

2014

Godzilla
Godzilla
as Joe Brody
Movie - Released: 5/14/2014
Barely Legal Pawn
Barely Legal Pawn
as Buzz Jackson
Movie - Released: 8/19/2014
The Concert for Valor
The Concert for Valor
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/11/2014
Sense of Smell
Sense of Smell
as Tyler
Movie - Released: 6/27/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Richard Sackler
TV - Released: 4/27/2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/21/2014

2013

Cold Comes the Night
Cold Comes the Night
as Topo
Movie - Released: 9/20/2013
Movie
Writer's Block
Movie - Released: 11/1/2013
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
as Heisenberg
Movie - Released: 4/10/2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
David Blaine: Real or Magic
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/19/2013
Übermansion
Übermansion
as Titanium Rex
Movie - Released: 8/25/2013
Big History
Big History
as Narrator
TV - Released: 11/2/2013
The Writers' Room
The Writers' Room
as Self - Actor
TV - Released: 7/29/2013

2012

Total Recall
Total Recall
as Cohaagen
Movie - Released: 8/2/2012
John Carter
John Carter
as Powell
Movie - Released: 3/7/2012
Argo
Argo
as Jack O'Donnell
Movie - Released: 10/11/2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Vitaly (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/6/2012
Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages
as Mayor Mike Whitmore
Movie - Released: 6/13/2012
Red Tails
Red Tails
as Colonel William Mortamus
Movie - Released: 1/19/2012
Inside Comedy
Inside Comedy
as Self
TV - Released: 1/26/2012

2011

Drive
Drive
as Shannon
Movie - Released: 9/15/2011
Contagion
Contagion
as Lyle Haggerty
Movie - Released: 9/8/2011
Batman: Year One
Batman: Year One
as Jim Gordon (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/27/2011
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Detective Lankford
Movie - Released: 3/17/2011
Detachment
Detachment
as Mr. Dearden
Movie - Released: 4/24/2011
Larry Crowne
Larry Crowne
as Dean Tainot
Movie - Released: 6/30/2011
Leave
Leave
as Eliot
Movie - Released: 5/3/2011

2010

Love Ranch
Love Ranch
as James Pettis
Movie - Released: 6/30/2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
TV - Released: 3/5/2010
Conan
Conan
as Self
TV - Released: 11/8/2010

2009

Archer
Archer
as Commander Tony Drake (voice)
TV - Released: 9/17/2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009

2008

Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
as Walter White
TV - Released: 1/20/2008
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
as Hal
TV - Released: 1/20/2008

2007

Hard Four
Hard Four
as Lt. Bryce Baxter
Movie - Released: 11/1/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007
Fallen
Fallen
TV - Released: 8/4/2007
Thank God You're Here
Thank God You're Here
as Self
TV - Released: 4/9/2007

2006

Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine
as Stan Grossman
Movie - Released: 7/26/2006
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/17/2006
30 Rock
30 Rock
as Ron
TV - Released: 10/11/2006

2005

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Buzz Aldrin (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/23/2005
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
as Hammond Druthers
TV - Released: 9/19/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Bill Publisherman (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Bryan Cranston
TV - Released: 8/4/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Mr. Winthrop (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005

2004

Illusion
Illusion
as David
Movie - Released: 10/25/2004
Seeing Other People
Seeing Other People
as Peter
Movie - Released: 5/7/2004
TV
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/2004
Alf's Hit Talk Show
Alf's Hit Talk Show
TV - Released: 7/7/2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

Holiday Reunion
Holiday Reunion
as Woodrow Snider
Movie - Released: 11/23/2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV - Released: 1/26/2003
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
as Mr. Jamieson (voice)
TV - Released: 9/20/2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
TV - Released: 2/21/2003

2002

The Santa Claus Brothers
The Santa Claus Brothers
as Santa Claus (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/12/2002

2001

'Twas the Night
'Twas the Night
as Nick Wrigley
Movie - Released: 12/7/2001
TV
Good Day Live
as Self
TV - Released: 9/17/2001
Gary & Mike
Gary & Mike
as Mr. Newton (voice)
TV - Released: 1/12/2001
Gary & Mike
Gary & Mike
as (voice)
TV - Released: 1/12/2001

2000

Terror Tract
Terror Tract
as Ron Gatley
Movie - Released: 10/18/2000
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle
as Hal
TV - Released: 1/9/2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Dr. Templeton
TV - Released: 10/15/2000
Clerks
Clerks
as Various (voice)
TV - Released: 5/31/2000
Clerks
Clerks
as Helicopter Pilot (voice)
TV - Released: 5/31/2000

1999

Last Chance
Last Chance
as Lance
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Dr. Jewish (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Bert (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Bert / Judge (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Hal (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Bryan Cranston
TV - Released: 1/31/1999

1998

Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan
as War Department Colonel
Movie - Released: 7/24/1998
The King of Queens
The King of Queens
as Tim
TV - Released: 9/21/1998
Pocket Dragon Adventures
Pocket Dragon Adventures
as (voice)
TV - Released: 1/1/1998
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon
as Buzz Aldrin
TV - Released: 4/5/1998
V.I.P.
V.I.P.
as Colt Arrow
TV - Released: 9/26/1998

1997

Strategic Command
Strategic Command
as Phil Hertzberg
Movie - Released: 1/6/1997
Time Under Fire
Time Under Fire
Movie - Released: 11/12/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997
TV
Brooklyn South
as IAB Lt. Gordon Denton
TV - Released: 9/22/1997
The View
The View
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 8/11/1997
Working
Working
as Larry Prince
TV - Released: 10/8/1997
The View
The View
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

That Thing You Do!
That Thing You Do!
as Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Movie - Released: 10/4/1996
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
Armitage III: Poly Matrix
as Eddie (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/25/1996
Street Corner Justice
Street Corner Justice
as Father Brophy
Movie - Released: 9/27/1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
as Patrick Dougherty
Movie - Released: 9/18/1996
The Pretender
The Pretender
as Neil Roberts
TV - Released: 9/19/1996
TV
Goode Behavior
as Record Executive
TV - Released: 8/26/1996
TV
The Louie Show
TV - Released: 1/31/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Witch Lawyer
TV - Released: 9/27/1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Neil Diamond impersonator
TV - Released: 1/9/1996
Eagle Riders
Eagle Riders
as Joe Thax
TV - Released: 9/9/1996

1995

Movie
Kissing Miranda
as Special Agent Falsey
Movie - Released: 2/25/1995
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
as Russell
TV - Released: 9/16/1995
MADtv
MADtv
as Self
TV - Released: 10/14/1995
Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man
as Sheriff Norman Wade
TV - Released: 8/28/1995
MADtv
MADtv
as Self / Mike
TV - Released: 10/14/1995

1994

Clean Slate
Clean Slate
as Club Official
Movie - Released: 5/6/1994
Erotique
Erotique
as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
Movie - Released: 5/14/1994
The Companion
The Companion
as Alan
Movie - Released: 10/14/1994
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
as Dr. Tom Bryant
TV - Released: 9/21/1994
Babylon 5
Babylon 5
as Ericsson
TV - Released: 1/26/1994
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
TV - Released: 9/18/1994
Viper
Viper
as Garrett Berlin
TV - Released: 1/2/1994

1993

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Movie - Released: 5/4/1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Hank
TV - Released: 4/21/1993
The X-Files
The X-Files
as Patrick Crump
TV - Released: 9/10/1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder
as Walter Mason
TV - Released: 10/29/1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder
as Martin Rutgers
TV - Released: 10/29/1993

1991

Dead Silence
Dead Silence
as Prof. Harris
Movie - Released: 8/26/1991
Dead Space
Dead Space
as Dr. Frank Darden
Movie - Released: 10/21/1991

1990

Corporate Affairs
Corporate Affairs
as Darren
Movie - Released: 10/5/1990
The Flash
The Flash
as Philip Moses
TV - Released: 9/20/1990
TV
Capital News
as Congressman Marple
TV - Released: 4/9/1990

1989

Seinfeld
Seinfeld
as Tim Whatley
TV - Released: 7/5/1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven
I Know My First Name Is Steven
as Officer Dickenson
TV - Released: 5/22/1989
Baywatch
Baywatch
as Tom Logan
TV - Released: 4/23/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Stradivarius Cain (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Walter White (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

The Big Turnaround
The Big Turnaround
as Jim
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988
TV
Raising Miranda
TV - Released: 11/5/1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1987

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Dr. Shepherd
Movie - Released: 5/17/1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/18/1987
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman
TV - Released: 9/26/1987

1986

L.A. Law
L.A. Law
as James Phillips
TV - Released: 9/15/1986
Matlock
Matlock
as Brian Emerson
TV - Released: 3/3/1986
Matlock
Matlock
as Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
TV - Released: 3/3/1986

1984

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Brian East
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Cover Up
Cover Up
TV - Released: 9/22/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Parker Foreman
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Airwolf
Airwolf
as Robert Hollis
TV - Released: 1/22/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Jerry Wilber
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

Loving
Loving
as Douglas Donovan
Movie - Released: 6/26/1983

1981

Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest
as Martin Randall
TV - Released: 12/4/1981
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
TV - Released: 1/15/1981
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/1981

1980

To Race the Wind
To Race the Wind
as Quarterback (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 3/12/1980

1977

CHiPs
CHiPs
TV - Released: 9/15/1977

1975

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1949

The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1949

Unknown

Grendel
Grendel
as King Hrothgar
Movie
Movie
Tangles
Movie
Movie
Jackpot
Movie
Movie
Movie
Lone Wolf
Movie
Movie