Bryan Cranston

At 68 years old, Bryan Cranston has this physical status:

Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.

Walter White on AMC's Breaking Bad (2008–2013), Hal on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), and Dr. Tim Whatley on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1994–1997). Cranston's appearance on Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the finest performances in television history, for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014).

He also received the Outstanding Drama Series twice after being a producer of the show in 2011.

He had been nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Malcolm in the Middle.

Besides Breaking Bad, Cranston earned five Golden Globe awards (with one win), nine Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with four nominations), and six Satellite Award nominations (with four winners). Cranston received a Tony Award in a Play for his portrayal of president Lyndon B. Johnson in the play All the Way on Broadway, a role he reprised in HBO's 2016 television film of the same name.

He received the Laurence Olivier Award for his portrayal of Howard Beale in Network at London's National Theatre in 2018, later winning his second Tony Award for his appearance on Broadway.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Dalton Trumbo in the film Trumbo (2015). Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad, Modern Family, and The Office are all scripted by Cranston.

He has appeared in many celebrated films, including Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Argo (2012), and Godzilla (2014).

Cranston and David Shore produced, edited, and wrote the story for Amazon Studios original crime drama Sneaky Pete in 2015.

Early life

Bryan Lee Cranston was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and he was the second of three children born to Annalisa (née Sell, 1923–2004), an actor and former amateur boxer. His father was of half Irish, quarter Austrian-Jewish, and a quarter German descent, while his mother was the daughter of German immigrants. Kyle, his older brother, and Amy, his younger sister. Cranston was born in Canoga Park, Los Angeles. His father worked several occupations before deciding to become an actor, but he didn't have enough jobs to provide for his family. Cranston was 11 years old when he died, but the family didn't meet again until his nephew Kyle, 22, was tracked down. In 1988, Cranston would appear in The Big Turnaround, his father's film. He then had a son-in-law until his father's death in 2014.

Cranston has based his portrayal of Walter White on his own father, who had a slumped appearance "like the burden of the world was on his shoulders." He was raised in part by his maternal grandparents and lived on their poultry farm in Yucaipa, California, after his father's departure. He has called his parents "broken people" who were "incapitated as far as parenting" and caused the family to lose their house in a foreclosure. He was 12 years old when he encountered Charles Manson while riding horses with his cousin at the Spahn Ranch in 1968. This happened about a year before Manson ordered the Tate-LaBianca murders. Cranston earned an associate degree in police science from Los Angeles Valley College in 1976, where he was a member of the school's chemistry club. "And at 19 years old, all of a sudden, my life changed" while attending Los Angeles Valley College as an elective.

Personal life

Cranston's mother, Mickey Middleton, was married to writer Mickey Middleton from 1977 to 1982. He married Robin Dearden, who had appeared on the set of the film Airwolf in 1984; he was playing the villain of the week and she held a hostage at gunpoint. Taylor Dearden, the child of actress Taylor Dearden (born February 12, 1993), was an extra on the Breaking Bad episode "No Más," directed by Cranston.

Cranston played baseball as a student and is also a collector of baseball memorabilia. He is a huge fan of both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Rams. Cranston was the first celebrity to be ejected after being struck by a pitch and throwing a bucket of bubble gum at an umpire during the 2022 MLB Celebrity Softball Game.

Cranston thanked his wife and daughter as he accepted his third Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, saying he loved them "more than baseball." The family lived in a Cranston-designed beach house in Ventura County, California.

When filming Breaking Bad Cranston lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the actor was filming the film. He was a co-owner of Palm Desert, California, of the former independent theater Cinemas Palme d'Or.

On the last day of filming to celebrate the show's logo on his right ring finger, Cranston's tattoo included the show's logo; Paul's tattoo consisted of "no half measures" on his biceps.

In July 2019, Aaron Paul, a Cranston and Breaking Bad co-star, announced the introduction of their signature mezcal, Dos Hombres.

Cranston contracted COVID-19 in March 2020 and recovered with mild symptoms, according to reports. However, his sense of smell had only partially recovered by December 2020.

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Career

Cranston began his acting career in local and regional theaters after college, getting his start at the Granada Theater in the San Fernando Valley. He had previous success as a child, but his show-business parents had mixed feelings about their son's involvement in the industry, so he did not respond until years later. Cranston was ordained a minister by the Universal Life Church and served at weddings for $150 apiece to help with his money. He served as a waiter, night-shift security guard at a private LA neighborhood, truck loader, camera operator for a video dating service, and a CCTV security guard at a supermarket.

Cranston began working in the late 1980s, many of whom were involved in minor jobs and advertisements. He was an early cast member of ABC's Loving, where he portrayed Douglas Donovan from 1983 to 1985. Cranston appeared in the 1989 film Raising Miranda. In an episode of the first season of the television show Baywatch in 1989, Cranston played Tom Logan. Cranston's voice acting duties include English dubbing of Japanese anime (for which he mainly used the non-union pseudonym Lee Stone), Macross Plus and Armitage III: Poly-Matrix), as well as the children's animation Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Cranston did voice work for the first season of the series, starring characters such as Twin Man and Snizzard, for which he was paid about $50 an hour for two to three hours of daily work. Billy Cranston, the Blue Power Ranger, was supposed to be named for him, but this has since proved false.

On Seinfeld's 1994, Cranston played Dr. Tim Whatley, Jerry's dentist. He appeared in the role until 1997.

When he played Gus Grissom in the film That Thing You Do in 1996, he was the first of his two biographical roles as an explorer.

Richard Norton, Paul Winfield, and Stephen Quadros appeared in Michael Dudikoff's action film Strategic Command in 1997. Ericsson, a starship captain who sacrificed himself to save the galaxy, appeared in Babylon 5 later this year.

Cranston appeared in Vince Gilligan's episode "Drive" in 1998. In the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, he appeared in his second astronaut role. Cranston wrote and directed the film Last Chance in 1999. Tim Sacksky, Doug Heffernan's neighbor, appeared on CBS sitcom The King of Queens for his second year. He appeared in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan as one-armed War Department Colonel I.W. Private Ryan was the last survivor of his brothers' families and his assumed home, according to Bryce, who told GM Marshall that he had been there before. His theater appearances include appearances in The God of Hell, Chapter Two, The Taming of the Shrew, A Doll's House, Barefoot in the Park, Eastern Standard, Wrestlers, and The Steven Weed Exhibition, for which he received a Drama-Logue Award.

Cranston made a leading role as Hal on the comedy series Malcolm in the Middle in 2000. He remained with the show until its conclusion in 2006. Cranston helmed several episodes of the show and received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work. Cranston reprised his role in a gaggle gag on Family Guy's episode "I Take Thee Quagmire," killing Lois (his wife on Malcolm in the Middle) with a refrigerator door, and in a leaked alternate ending of Breaking Bad with Jane Kaczmarek reprising her role as Lois.

He has appeared on many television shows, including a white-collar criminal searching for his estranged wife and daughter on The Flash, and a lawyer trying to liberate the title character from a deal in Sabrina the Teenager Witch. He appeared on CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother in late 2006, playing Ted Mosby's obnoxious coworker and former boss Hammond Druthers. In the 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie "Twas the Night," Lucifer appeared as Lucifer in the ABC Family miniseries Fallen and appeared as Nick Wrigley, an irresponsible uncle who mistakenly takes Christmas near to an end as he steals Santa's sleigh for a wild ride. In the same year, Gary's father was in Gary & Mike's. In the film Little Miss Sunshine (2006), he appeared as Greg Kinnear's more likable business associate. Cranston narrated Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel, a pre-teen adventure/fantasy audiobook published in September 2008.

Cranston appeared in the AMC series Breaking Bad, created by Vince Gilligan, in which he played Walter White, a high-school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Walter has worked with former student Jesse Pinkman (played by Aaron Paul) to produce and sell methamphetamine to ensure the wellbeing of Walter's family members after he dies. Cranston's debut on the series earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in all three seasons and 2013, winning again in 2014 and 2013 for seasons four and five (winning again in 2014 for the second half of season 5). Cranston and Bill Cosby are the only two actors to have received the award three times in a row. Cranston was also a producer for the fourth and fifth seasons of the series and he directed three episodes of the series during its run.

Cranston appeared in three hit films, The Lincoln Lawyer, as well as the thrillers Drive and Contagion. In the animated film Batman: Year One (2011), he played James Gordon. He appeared in John Carter, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Vitaly the tiger, and Rock of Ages, as well as a leading role in the hostage drama Argo in 2012. He has also appeared in several episodes of the animated film Robot Chicken. In 2012, he appeared in the remake of the 1990 film Total Recall as Chancellor Vilos Cohaagen, the deposed president of a fictional war-ravaged United Federation of the United Kingdom's defunct United Federation of Britain. He made a guest appearance on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock as Kenneth Parcell's step-father, Ron, and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the same year.

Cranston appeared in All the Way's American Repertory Theater and Broadway productions from September 2013 to June 2014. The performance has received acclaim, and he has been named Best Actor in a Play for the role. In the 2014 revival of Godzilla, he also played scientist Joe Brody.

Cranston has released KidSmartz, an instructional DVD that is designed to teach families how to be safe from kid abductors and internet predators. KidSmartz raises money for the National Center for Missing & Exploded Children by donating half of the proceeds from sales. In addition, following the success of Breaking Bad, Cranston began 2014 with news of their production of new TV programs in association with Sony Pictures Television. In 2016, it was announced that he would appear in an episode of the Channel 4/Amazon Video series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams and would also act as an executive producer on the film.

Cranston will appear in an HBO version of his hit play All the Way on July 16, 2014. Steven Spielberg was supposed to be the executive producer on the film. Following Cranston's debut on May 21, 2016, critics lauded the film's success, winning eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Television Critics Choice Award nomination. Cranston starred as screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in the film Trumbo, which earned him his first Academy award nomination. In Kung Fu Panda 3, Cranston portrayed Li, Po's biological father, in a Kung Fu Panda 3. He appeared in the films The Infiltrator and Wakefield earlier this year. A Life in Parts, Cranston's memoir, became a New York Times bestseller on October 11, 2016 and received rave reviews. In 2017, Zordon appeared in Lionsgate's Power Rangers, marking his return to the franchise after providing voices for the first time.

Cranston appeared in a stage version of Howard Beale, directed by Ivo van Hove at the West End National Theatre in November 2017. On December 6, 2018, the play, starring Cranston, opened at the Belasco Theatre in New York. Cranston received the 2019 Drama League Award for best lead actor in a play, as well as his second Tony Award for best lead actor in a play.

Phillip Lacasse, a wealthy paraplegic in the film The Upside, starred him, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman in 2017. In 2018, the film was supposed to be released but it was delayed due to the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment lawsuit controversy. On January 11, 2019, it was finally published.

He appeared in the ensemble cast of Wes Anderson's 2018 animated film Isle of Dogs, in which he appeared as the lead dog Chief at the Berlin International Film Festival. On March 23, 2018, the film was released.

Cranston appeared in the ninth season of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's therapist. Cranston was the face of a new Ford commercial featuring the tagline 'Built Ford Proud.' Mack, the lead human of the Disney film The One and Only Ivan, starred in 2020. Moonshot Entertainment, his production company, has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television in 2019. He was the lead actor in the miniseries Your Honor, portraying a judge and the father of a boy who mistakenly kills someone.

Cranston resurrected Walter White's role as Walter White in 2022's Better Call Saul's final season.

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