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 |
Movie | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Li (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
Movie | Argylle | Director Ritter | 2024-01-31 |
Movie | Asteroid City | The Host | 2023-06-08 |
Movie | Uncharted | 2022-02-10 | |
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 Story of Soaps | Self | 2020-05-19 |
Movie | The One and Only Ivan | Mack | 2020-08-21 |
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 | Avengers: Endgame | Galactus | 2019-04-24 |
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 | Pink Elephants | Himself | 2018-11-15 |
Movie | Power Rangers | Zordon | 2017-03-23 |
Movie | Last Flag Flying | Sal Nealon | 2017-11-03 |
Movie | Wakefield | Howard Wakefield | 2017-05-19 |
Movie | The Disaster Artist | Bryan Cranston (uncredited) | 2017-03-12 |
Movie | The Power of the Present | Self | 2017-06-27 |
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 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Li (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
Movie | Get a Job | Roger Davis | 2016-03-17 |
Movie | The Infiltrator | Robert Mazur | 2016-07-13 |
Movie | Why Him? | Ned Fleming | 2016-12-22 |
Movie | In Dubious Battle | Sheriff | 2016-10-08 |
Movie | All the Way | Lyndon B. Johnson | 2016-05-23 |
Series | Hot Ones | Himself | 2015-03-12 |
Series | Supermansion | Titanium Rex | 2015-10-08 |
Movie | Trumbo | Dalton Trumbo | 2015-10-27 |
Series | Sneaky Pete | Vince | 2015-08-07 |
Movie | Godzilla | Joe Brody | 2014-05-14 |
Movie | Sense of Smell | Tyler | 2014-06-27 |
Movie | The Concert for Valor | Self | 2014-11-11 |
Movie | Übermansion | Titanium Rex | 2013-08-25 |
Movie | Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World | Heisenberg | 2013-04-10 |
Movie | Cold Comes the Night | Topo | 2013-09-20 |
Series | Big History | Narrator | 2013-11-02 |
Movie | No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013-11-26 |
Movie | Writer's Block | 2013-11-01 | |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self | 2013-11-19 |
Movie | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Vitaly (voice) | 2012-06-06 |
Movie | Red Tails | Colonel William Mortamus | 2012-01-19 |
Movie | John Carter | Powell | 2012-03-07 |
Movie | Rock of Ages | Mayor Mike Whitmore | 2012-06-13 |
Movie | Argo | Jack O'Donnell | 2012-10-11 |
Movie | Total Recall | Cohaagen | 2012-08-02 |
Movie | Detachment | Richard Dearden | 2011-04-24 |
Movie | Leave | Eliot | 2011-05-03 |
Movie | The Lincoln Lawyer | Detective Lankford | 2011-03-17 |
Movie | Larry Crowne | Dean Tainot | 2011-06-30 |
Movie | Batman: Year One | Jim Gordon (voice) | 2011-09-27 |
Movie | Drive | Shannon | 2011-09-15 |
Movie | Contagion | Lyle Haggerty | 2011-09-08 |
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 | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Series | Fallen | Unknown | 2007-08-04 |
Movie | Little Miss Sunshine | Stan Grossman | 2006-07-26 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Series | How I Met Your Mother | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
Movie | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Buzz Aldrin (voice) | 2005-09-23 |
Movie | Seeing Other People | Peter | 2004-05-07 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
Movie | Illusion | 2004-10-25 | |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Holiday Reunion | Woodrow Snider | 2003-11-23 |
Series | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Mr. Jamieson (voice) | 2003-09-20 |
Movie | The Santa Claus Brothers | Santa Claus (voice) | 2002-07-12 |
Series | Gary & Mike | Unknown | 2001-01-12 |
Movie | 'Twas the Night | Nick Wrigley | 2001-12-07 |
Series | Good Day Live | Unknown | 2001-09-17 |
Movie | Terror Tract | Ron Gatley | 2000-10-18 |
Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Hal | 2000-01-09 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Last Chance | Lance | 1999-01-01 |
Series | From the Earth to the Moon | 1998-04-05 | |
Series | Pocket Dragon Adventures | 1998-01-01 | |
Series | The King of Queens | Tim | 1998-09-21 |
Movie | Saving Private Ryan | War Department Colonel | 1998-07-24 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Strategic Command | Phil Hertzberg | 1997-01-06 |
Series | Brooklyn South | Unknown | 1997-09-22 |
Movie | Time Under Fire | 1997-11-12 | |
Movie | Armitage III: Poly Matrix | Eddie (voice) | 1996-06-25 |
Series | The Louie Show | 1996-01-31 | |
Series | Goode Behavior | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Movie | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Patrick Dougherty | 1996-09-18 |
Movie | That Thing You Do! | Virgil "Gus" Grissom | 1996-10-04 |
Movie | Street Corner Justice | Father Brophy | 1996-09-27 |
Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
Series | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Witch Lawyer | 1996-09-27 |
Series | Brotherly Love | Unknown | 1995-09-16 |
Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
Movie | Clean Slate | Club Official | 1994-05-06 |
Movie | The Legend of Drunken Master | (voice) | 1994-02-03 |
Series | Babylon 5 | Ericsson | 1994-01-26 |
Movie | Erotique | Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love') | 1994-05-14 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
Movie | The Companion | Alan | 1994-10-14 |
Movie | Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | Fei Long (voice) | 1994-08-06 |
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 | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
Series | Power Rangers | Twin Man | 1993-08-28 |
Movie | Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story | 1993-05-04 | |
Movie | Dead Space | Dr. Frank Darden | 1991-10-21 |
Movie | Dead Silence | Prof. Harris | 1991-08-26 |
Movie | Corporate Affairs | 1990-10-05 | |
Series | The Flash | Philip Moses | 1990-09-20 |
Series | Baywatch | Tom Logan | 1989-04-23 |
Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
Series | I Know My First Name Is Steven | Officer Dickenson | 1989-05-22 |
Series | Raising Miranda | 1988-11-05 | |
Movie | The Big Turnaround | Jim | 1988-01-01 |
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 | Cover Up | Unknown | 1984-09-22 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Loving | Douglas Donovan | 1983-06-26 |
Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
Movie | To Race The Wind | Quarterback (uncredited) | 1980-03-12 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Series | The Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1949-01-25 |