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Biography

Bryan Cranston has had a very interesting career. He has worked from popular sitcoms and movies to Japanese anim series like Armitage III. He…more

Born

3/7/1956, San Fernando Valley, California, USA

Birth Name

Bryan Lee Cranston

Gender

Male

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Star (10)

Role
- Breaking Bad
  Walter White
  - S 2010: Ep 1 TBA
    7/15/12
  - S 4: Ep 13 Face Off
    10/9/11
  - S 4: Ep 12 End Times
    10/2/11
  - S 4: Ep 11 Crawl Space
    9/25/11
  - S 4: Ep 10 Salud
    9/18/11
  - + 44 More Credits
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Hal Wilkerson
  - S 7: Ep 22 Graduation
    5/14/06
  - S 7: Ep 21 Morp
    4/23/06
  - S 7: Ep 20 Cattle Court
    4/16/06
  - S 7: Ep 19 Stevie in the Hospital
    4/9/06
  - S 7: Ep 17 Hal's Dentist
    3/26/06
  - + 142 More Credits
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Hal
  - S 7: Ep 18 Bomb Shelter
    4/2/06
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Hal Wikerson
  - S 7: Ep 3 Reese vs. Stevie
    10/21/05
  - S 7: Ep 2 Health Insurance
    10/7/05
  - S 7: Ep 1 Burning Man
    9/30/05
- From the Earth to the Moon
  Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
  - S 1: Ep 12 Le Voyage Dans La Lune
    5/10/98
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Original Wives' Club
    5/10/98
  - S 1: Ep 10 Galileo Was Right
    5/3/98
  - S 1: Ep 9 For Miles And Miles
    5/3/98
  - S 1: Ep 8 We Interrupt This Program
    4/26/98
  - + 4 More Credits
- Eagle Riders
  voice of Joe Thax
- The Louie Show
  Curt Sincic
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Brush With Bob
    3/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 5 Louie's Little Trip
    3/6/96
  - S 1: Ep 4 Scratcher
    2/21/96
  - S 1: Ep 3 Under The Rug
    2/14/96
  - S 1: Ep 2 Louie Gets Suspended
    2/7/96
  - + 1 More Credits
- Loving
  Douglas Donovan (#1) (1983-1985)
  - S 13: Ep 85 Episode 3165
    11/6/95
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    6/27/83
- Raising Miranda
  Russell
  - S 1: Ep 7 Marcine Shoplifts
    12/31/88
  - S 1: Ep 6 Home For The Holidays
    12/10/88
  - S 1: Ep 5 All Through The Night
    12/3/88
  - S 1: Ep 4 Miranda's Date
    11/26/88
  - S 1: Ep 3 Man in the Middle
    11/19/88
  - + 5 More Credits
- Extreme Blue
  Ned Landry
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Fallen
  Lucifer
  - S 1: Ep 4 Il Gran Rifiuto
    8/5/07
  - S 1: Ep 3 Someone Always Has to Die
    8/5/07
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Time of the Redeemer
    8/4/07
- Seinfeld
  Tim Whatley
  - S 9: Ep 10 The Strike
    12/18/97
- Seinfeld
  Whatley
  - S 8: Ep 19 The Yada Yada
    4/24/97
  - S 6: Ep 19 The Jimmy
    3/16/95
  - S 6: Ep 12 The Label Maker
    1/19/95
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Mom & Pop Store
    11/17/94
- Teknoman
  Miles O'Rourke
Guest Star (91)

Role
- Robot Chicken
  Gandalf
  - S 5: Ep 19 Fool's Goldfinger
    12/18/11
- Robot Chicken
  Grim Reaper, Gandalf
  - S 5: Ep 17 The Curious Case of the Box
    12/11/11
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 60: Ep 199 October 6, 2011
    10/6/11
  - S 58: Ep 45 March 4, 2009
    3/4/09
- The Scott Van Pelt Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 98 October 5, 2011
    10/5/11
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 295 Episode #4.295
    8/15/11
  - S 4: Ep 253 Episode #4.253
    6/27/11
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 9: Ep 25 July 29, 2011
    7/29/11
- The Rich Eisen Podcast
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 July 21, 2011
    7/21/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 198 Jenna Elfman/Breckin Meyer/Omid Djalili
    7/20/11
  - S 6: Ep 152 Bryan Cranston/Angela Kinsey
    5/12/10
  - S 5: Ep 175 Bryan Cranston/Ben Kweller
    1/19/09
  - S 1: Ep 105 Bryan Cranston/Peter Guber/The Krumpers
    6/27/05
- Conan
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 115 Death Gets A Paper Cut
    7/18/11
- The Robert Wuhl Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 130 July 15, 2011
    7/15/11
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 36: Ep 2 Bryan Cranston/Kanye West
    10/2/10
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 92 June 10, 2010
    6/10/10
- The Wanda Sykes Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 121 Episode 121
    4/24/10
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Self
  - S 15: Ep 49 Bryan Cranston
    4/12/10
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 217 217
    3/26/10
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 17: Ep 111 Show #3283
    3/24/10
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/08
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/03
- Family Guy
  Voice
  - S 6: Ep 12 Long John Peter
    5/4/08
- Talkshow with Spike Feresten
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 11 Bryan Cranston
    1/26/08
- Shootout
  Self
  - S 5: Ep 15 Bryan Cranston, Jon Favreau
    1/20/08
- Breaking Bad
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 0 Making of Breaking Bad
    12/6/07
- TV Land Confidential
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Finales
    7/18/07
- Thank God You're Here
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 101
    4/9/07
- How I Met Your Mother
  Druthers
  - S 2: Ep 13 Columns
    1/22/07
- My First Time
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Soap Opera Starts
    7/5/06
- Celebrity Poker Showdown
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 1 Tournament 8 Game 1
    6/3/06
  - S 6: Ep 2 Tournament 6 Game 2
    8/25/05
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 155 Episode 330
    5/12/06
  - S 2: Ep 12 Episode 187
    9/27/05
  - S 1: Ep 137 Episode 137
    4/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 22 Episode 22
    10/12/04
- Cold Pizza
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 120 May 12, 2006
    5/12/06
- Family Guy
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 21 I Take Thee Quagmire
    3/12/06
- American Dad!
  Publisher
  - S 2: Ep 8 Star Trek
    11/27/05
- Weekends at the D.L.
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 16 Arianna Huffington / Bryan Cranston / Nick Cannon
    9/17/05
- Good Day Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1548 March 11th 2005
    3/11/05
- ALF's Hit Talk Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Bryan Cranston, Leon Redbone
    11/19/04
- Soap Talk
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 99 Episode 99.03
    9/8/04
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 64 Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, & Bryan Cranston
    5/6/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 1: Ep 31 2/20/04
    2/20/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 127 Bryan Cranston, Jolene Blalock, and Ben Bailey
    2/11/04
  - S 5: Ep 76 Jill Hennessy, Bryan Cranston, and Jackson Browne
    11/12/02
  - S 3: Ep 219 Bryan Cranston, Patricia Velasquez, and Wendy Liebman
    5/12/01
  - S 2: Ep 204 Naomi Judd, Bryan Cranston, and Nick Swardson
    5/1/00
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 21 2/6/04
    2/6/04
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series
  Mr Jamieson
  - S 1: Ep 28 Nosy
    12/19/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Cannonball
    10/13/03
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 54 11/13/03
    11/13/03
  - S 1: Ep 42 5/9/03
    5/9/03
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 5 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment 20 - 1
    7/17/03
- The View
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 168 May 15, 2003
    5/15/03
- MadTV
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 3 Episode #803
    9/28/02
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 9: Ep 183 Bryan Cranston, Rachael Leigh Cook, Lauren Kitchens, Little Richard
    6/14/02
  - S 9: Ep 113 Bryan Cranston, Aryeh Pamensky, Pamela Paul, Anne Meara
    2/21/02
  - S 9: Ep 44 Bryan Cranston, Jerry Springer, Joel Mowbray, Nancy Photenhauer
    11/2/01
- Good Day Live
  Guest Host
  - S 1: Ep 108 Valentines Day 2002
    2/14/02
  - S 1: Ep 73 December 27th 2001
    12/27/01
  - — June 2, 2003
- The King of Queens
  Tim Sacksky
  - S 3: Ep 22 Swim Neighbors
    5/7/01
  - S 1: Ep 22 Time Share
    4/26/99
  - S 1: Ep 14 Dog Days
    1/18/99
- Gary and Mike
  Various voices
  - S 1: Ep 13 Crisscross
    4/13/01
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Scene
    4/6/01
  - S 1: Ep 10 Shotgun Wedding
    3/30/01
  - S 1: Ep 9 Springered
    3/23/01
  - S 1: Ep 8 Cult Status
    3/2/01
  - + 5 More Credits
- Clerks
  Various
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode #4
    5/31/00
- The Pretender
  Neil Roberts
  - S 3: Ep 16 P.T.B.
    4/3/99
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
  Neil
  - S 4: Ep 14 Paranoid Dick
    2/16/99
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
  Ronald "Cheezy" Meezy
  - S 2: Ep 11 Honey, I'm the Sorcerer's Apprentice
    12/19/98
- Chicago Hope
  Jesus
  - S 5: Ep 9 Tantric Turkey
    11/25/98
- The X-Files
  Patrick Crump
  - S 6: Ep 2 Drive
    11/15/98
- Diagnosis Murder
  Martin Rutgers
  - S 6: Ep 5 Blood Will Out
    10/15/98
- V.I.P.
  Colt Arrow
  - S 1: Ep 1 Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand
    9/26/98
- Brooklyn South
  IAB Lt. Gordon Denton
  - S 1: Ep 15 Fisticuffs
    2/23/98
  - S 1: Ep 11 Gay Avec
    1/12/98
- Working (1997)
  Guest Star
- Alright Already
  Robert
  - S 1: Ep 4 Again With the Pilot
    9/28/97
- Pearl
  Isaac Perlow
  - S 1: Ep 21 My So-Called Real Life
    6/18/97
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Stuart the lawyer
  - S 1: Ep 24 Troll Bride
    5/16/97
- Goode Behavior
  Record Executive
  - S 1: Ep 20 Goode Music
    4/28/97
- Babylon 5
  Ericsson
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Long Night
    1/30/97
- Diagnosis Murder
  Walter Mason
  - S 3: Ep 10 Living on the Streets Can Be Murder
    2/16/96
- Murder, She Wrote
  Parker Foreman
  - S 12: Ep 17 Something Foul in Flappieville
    2/15/96
- The Louie Show
  Curt
- Nowhere Man
  Sheriff Wade
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Alpha Spike
    10/30/95
- Land's End
  Matt McCulla
  - S 1: Ep 2 Land's End (2)
    9/20/95
  - S 1: Ep 1 Land's End (1)
    9/20/95
- Brotherly Love
  Russell
  - S 1: Ep 2 Such A Bargain
    9/17/95
- Touched By an Angel
  Dr. Tom Bryant
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Hero
    3/4/95
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Hank
  - S 2: Ep 18 Deadly Vision
    3/26/94
- Viper
  Garrett Berlin
  - S 1: Ep 8 Wheels of Fire
    2/25/94
- Power Rangers
  Twin Man (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 38 A Bad Reflection on You
    11/27/93
- Power Rangers
  Snizzard (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 13 Foul Play in the Sky
    9/22/93
- L.A. Law
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 11 All About Sleaze
    1/30/92
- Matlock
  Dr. Harding Fletcher
  - S 6: Ep 5 The Marriage Counselor
    11/8/91
- The Flash
  Philip (Mark) Moses
  - S 1: Ep 13 Be My Baby
    2/21/91
- Jake and the Fatman
  Lyle Wicks/Miller
  - S 4: Ep 3 Exactly Like You
    9/26/90
- Murder, She Wrote
  Jerry Wilbur
  - S 6: Ep 12 Goodbye Charlie
    1/7/90
- Baywatch
  Tom Logan
  - S 1: Ep 9 Cruise Ship
    11/24/89
- Falcon Crest
  Martin Randall
  - S 8: Ep 18 Enquiring Minds
    4/7/89
- Matlock
  Brian Emerson
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Gift
    12/22/87
- The Bionic Woman
  Dr. Shepherd
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman
    5/17/87
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Dr. Shepherd
  - S 5: Ep 22 The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman
    5/17/87
- Hill Street Blues
  Unknown
  - S 7: Ep 21 A Pound of Flesh
    5/5/87
- Murder, She Wrote
  Brian East
  - S 2: Ep 20 Menace, Anyone?
    4/6/86
- Airwolf
  Robert Hollis
  - S 3: Ep 17 Desperate Monday
    2/8/86
- Cover Up
  Frank Lawler
  - S 1: Ep 19 Who's Trying To Kill Miss Globe?
    3/9/85
- CHiPs
  Billy Joe
  - S 6: Ep 9 Return to Death's Door
    12/12/82
- Total Security
  Jason Nichols
  - S 1: Ep 10 Wet Side Story
- Clerks
  The Pilot
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode #3
- Clerks
  Federal Agent
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode #5
Special Guest Star (3)

Role
- The Simpsons
  Voice of Stradivarius Cain
  - S 23: Ep 20 The Spy Who Learned Me
    5/6/12
- How I Met Your Mother
  Hammond Druthers
  - S 2: Ep 6 Aldrin Justice
    10/23/06
- The King of Queens
  Tim Sacksky
  - S 2: Ep 22 Soft Touch
    5/1/00
Director (3)

Role
- Breaking Bad
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 1 No Mas
    3/21/10
  - S 2: Ep 1 Seven Thirty-Seven
    3/8/09
- Big Day
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Stolen Vows
    12/19/06
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 9 Malcolm Defends Reese
    12/16/05
  - S 6: Ep 10 Billboard
    2/13/05
  - S 6: Ep 2 Buseys Run Away
    11/14/04
  - S 5: Ep 19 Experiment
    5/2/04
  - S 5: Ep 9 Dirty Magazine
    1/11/04
  - + 2 More Credits
Producer (1)

Role
- Breaking Bad
  Producer
  - S 4: Ep 2 Thirty-Eight Snub
    7/24/11

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- Bryan directed the 2006 comedy Special Unit. He also produced and hosted a 2003 short video documentary called KidSmartz.
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- Bryan appeared in the 2001 They Might Be Giants music video for "Boss of Me".
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- While working on the animé series, Armitage III, Cranston was credited as Lee Stone. It is unknown why he was credited using this alias.
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- Bryan: (on the elastic quality of his face) I've been teased by my family all my life. I can open up a jar of pickles and make the most excruciating face... I don't even know I'm doing it.
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- Bryan: Acting isn't safe. You do it partly because it's dangerous. If you can be happy doing something else... do that. You should only dedicate a life in the arts if you feel you have to. If your art burns inside you, yielding, unquestionable.
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- Bryan: (about onscreen nudity) An acting teacher once taught me that to be an effective actor, you have to be willing to appear naked... he meant emotionally naked. I misunderstood and took it literally, but there is truth in both. You have to be open, vulnerable, and not easily embarrassed. To act effectively, you have to imagine yourself being able to do in public what you do when you are completely alone.
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