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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Tim Whatley in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1994–1997), Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), and Vince Lonigan in the Prime Video crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019).


Aliases
  • Bryan Lee Cranston
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Director

Episode Modern Family
Election Day
2012
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Buseys Run Away
2004
Episode Breaking Bad
Seven Thirty-Seven
2009
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Vegas
2003
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm Defends Reese
2005
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Stereo Store
2003
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Billboard
2005
Episode The Office (US)
Work Bus
2012
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Dewey's Special Class
2004
Episode Your Honor
Part Ten
2021
Episode Breaking Bad
Blood Money
2013
Episode Breaking Bad
No Más
2010
Episode Sneaky Pete
The Roll Over
2017
Episode Big Day
Stolen Vows
2006
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Dirty Magazine
2004
Episode Modern Family
The Old Man & the Tree
2013

Writer

Episode The Handlers
The Video Chat
2011
Episode Sneaky Pete
Pilot
2015

Host

Episode Saturday Night Live
Bryan Cranston/Kanye West
2010

Guest Star

Episode Golden Globe Awards
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2015
2015
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Keanu Reeves, Santino Fontana
2019
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
After The Oscars (2013)
2013
Episode The Handlers
Mustache
2011
Episode Conan (2010)
Martin Short Meets Justin Long
2012
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Lana Condor, Love Jones
2019
Episode Nowhere Man
The Alpha Spike
1995
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Bryan Cranston, Angela Kinsey
2010
Episode The King of Queens
Time Share
1999
Episode Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Troll Bride
1997
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Bryan Cranston; Dr. Lisa Masterson
2012
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
Overtime - May 6, 2016
2016
Episode 30 Rock
Governor Dunston
2012
Episode The Handlers
The Announcement
2011
Episode Total Security
Wet Side Story
1970
Episode The X-Files
Drive
1998
Episode Clerks: The Animated Series
Leonardo Is Caught in the Grip of an Outbreak of Randal's Imagination and Patrick Swayze Either Does or Doesn't Work in the New Pet Store
2002
Episode Walker, Texas Ranger
Deadly Vision
1994
Episode The Handlers
The Video Chat
2011
Episode Late Night with Seth Meyers
Bryan Cranston, Alexandra Daddario, Jessica Seinfeld
2017
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Bryan Cranston, Amos Lee
2011
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bono, Bryan Cranston, Alicia Keys, DJ Khaled
2017
Episode Jake and the Fatman
Exactly Like You
1990
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bryan Cranston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jacqueline Novak
2015
Episode Clerks: The Animated Series
Dante & Randal & Jay & Silent Bob & a Bunch of New Characters & Lando Take Part in a Whole Bunch of Movie Parodies Including, but Not Exclusive To, the Bad News Bears, the Last Starfighter, Indiana...
2002
Episode Viper
Wheels of Fire
1994
Episode Matlock
The Marriage Counselor
1991
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Paranoid Dick
1999
Episode Today
October 6, 2011
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bryan Cranston, Timothee Chalamet, BTS
2017
Episode Seinfeld
The Jimmy
1995
Episode Chelsea Lately
Bryan Cranston
2012
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bryan Cranston, Wu-Tang Clan, Paul Shaffer
2018
Episode Conan (2010)
Mr. White Meets Mr. Extremely White
2013
Episode Seinfeld
The Label Maker
1995
Episode From the Earth to the Moon
Behind the Scenes: Making 'From the Earth to the Moon'
1998
Episode The Pretender (US)
P.T.B.
1999
Episode Inside Comedy
Bryan Cranston & Carol Leifer
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Dakota Fanning, Barry Gibb
2016
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Good-Bye Charlie
1990
Episode Brotherly Love
Such a Bargain
1995
Episode Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Human Is
2017
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bryan Cranston, Shamir
2015
Episode Night of Too Many Stars
Night of Too Many Stars (2010)
2010
Episode Baywatch
Cruise Ship
1989
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Common, Miranda Hart, Robin Thicke
2013
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bryan Cranston; Amanda Seyfried; Michael Franti & Spearhead
2013
Episode The Bronx Bunny Show
Episode 4
2003
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 3
2017
Episode Conan (2010)
Bryan Cranston
2021
Episode Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad
2022
Episode Babylon 5
The Long Night
1997
Episode American Dad!
Star Trek
2005
Episode Family Guy
Long John Peter
2008
Episode Hart to Heart
Bryan Cranston
2021
Episode Tony Awards
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Bryan Cranston, Brett Goldstein, SG Lewis, Tove Lo
2023
Episode How I Met Your Mother
World's Greatest Couple
2006
Episode Touched by an Angel
The Hero
1995
Episode Pearl
My So-Called Real Life
1997
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Stephen Curry, Goldlink ft. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
2017
Episode Seinfeld
The Strike
1997
Episode Working
The Consultant
1998
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Carrie Ann Inaba, Bryan Cranston, Constance Zimmer, Meaghan Murphy
2016
Episode The Daily Show
Rachel Maddow & Bryan Cranston
2020
Episode Diagnosis Murder
Living on the Streets Can Be Murder
1996
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Bryan Cranston
2015
Episode Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Episode 157
2019
Episode Night of Too Many Stars
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (2010)
2010
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
Episode 387
2016
Episode The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Bryan Cranston, Rebel Wilson, Cher Lloyd
2012
Episode Seinfeld
The Mom & Pop Store
1994
Episode Today
July 10, 2012
2012
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bryan Cranston, Cori Bush
2020
Episode The Writers' Room
Breaking Bad
2013
Episode Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Nosy
2003
Episode Chicago Hope
Tantric Turkey
1998
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Hailee Steinfeld, OneRepublic
2016
Episode Thank God You're Here (US)
Jennifer Coolidge, Bryan Cranston, Wayne Knight & Joel McHale
2007
Episode Better Call Saul
Saul Gone
2022
Episode Archer (2009)
Space Race (1)
2012
Series Hart to Heart 2021
Episode Electric Playground
C&C Renegade Unveiled, Paper Mario Review!
2001
Episode Family Guy
Pawtucket Pete
2018
Episode Capital News
Blues for Mr. White
1970
Episode Family Guy
I Take Thee Quagmire
2006
Episode ALF's Hit Talk Show
Bryan Cranston, Leon Redbone
2004
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bryan Cranston, Rufus Wainwright
2020
Episode How I Met Your Mother
Columns
2007
Episode The King of Queens
Dog Days
1999
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Brie Larson, Kevin Delaney
2014
Episode It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Celebrity Booze: The Ultimate Cash Grab
2023
Episode The King of Queens
Swim Neighbors
2001
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bryan Cranston, Busy Philipps, Blink-182
2016
Episode Sneaky Pete
Pilot
2015
Episode The Colbert Report
Bryan Cranston
2014
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bryan Cranston, Sigourney Weaver, Quinn XCII
2023
Episode Matlock
The Gift
1987
Episode MADtv
Episode #803
2002
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bryan Cranston, Sen. Raphael Warnock
2022
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Maya Hawke & Bryan Cranston
2023
Episode V.I.P.
Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand
1998
Episode Falcon Crest
Enquiring Minds
1989
Episode Clerks: The Animated Series
A Dissertation on the American Justice System by People Who Have Never Been Inside a Courtroom, Let Alone Know Anything About the Law, but Have Seen Way Too Many Legal Thrillers
2000
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bryan Cranston, Declan McKenna
2020
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bryan Cranston, R.A. Dickey, Zac Brown Band
2012
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 5
2016
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Something Foul in Flappieville
1996
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bryan Cranston, Anika Noni Rose, Joanna Newsom
2016
Episode The Cleveland Show
Brown Magic
2012
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
2/6/04
2004
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Menace, Anyone?
1986
Episode Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
2018
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 15
2024
Episode LA Times: The Envelope
Lead Actors
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bryan Cranston, Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Biel, Jamie T
2017
Episode Seinfeld
The Yada Yada
1997
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bryan Cranston, Carrie Coon, Beach Bunny
2021
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Ricky Gervais, Michael Shannon, MGMT, Simon Townshend
2013
Episode The King of Queens
Soft Touch
2000
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Julia Garner, Surfaces
2020
Episode Goode Behavior
Goode Music
1997
Episode Howard TV
Bryan Cranston
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Bryan Cranston, Ben Zweller
2009
Episode The Flash
Be My Baby
1991
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Penn Badgley, Maya Hawke
2023
Episode How I Met Your Mother
Platonish
2013
Episode The Handlers
The Focus Group
2011
Episode Curb Your Enthusiasm
Running with the Bulls
2017
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Bryan Cranston, Jeff Altman, Garland Jeffreys
2011
Episode Hot Ones
Bryan Cranston Fully Commits While Eating Spicy Wings
2023
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Demi Lovato, the Weeknd
2016
Episode The Handlers
Prostitute
2011
Episode The Colbert Report
Bryan Cranston
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bryan Cranston; Larry King; Zac Brown Band
2012
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
2/20/04
2004
Episode The Cleveland Show
Turkey Pot Die
2012
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bryan Cranston, Kelly Rohrbach, Paramore, Hunter Hayes
2017
Episode The Colbert Report
Robin Thicke
2013
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Quarantunes Reunion
2020
Episode Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
Honey, I'm the Sorcerer's Apprentice
1998
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, John Cena, Remi Wolf
2021
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bryan Cranston, Vanessa Minnillo, Iyaz
2010
Episode The Handlers
Poster
2011
Episode Conan (2010)
Death Gets a Paper Cut
2011
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bryan Cranston, Rachel Maddow, Andrea Bocelli
2015