Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

1956-03-07 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA 107 Credits

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 sit...

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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie

2026

Acting

George Hardy, a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep ca...

When We Went MAD!

When We Went MAD!

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A historical documentary and tribute to the legacy and influence of MAD Magazine featuring interviews with MAD celebrity readers, along with MAD artis...

Everything's Going to Be Great

Everything's Going to Be Great

2025

as Buddy

Acting

When they are unexpectedly forced to move in with an estranged relative, the Smart Family must navigate oversized dreams, identity struggles and regio...

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

as Reagan

6.9
Acting

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special

2024

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

Jimmy Fallon celebrates 10 years as host of The Tonight Show in a two-hour primetime special, featuring highlights from monologues, sketches, guest in...

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés

Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés

2024

as Self

Acting

Andrés invites Jamie Lee Curtis, Bryan Cranston and O’Shea Jackson Jr., over for food and conversation. His guests join him in the kitchen, getting th...

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

2024

as Li (voice)

7.1
Acting

Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will t...

Argylle

Argylle

2024

as Director Ritter

6.0
Acting

When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet ...

Asteroid City

Asteroid City

2023

as The Host

6.5
Acting

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Jerry & Marge Go Large

Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022

as Jerry Selbee

7.4
Acting

The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, M...

Sell/Buy/Date

Sell/Buy/Date

2022

as Self

8.0
Acting

A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicu...

Experience Yosemite

Experience Yosemite

2022

Acting

Narrated by Bryan Cranston, "Experience Yosemite" is a cinematic virtual reality experience that details the Yosemite National Park’s rich history and...

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

2022

as Self

9.5
Acting

Friends and stars pay tribute to America's comedy sweetheart and her trailblazing television career.

An Audience with Adele

An Audience with Adele

2021

as Self

8.3
Acting

Joining multi-Grammy Award winning and one of the biggest UK artists of all time, Adele, for a unique and special night at the legendary London Pallad...

Show of Titles

Show of Titles

2021

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

Acting

An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.

The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan

2020

as Mack

7.4
Acting

A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan t...

Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion

2020

as self

Acting

A documentary where the cast meet 20 years after the series started (filmed at the peak covid-19 outbreak) they do a readthrough of the first episode

Love Letters

Love Letters

2020

as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III

Acting

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III wrote his first letter to Melissa Gardner to tell her she looked like a lost princess. They were both seven years old. For t...

The Story of Soaps

The Story of Soaps

2020

as Self

7.0
Acting

This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how ...

David Blaine: The Magic Way

David Blaine: The Magic Way

2020

as Self

6.5
Acting

Magician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, G...

Ancient Caves

Ancient Caves

2020

as Self - Narrator

10.0
Acting

Ancient Caves brings science and adventure together as it follows paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley on a mission to unlock the secrets of the Earth’...

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

as Self (extended version)

7.0
Acting

Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan and other cast members, producers and crew share stories and footage from the making of "El Camino."

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

as Walt

7.0
Acting

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

The Upside

The Upside

2019

as Phillip Lacasse

7.1
Acting

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a ...

Pink Elephants

Pink Elephants

2018

as Self

6.2
Acting

The dynamics of a cult? Fragile actors are deconstructed by their mentor. Forbidden from discussing it with the outside, instructed to rid their lives...

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

2018

as Self

5.2
Acting

An investigation into the way media portrayals impact the actual inclusion of people with disabilities in society.

Every Act of Life

Every Act of Life

2018

as John Steinbeck (voice)

7.0
Acting

The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ...

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018

as Chief (voice)

7.9
Acting

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must ...

Network

Network

2018

as Howard Beale

Acting

A stage production with the similar plot of the 1976 film of the same name but uses stage devices and audio visual technology to immerse the audience ...

Last Flag Flying

Last Flag Flying

2017

as Sal Nealon

6.8
Acting

Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Mar...

The Words That Built America

The Words That Built America

2017

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

6.0
Acting

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foun...

The Power of the Present

The Power of the Present

2017

as Self

8.7
Acting

Exploring the history of the 'Power Rangers' franchise, casting, special effects and music.

Wakefield

Wakefield

2017

as Howard Wakefield

6.2
Acting

A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.

Power Rangers

Power Rangers

2017

as Zordon

6.3
Acting

Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of bein...

The Disaster Artist

The Disaster Artist

2017

as Bryan Cranston (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have pred...

Why Him?

Why Him?

2016

as Ned Fleming

6.4
Acting

A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.

In Dubious Battle

In Dubious Battle

2016

as Sheriff

5.8
Acting

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger ...

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

2016

as Robert Mazur

6.7
Acting

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

2016

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

All the Way

All the Way

2016

as Lyndon B. Johnson

6.7
Acting

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his...

All the Way

All the Way

2016

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his...

Get a Job

Get a Job

2016

as Roger Davis

5.3
Acting

Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But...

Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016

as Li (voice)

6.9
Acting

While Po and his father are visiting a secret panda village, an evil spirit threatens all of China, forcing Po to form a ragtag army to fight back.

Trumbo

Trumbo

2015

as Dalton Trumbo

7.2
Acting

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklist...

The Concert for Valor

The Concert for Valor

2014

as Self

8.6
Acting

A live HBO concert honoring United States veterans in Washington DC.

Barely Legal Pawn

Barely Legal Pawn

2014

as Buzz Jackson

10.0
Acting

Two men open a pawn shop together. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of their clients, trying to offload television’s most coveted item.

Sense of Smell

Sense of Smell

2014

as Tyler

10.0
Acting

Iraq War vet Tyler has had enough and finally deals with all of the other rude party guests.

Godzilla

Godzilla

2014

as Joe Brody

6.3
Acting

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe....

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013

as Self

8.4
Acting

A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.

David Blaine: Real or Magic

David Blaine: Real or Magic

2013

as Self

6.7
Acting

David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Pau...

Writer's Block

2013

4.1
Acting

The short film is a poetic interpretation of the writer's mental journey during the writing process. The writer, played by Bryan Cranston (AMC’s Break...

Cold Comes the Night

Cold Comes the Night

2013

as Topo

5.5
Acting

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash packa...

Übermansion

Übermansion

2013

as Titanium Rex

10.0
Acting

A group of superheroes live in a mansion where dealing with each other is more difficult than dealing with villains

Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World

Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World

2013

as Heisenberg

6.4
Acting

In this short from Funny Or Die, Seth Rogen realizes that after raising millions of dollars for charity, he's done with good deeds -- and can finally ...

Argo

Argo

2012

as Jack O'Donnell

7.3
Acting

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter ...

Total Recall

Total Recall

2012

as Cohaagen

6.0
Acting

Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure...

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages

2012

as Mayor Mike Whitmore

6.2
Acting

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012

as Vitaly (voice)

6.6
Acting

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europ...

John Carter

John Carter

2012

as Powell

6.3
Acting

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctant...

Red Tails

Red Tails

2012

as Colonel William Mortamus

6.6
Acting

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Batman: Year One

Batman: Year One

2011

as Jim Gordon (voice)

7.2
Acting

A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.

Drive

Drive

2011

as Shannon

7.6
Acting

Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming ...

Contagion

Contagion

2011

as Lyle Haggerty

6.6
Acting

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control t...

Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne

2011

as Dean Tainot

6.0
Acting

When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes p...

Leave

Leave

2011

as Eliot

6.1
Acting

Henry Harper is a successful novelist who has it all. But after surviving a recent trauma he finds himself haunted by a dream that terrifies him. Conv...

Detachment

Detachment

2011

as Mr. Dearden

7.6
Acting

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Bar...

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

2011

as Detective Lankford

7.2
Acting

Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty cro...

Love Ranch

Love Ranch

2010

as James Pettis

5.4
Acting

Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.

Hard Four

Hard Four

2007

as Lt. Bryce Baxter

4.4
Acting

When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal S...

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

2006

as Stan Grossman

7.7
Acting

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Special Unit

2006

Director

Directing

A rebel cop (Titus) is assigned to train a squad of physically and mentally challenged officers.

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005

as Buzz Aldrin (voice)

5.8
Acting

Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this ...

Illusion

Illusion

2004

as David

7.6
Acting

A once-powerful, but now ailing movie director nears the end of his life. As he awaits death, he slips into a "dream" and is shown three "snippets" of...

Seeing Other People

Seeing Other People

2004

as Peter

5.8
Acting

Ed and Alice are two months shy of getting married when she realizes that she wishes she'd had a more active love life while still single. Reluctantly...

Holiday Reunion

Holiday Reunion

2003

as Woodrow Snider

4.0
Acting

All Mitch Snider wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives. The problem is that he doesn't have any. That is until he get...

The Santa Claus Brothers

The Santa Claus Brothers

2002

as Santa Claus (voice)

6.4
Acting

This tale of Santa's 3 sons seeks the true meaning of Christmas. Kevin McDonald and Richard Kind add voices that instill a genuine comedy feel. With a...

'Twas the Night

'Twas the Night

2001

as Nick Wrigley

5.5
Acting

A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.

Terror Tract

Terror Tract

2000

as Ron Gatley

6.1
Acting

A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.

Last Chance

Last Chance

1999

as Lance

6.0
Acting

Dreams collide in a small cafe in the California desert when a man and a woman must decide whether or not to gamble on an uncertain future.

Last Chance

Last Chance

1999

Producer, Writer, Director

6.0
Producing Writing Directing

Dreams collide in a small cafe in the California desert when a man and a woman must decide whether or not to gamble on an uncertain future.

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

1998

as War Department Colonel

8.2
Acting

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain Joh...

Time Under Fire

Time Under Fire

1997

4.8
Acting

A US submarine runs into a time rift. A special unit goes on a mission to see what's on the other side. They find themselves in an alternate dystopian...

Strategic Command

Strategic Command

1997

as Phil Hertzberg

4.9
Acting

Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed sold...

That Thing You Do!

That Thing You Do!

1996

as Virgil "Gus" Grissom

6.9
Acting

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

Street Corner Justice

Street Corner Justice

1996

as Father Brophy

4.7
Acting

Pittsburgh cop Mike Justus is kicked off the force and moves away to relax in sunny Los Angeles. Unfortunately his dream retirement turns out to be a ...

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

1996

as Patrick Dougherty

5.8
Acting

Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor...

Armitage III: Poly Matrix

Armitage III: Poly Matrix

1996

as Eddie (voice)

6.4
Acting

Ross Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a...

Kissing Miranda

1995

as Special Agent Falsey

4.0
Acting

A young man falls in love with a co-worker's mail order bride from Latin America.

The Companion

The Companion

1994

as Alan

5.2
Acting

In the near-distant future, a female romance writer is planning to write her next book in a remote mountain cabin. A friend convinces her to bring alo...

Erotique

Erotique

1994

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

3.9
Acting

The sexual fantasies of women are explored by three female directors.

Clean Slate

Clean Slate

1994

as Club Official

5.8
Acting

Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle...

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

1993

5.3
Acting

The take-down of an infamous leader of a small polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group, who ordered assassinations of his opponents.

Dead Space

Dead Space

1991

as Dr. Frank Darden

3.6
Acting

In this loose remake of "Forbidden World" (1982), Commander Krieger and his robot companion Tinpan are summoned by a distress call to a research facil...

Dead Silence

Dead Silence

1991

as Prof. Harris

6.2
Acting

Three friends on spring break hit and kill a transient in the California desert. Will they keep silent or turn on each other?

Corporate Affairs

Corporate Affairs

1990

as Darren

1.0
Acting

An executive discovers that his former lover has given their firm's CEO a fatal heart attack during sex.

The Big Turnaround

The Big Turnaround

1988

as Jim

3.5
Acting

Two trained men, one angry local woman and the local priest take on the local crime lord and his crew of narcotic smugglers and human traffickers in a...

Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

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

5.9
Acting

Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird ...

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

1987

as Dr. Shepherd

7.3
Acting

Ten years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group. Complicating...

Loving

Loving

1983

as Douglas Donovan

Acting

Feature-length prime time pilot for a daytime soap centered around the wealthy and influential Aldens family, who almost alone own the small universit...

To Race the Wind

To Race the Wind

1980

as Quarterback (uncredited)

8.5
Acting

A lighthearted dramatization of the autobiography of Harold Krents, a blind Harvard Law School student trying to make his way in a sighted world.

Grendel

Grendel

N/A

as King Hrothgar

Acting

The tale of the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem who steps forth to tell his side of the riveting story.

Tangles

N/A

Acting

When Alzheimer’s disease begins to strip away her mother’s vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball family in ...

Jackpot

N/A

Acting

Four guys win a jackpot over a million dollars, but when it comes to dividing it up, things get bloody. Based on the 2011 Norwegian film, "Jackpot".

Assassination

N/A

Acting

A new take on the JFK conspiracy, centering around Dorothy Kilgallen, one of the most famous voices in media at the time. When Dorothy suspects that L...

Lone Wolf

N/A

Acting

A troubled vet struggling with addiction is recruited by a contractor for a covert plot to assassinate a politician. After learning she's set up to ta...

Chili Finger

N/A

Acting

A recently empty-nested mother who discovers a human finger in her bowl of fast-food chili. When she blackmails the restaurant for a cash payout, the ...

The Big Thing

N/A

as Roberto Montalban

Acting

Zany situations and lapses of twisted logic make for a comedic romp when a free-spirited hippy couple (Mo and Ned) inadvertently show up a week late t...