Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston is an American actor born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on 7 March 1956, and raised in Canoga Park, the son of a radio actress and an actor. He first became widely known as Hal, the father in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, which ran from 2000 to 2006 and earned him Emmy nominations. His defining role came as the chemistry teacher turned drug manufacturer Walter White in the AMC crime drama Breaking Bad, which won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times. On stage he won a Tony Award for playing President Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way, then a Laurence Olivier Award and a second Tony for Howard Beale in Network. In film he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Trumbo, and appeared in Saving Private Ryan, Little Miss Sunshine, Drive, Argo and Godzilla, besides voicing parts in the Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda series. He also co-developed the series Sneaky Pete. His honours include seven Primetime Emmys, two Tonys and a Golden Globe.