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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston
Cranston in 2022
Born
Bryan Lee Cranston

(1956-03-07) March 7, 1956 (age 68)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materLos Angeles Valley College (AS)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
Years active1980–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
  • Mickey Middleton
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    (m. 1977; div. 1982)​
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    (m. 1989)​
ChildrenTaylor Dearden
FatherJoseph Cranston
AwardsFull list

Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006). He has received a number of awards, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Golden Globes, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

Cranston's performance on Breaking Bad earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014) and a Golden Globe in 2014.[1] After becoming a producer of the show in 2011, he also won the award for Outstanding Drama Series twice.[2] He was previously nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Malcolm in the Middle. Cranston co-developed and occasionally 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.[3][4]

Cranston earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for portraying Dalton Trumbo in 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), 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).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mens was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Bryan Cranston". Primetime Emmy Award. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Bryan Cranston opens up about Olivier win". BBC News. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Bryan Cranston dedicates his Tony for Network to 'real journalists around the world'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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