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Bryan Cranston
Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor. He established himself as a leading actor in both comedic and dramatic works on stage and screen. His accolades include seven Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award.
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Born 7 March 1956 · Q23547
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 19,862 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.4× the usual 5,906, with 0 article edits.
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Had a supporting role as war veteran Dave in the dark comedy crime film Chili Finger
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2025· 2 entries
Cranston had a recurring role as studio head Griffin Mill in the series The Studio
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Cranston returned to the stage in an acclaimed Ivo van Hove-directed production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons on the West End, acting opposite Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu; Cranston was nominated for his sec
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2024· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Bryan Cranston will star in a movie sequel to "Breaking Bad" titled "Heisenberg," to be released in August 2024.” Labeled Satire.
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Cranston appeared in the film Everything's Going to Be Great
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2023· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Brian Cranston said "I've stopped worrying about the president's sanity. He's not sane. And the realization of his illness doesn't fill me with anger, but with profound sadness. What I now worry about is the sanity of anyone who can still support this deeply troubled man to lead our country."” Correct Attribution.
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Cranston had another appearance as Walter White, alongside Aaron Paul's Jesse, and Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca in a Super Bowl LVII commercial for PopCorners
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2022· 1 entry
Cranston reprised the role of Walter White during the final season of the Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “In 2013, actor Anthony Hopkins wrote a fan letter to fellow actor Bryan Cranston, saying his performance as Walter White in "Breaking Bad" was "the best acting I have seen - ever."” True.
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2020· 1 entry
Starred as the lead human, Mack, in the Disney film The One and Only Ivan
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2019· 2 entries
His production company Moonshot Entertainment signed a deal with Warner Bros
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“Dick Van Dyke influenced me a lot... you know, his physical comedy and his ability to be loose in his body.”
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2017· 1 entry
Voiced Zordon in Lionsgate's Power Rangers, which marked his return to the franchise after providing voices for the first season
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2016· 3 entries
Became a New York Times bestseller, and received positive reviews
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It was announced that he would star in an episode of the Channel 4/Amazon Video series Philip K
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Cranston voiced Li, the biological father of Po, in Kung Fu Panda 3
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2015· 1 entry
Cranston starred as screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in the biopic Trumbo, for which he received Best Actor nominations for the Academy Award, Actor Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (2014).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Breaking Bad (2014).
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Awarded Theatre World Award (2014).
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2012· 3 entries
Starred in the remake of the 1990 film Total Recall, as Chancellor Vilos Cohaagen, the corrupted president of a fictional war-ravaged United Federation of Britain
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And 2013 for seasons four and five (winning again in 2014 for the second half of season 5)
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Had supporting roles in John Carter, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted as Vitaly the tiger, and Rock of Ages, and a major role in the hostage drama Argo
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2011· 2 entries
Also won the award for Outstanding Drama Series twice
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Cranston had supporting roles in three successful films, the drama The Lincoln Lawyer, as well as the thrillers Drive and Contagion
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Breaking Bad (2010).
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Cranston thanked his wife and daughter and told them he loves them "more than baseball"
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Breaking Bad (2009).
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Breaking Bad (2008).
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2000· 1 entry
Cranston landed a leading role as Hal on the comedy series Malcolm in the Middle
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1999· 1 entry
Cranston wrote and directed the film Last Chance
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1998· 2 entries
Cranston appeared in the episode "Drive" of The X-Files written by Vince Gilligan
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Appeared in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, as one-armed War Department Colonel I
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1997· 1 entry
Played a supporting role in the Michael Dudikoff action film Strategic Command, alongside Richard Norton, Paul Winfield, and Stephen Quadros
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1996· 1 entry
Played the first of his two biographical roles as an astronaut when he portrayed Gus Grissom in the film That Thing You Do
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1994· 1 entry
Cranston got the recurring role of Dr
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1989· 1 entry
Married Robin Dearden whom he met on the set of the series Airwolf in 1984; he was playing the villain of the week and she played a hostage he held at gunpoint
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1968· 1 entry
When he was 12 years old, he encountered Charles Manson while riding horses with his cousin at Spahn Ranch
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1956· 2 entries
Born 1956-03-07.
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The second of three children born to Annalisa "Peggy" (née Sell), a radio actress, and Joseph Cranston, an actor and former semi-professional boxer
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