Bryan Cranston

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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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
2016 60 Trumbo (2015) Lead Actor Nom 7
Career 7

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

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