Bryan Cranston

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-03-07 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Bryan Cranston

Biography

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...

Acting

1994

Clean Slate

as Club Official

2012

Total Recall

as Cohaagen

2011

Drive

as Shannon

2007

Hard Four

as Lt. Bryce Baxter

2011

Contagion

as Lyle Haggerty

2003

Holiday Reunion

as Woodrow Snider

2012

John Carter

as Powell

2012

Argo

as Jack O'Donnell

2011

Batman: Year One

as Jim Gordon (voice)

2011

The Lincoln Lawyer

as Detective Lankford

2012

Rock of Ages

as Mayor Mike Whitmore

2012

Red Tails

as Colonel William Mortamus

2011

Detachment

as Mr. Dearden

2011

Larry Crowne

as Dean Tainot

2001

'Twas the Night

as Nick Wrigley

2014

Godzilla

as Joe Brody

2022

2014

Barely Legal Pawn

as Buzz Jackson

2016

Get a Job

as Roger Davis

2015

Trumbo

as Dalton Trumbo

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

as Li (voice)

1997

Strategic Command

as Phil Hertzberg

2006

Little Miss Sunshine

as Stan Grossman

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

as Li (voice)

1996

That Thing You Do!

as Virgil "Gus" Grissom

2016

The Infiltrator

as Robert Mazur

2016

1980

To Race the Wind

as Quarterback (uncredited)

2016

All the Way

as Lyndon B. Johnson

1996

2016

Why Him?

as Ned Fleming

2017

Wakefield

as Howard Wakefield

1991

Dead Silence

as Prof. Harris

-

Grendel

as King Hrothgar

2017

The Disaster Artist

as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)

2018

Isle of Dogs

as Chief (voice)

2017

Power Rangers

as Zordon

2017

Last Flag Flying

as Sal Nealon

2019

The Upside

as Phillip Lacasse

1998

Saving Private Ryan

as War Department Colonel

2014

1991

Dead Space

as Dr. Frank Darden

2010

Love Ranch

as James Pettis

2000

Terror Tract

as Ron Gatley

2011

Leave

as Eliot

1994

Erotique

as Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')

1994

2004

Illusion

as David

1996

Street Corner Justice

as Father Brophy

2002

The Santa Claus Brothers

as Santa Claus (voice)

1990

2018

Every Act of Life

as John Steinbeck (voice)

1999

Last Chance

as Lance

2013

Übermansion

as Titanium Rex

2017

The Words That Built America

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2018

2020

Love Letters

as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III

1983

Loving

as Douglas Donovan

2020

Ancient Caves

as Self - Narrator

2022

Jerry & Marge Go Large

as Jerry Selbee

1995

Kissing Miranda

as Special Agent Falsey

2024

Argylle

as Director Ritter

2023

Asteroid City

as The Host

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon

as Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)

2018

Network

as Howard Beale

2021

Show of Titles

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

-

The Big Thing

as Roberto Montalban

2025

When We Went MAD!

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1999

Last Chance

as Producer

2006

Special Unit

as Director

2016

The Infiltrator

as Executive Producer

2016

All the Way

as Executive Producer

1999

Last Chance

as Writer

1999

Last Chance

as Director

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