Birthday: 1956-03-07
Birthplace: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 93
Drafted By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 1
Win Bonus: 3
Nom Bonus: 3
Total Points: 7
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, 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).
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2016 | 60 | Trumbo (2015) | Lead Actor | Nom | 7 | |
Career | 7 |
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Grendel | King Hrothgar | |
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Jackpot | |||
Assassination | |||
Lone Wolf | |||
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The Big Thing | Roberto Montalban | ||
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2026-02-20 | Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie | |
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2025-06-20 | Everything's Going to Be Great | Buddy |
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2025-05-23 | The Phoenician Scheme | Reagan |
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2024-03-02 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Li (voice) |
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2024-01-31 | Argylle | Director Ritter |
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2023-06-08 | Asteroid City | The Host |
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2022-10-20 | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Jerry Selbee |
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2022-06-04 | Experience Yosemite | |
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2021-06-13 | Show of Titles | "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer |
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2020-08-21 | The One and Only Ivan | Mack |
2020-07-09 | Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion | self | |
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2020-05-21 | Love Letters | Andrew Makepeace Ladd III |
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2019-10-11 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Walt |
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2019-01-10 | The Upside | Phillip Lacasse |
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2018-04-23 | Every Act of Life | John Steinbeck (voice) |
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2018-03-23 | Isle of Dogs | Chief (voice) |
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2018-03-07 | Network | Howard Beale |
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2017-11-03 | Last Flag Flying | Sal Nealon |
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2017-05-19 | Wakefield | Howard Wakefield |
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2017-03-23 | Power Rangers | Zordon |
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2017-03-12 | The Disaster Artist | Bryan Cranston (uncredited) |
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2016-12-22 | Why Him? | Ned Fleming |
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2016-10-08 | In Dubious Battle | Sheriff |
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2016-07-13 | The Infiltrator | Robert Mazur |
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2016-05-23 | All the Way | Lyndon B. Johnson |
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2016-03-17 | Get a Job | Roger Davis |
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2016-01-23 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Li (voice) |
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2015-10-27 | Trumbo | Dalton Trumbo |
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2014-08-19 | Barely Legal Pawn | Buzz Jackson |
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2014-06-27 | Sense of Smell | Tyler |
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2014-05-14 | Godzilla | Joe Brody |
2013-11-01 | Writer's Block | ||
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2013-09-20 | Cold Comes the Night | Topo |
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2013-08-25 | Übermansion | Titanium Rex |
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2013-04-10 | Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World | Heisenberg |
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2012-10-11 | Argo | Jack O'Donnell |
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2012-08-02 | Total Recall | Cohaagen |
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2012-06-13 | Rock of Ages | Mayor Mike Whitmore |
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2012-06-06 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Vitaly (voice) |
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2012-03-07 | John Carter | Powell |
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2012-01-19 | Red Tails | Colonel William Mortamus |
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2011-09-27 | Batman: Year One | Jim Gordon (voice) |
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2011-09-15 | Drive | Shannon |
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2011-09-08 | Contagion | Lyle Haggerty |
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2011-06-30 | Larry Crowne | Dean Tainot |
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2011-05-03 | Leave | Eliot |
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2011-04-24 | Detachment | Mr. Dearden |
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2011-03-17 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Detective Lankford |
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2010-06-30 | Love Ranch | James Pettis |
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2007-11-01 | Hard Four | Lt. Bryce Baxter |
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2006-07-26 | Little Miss Sunshine | Stan Grossman |
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2005-09-23 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Buzz Aldrin (voice) |
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2004-10-25 | Illusion | David |
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2004-05-07 | Seeing Other People | Peter |
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2003-11-23 | Holiday Reunion | Woodrow Snider |
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2002-07-12 | The Santa Claus Brothers | Santa Claus (voice) |
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2001-12-07 | 'Twas the Night | Nick Wrigley |
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2000-10-18 | Terror Tract | Ron Gatley |
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1999-01-01 | Last Chance | Lance |
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1998-07-24 | Saving Private Ryan | War Department Colonel |
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1997-11-12 | Time Under Fire | |
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1997-01-06 | Strategic Command | Phil Hertzberg |
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1996-10-04 | That Thing You Do! | Virgil "Gus" Grissom |
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1996-09-27 | Street Corner Justice | Father Brophy |
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1996-09-18 | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Patrick Dougherty |
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1996-06-25 | Armitage III: Poly Matrix | Eddie (voice) |
1995-02-25 | Kissing Miranda | Special Agent Falsey | |
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1994-10-14 | The Companion | Alan |
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1994-05-14 | Erotique | Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love') |
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1994-05-06 | Clean Slate | Club Official |
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1993-05-04 | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | |
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1991-10-21 | Dead Space | Dr. Frank Darden |
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1991-08-26 | Dead Silence | Prof. Harris |
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1990-10-05 | Corporate Affairs | Darren |
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1988-01-01 | The Big Turnaround | Jim |
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1987-09-18 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited) |
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1987-05-17 | The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Dr. Shepherd |
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1983-06-26 | Loving | Douglas Donovan |
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1980-03-12 | To Race the Wind | Quarterback (uncredited) |