Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, voice actor, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Hal, the father in the Fox situation comedy "Malcolm in the Middle", and as Walter White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad, for which he has won three consecutive Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy Awards. Other notable roles include Dr. Tim Whatley on Seinfeld, Doug Heffernan's neighbor in The King of Queens, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in From the Earth to the Moon, and Ted Mosby's boss on How I Met Your Mother.
Movie | Everything's Going to Be Great | Buddy | 2025 |
Series | The Studio | 2025-03-25 | |
Movie | The Phoenician Scheme | 2025 | |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Li (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
Movie | Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés | Self | 2024-03-18 |
Movie | Argylle | Director Ritter | 2024-01-31 |
Movie | Asteroid City | The Host | 2023-06-08 |
Movie | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Jerry Selbee | 2022-10-20 |
Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
Movie | David Blaine: The Magic Way | Self | 2020-04-01 |
Movie | The One and Only Ivan | Mack | 2020-08-21 |
Movie | The Story of Soaps | Self | 2020-05-19 |
Series | Jujutsu Kaisen | Kaisen (voice) | 2020-10-03 |
Series | Your Honor | Michael Desiato | 2020-12-06 |
Movie | The Upside | Phillip Lacasse | 2019-01-10 |
Movie | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | (archive footage) | 2019-05-29 |
Movie | The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Self (extended version) | 2019-10-28 |
Movie | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Walt | 2019-10-11 |
Movie | Isle of Dogs | Chief (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
Movie | Every Act of Life | John Steinbeck (voice) | 2018-04-23 |
Movie | CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018-10-05 |
Movie | Pink Elephants | Himself | 2018-11-15 |
Movie | The Disaster Artist | Bryan Cranston (uncredited) | 2017-03-12 |
Movie | Last Flag Flying | Sal Nealon | 2017-11-03 |
Movie | Power Rangers | Zordon | 2017-03-23 |
Movie | Wakefield | Howard Wakefield | 2017-05-19 |
Series | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | 2017-09-17 | |
Movie | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
Series | Just For Laughs: Redux | 2017-07-01 | |
Movie | The Power of the Present | Self | 2017-06-27 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Li (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
Movie | Get a Job | Roger Davis | 2016-03-17 |
Movie | Why Him? | Ned Fleming | 2016-12-22 |
Movie | The Infiltrator | Robert Mazur | 2016-07-13 |
Movie | All the Way | Lyndon B. Johnson | 2016-05-23 |
Movie | In Dubious Battle | Sheriff | 2016-10-08 |
Series | Hot Ones | Himself | 2015-03-12 |
Movie | Trumbo | Dalton Trumbo | 2015-10-27 |
Series | Supermansion | Titanium Rex | 2015-10-08 |
Series | Sneaky Pete | Vince | 2015-08-07 |
Movie | The Concert for Valor | Self | 2014-11-11 |
Movie | Sense of Smell | Tyler | 2014-06-27 |
Movie | Godzilla | Joe Brody | 2014-05-14 |
Movie | Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World | Heisenberg | 2013-04-10 |
Movie | Übermansion | Titanium Rex | 2013-08-25 |
Movie | Writer's Block | 2013-11-01 | |
Movie | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013-11-26 |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self | 2013-11-19 |
Series | Big History | Narrator | 2013-11-02 |
Movie | Cold Comes the Night | Topo | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | John Carter | Powell | 2012-03-07 |
Movie | Red Tails | Colonel William Mortamus | 2012-01-19 |
Movie | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Vitaly (voice) | 2012-06-06 |
Movie | Total Recall | Cohaagen | 2012-08-02 |
Movie | Argo | Jack O'Donnell | 2012-10-11 |
Movie | Rock of Ages | Mayor Mike Whitmore | 2012-06-13 |
Movie | Detachment | Richard Dearden | 2011-04-24 |
Movie | Leave | Eliot | 2011-05-03 |
Movie | The Lincoln Lawyer | Detective Lankford | 2011-03-17 |
Movie | Drive | Shannon | 2011-09-15 |
Movie | Larry Crowne | Dean Tainot | 2011-06-30 |
Movie | Contagion | Lyle Haggerty | 2011-09-08 |
Movie | Batman: Year One | Jim Gordon (voice) | 2011-09-27 |
Movie | Love Ranch | James Pettis | 2010-06-30 |
Series | Archer | Commander Tony Drake | 2009-09-17 |
Series | Breaking Bad | Walter White | 2008-01-20 |
Movie | Hard Four | Lt. Bryce Baxter | 2007-11-01 |
Series | Fallen | Unknown | 2007-08-04 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Little Miss Sunshine | Stan Grossman | 2006-07-26 |
Series | How I Met Your Mother | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
Movie | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Buzz Aldrin (voice) | 2005-09-23 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | Illusion | 2004-10-25 | |
Movie | Seeing Other People | Peter | 2004-05-07 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Series | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Mr. Jamieson (voice) | 2003-09-20 |
Movie | Holiday Reunion | Woodrow Snider | 2003-11-23 |
Movie | The Santa Claus Brothers | Santa Claus (voice) | 2002-07-12 |
Series | Good Day Live | Unknown | 2001-09-17 |
Movie | 'Twas the Night | Nick Wrigley | 2001-12-07 |
Series | Gary & Mike | Unknown | 2001-01-12 |
Movie | Terror Tract | Ron Gatley | 2000-10-18 |
Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Hal | 2000-01-09 |
Movie | Last Chance | Lance | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Series | Pocket Dragon Adventures | (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
Series | From the Earth to the Moon | 1998-04-05 | |
Movie | Saving Private Ryan | War Department Colonel | 1998-07-24 |
Series | The King of Queens | Tim | 1998-09-21 |
Movie | Strategic Command | Phil Hertzberg | 1997-01-06 |
Movie | Time Under Fire | 1997-11-12 | |
Series | Brooklyn South | Unknown | 1997-09-22 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Armitage III: Poly Matrix | Eddie (voice) | 1996-06-25 |
Movie | That Thing You Do! | Virgil "Gus" Grissom | 1996-10-04 |
Series | Goode Behavior | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Series | The Louie Show | 1996-01-31 | |
Movie | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Patrick Dougherty | 1996-09-18 |
Movie | Street Corner Justice | Father Brophy | 1996-09-27 |
Series | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Witch Lawyer | 1996-09-27 |
Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
Movie | Kissing Miranda | Special Agent Falsey | 1995-02-25 |
Series | Armitage III | Eddie Borrows (voice) | 1995-02-25 |
Series | Brotherly Love | Unknown | 1995-09-16 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Series | Babylon 5 | Ericsson | 1994-01-26 |
Movie | Clean Slate | Club Official | 1994-05-06 |
Movie | The Companion | Alan | 1994-10-14 |
Movie | Erotique | Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love') | 1994-05-14 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Series | Macross Plus | Isamu Alva Dyson (voice) (as Lee Stone) | 1994-08-25 |
Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
Series | Power Rangers | Twin Man | 1993-08-28 |
Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
Movie | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | 1993-05-04 | |
Movie | Dead Silence | Prof. Harris | 1991-08-26 |
Movie | Dead Space | Dr. Frank Darden | 1991-10-21 |
Series | The Flash | Philip Moses | 1990-09-20 |
Movie | Corporate Affairs | 1990-10-05 | |
Series | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Officer Dickenson | 1989-05-22 |
Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
Series | Baywatch | Tom Logan | 1989-04-23 |
Movie | The Big Turnaround | Jim | 1988-01-01 |
Series | Raising Miranda | 1988-11-05 | |
Series | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
Movie | The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Dr. Shepherd | 1987-05-17 |
Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited) | 1987-09-18 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Cover Up | Unknown | 1984-09-22 |
Movie | Loving | Douglas Donovan | 1983-06-26 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
Movie | To Race the Wind | Quarterback (uncredited) | 1980-03-12 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Series | The Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1949-01-25 |