The Sheep Detectives2026
As Sebastian (voice)
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Bryan Cranston
Born
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is a European-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 seven Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, 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 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. 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), Isle of Dogs (2018), Asteroid City (2023), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3 (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (106)
Saving Private Ryan1998
As War Department Colonel
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Kung Fu Panda 42024
As Li (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted2012
As Vitaly (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Godzilla2014
As Joe Brody
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Kung Fu Panda 32016
As Li (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Argylle2024
As Director Ritter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Isle of Dogs2018
As Chief (voice)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Drive2011
As Shannon
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Total Recall2012
As Cohaagen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Asteroid City2023
As The Host
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Phoenician Scheme2025
As Reagan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
John Carter2012
As Powell
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Contagion2011
As Lyle Haggerty
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Power Rangers2017
As Zordon
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Argo2012
As Jack O'Donnell
TMDb 7.3 / 10
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie2019
As Walt
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Why Him?2016
As Ned Fleming
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Upside2019
As Phillip Lacasse
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Little Miss Sunshine2006
As Stan Grossman
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Detachment2011
As Mr. Dearden
TMDb 7.6 / 10
That Thing You Do!1996
As Virgil "Gus" Grissom
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Lincoln Lawyer2011
As Detective Lankford
TMDb 7.2 / 10
In Dubious Battle2016
As Sheriff
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Disaster Artist2017
As Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Rock of Ages2012
As Mayor Mike Whitmore
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Larry Crowne2011
As Dean Tainot
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Infiltrator2016
As Robert Mazur
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Jerry & Marge Go Large2022
As Jerry Selbee
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The One and Only Ivan2020
As Mack
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Batman: Year One2011
As Jim Gordon (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Trumbo2015
As Dalton Trumbo
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Red Tails2012
As Colonel William Mortamus
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Wakefield2017
As Howard Wakefield
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Get a Job2016
As Roger Davis
TMDb 5.3 / 10
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad2013
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Last Flag Flying2017
As Sal Nealon
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Amazon Women on the Moon1987
As Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Armitage III: Poly Matrix1996
As Eddie (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
All the Way2016
As Lyndon B. Johnson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Words That Built America2017
As Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Terror Tract2000
As Ron Gatley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Everything's Going to Be Great2025
As Buddy Smart
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Clean Slate1994
As Club Official
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Chili Finger2026
As Dave
'Twas the Night2001
As Nick Wrigley
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dead Silence1991
As Prof. Harris
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Power of the Present2017
As Self
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Dead Space1991
As Dr. Frank Darden
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Tangles2027
As Rob (voice)
Cold Comes the Night2013
As Topo
TMDb 5.4 / 10
David Blaine: Real or Magic2013
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Seeing Other People2004
As Peter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
An Audience with Adele2021
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Strategic Command1997
As Phil Hertzberg
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman1987
As Dr. Shepherd
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Pink Elephants2018
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Love Letters2020
As Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
The Story of Soaps2020
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Companion1994
As Alan
TMDb 5.3 / 10
When We Went MAD!2025
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Love Ranch2010
As James Pettis
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Ancient Caves2020
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Dark Mind2006
As CSE Radio Host
TMDb 7.7 / 10
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion2018
As Self
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Illusion2004
As David
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Leave2011
As Eliot
TMDb 6.3 / 10
David Blaine: The Magic Way2020
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Every Act of Life2018
As John Steinbeck (voice)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Concert for Valor2014
As Self
TMDb 8.6 / 10
Show of Titles2021
As "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World2013
As Heisenberg
TMDb 6.4 / 10
National Theatre Live: All My Sons2026
As Joe Keller
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl2022
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo2004
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
GrendelRelease date TBA
As King Hrothgar
Time Under Fire1997
As Braddock (as Brian Cranston)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Santa Claus Brothers2002
As Santa Claus (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon2005
As Buzz Aldrin (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime1996
As Patrick Dougherty
TMDb 6.8 / 10
To Race the Wind1980
As Quarterback (uncredited)
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Street Corner Justice1996
As Father Brophy
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion2020
As Self
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story1993
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Jackpot
JackpotRelease date TBA
Holiday Reunion2003
As Woodrow Snider
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Last Chance1999
As Lance
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Barely Legal Pawn2014
As Buzz Jackson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Big Turnaround1988
As Jim
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Erotique1994
As Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Hard Four2007
As Lt. Bryce Baxter
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Sell/Buy/Date2022
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Network2018
As Howard Beale
Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés2024
As Self
Corporate Affairs1990
As Darren
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Writer's Block
Writer's Block2013
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Assassination
AssassinationRelease date TBA
Lone Wolf
Lone WolfRelease date TBA
Übermansion2013
As Titanium Rex
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sense of Smell2014
As Tyler
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Loving
Loving1983
As Douglas Donovan
Kissing Miranda
Kissing Miranda1995
As Special Agent Falsey
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Disappearance of Nora1993
As Police Detective
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Big Thing
The Big Thing2008
As Roberto Montalban
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Experience Yosemite2022
Moscow Mule2024
As Bryan Cranston
Filmography and biography: TMDb