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Bryan Lee Cranston 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... more

Bryan Lee Cranston 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 sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He gained stardom for his dramatic leading role playing Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which he won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014). He was Emmy-nominated for All the Way (2016) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2018). Cranston co-developed and appeared in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019) and starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023).

On stage, he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for portraying President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and his second Tony Award for portraying Howard Beale in the play Network on the West End and Broadway, respectively.

Cranston earned nominations for the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for portraying Dalton Trumbo in the Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo (2015). Other notable films include Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Contagion (2011), Argo (2012), Godzilla (2014), The Infiltrator (2016), The Upside (2017), Last Flag Flying (2017), and Asteroid City (2023). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Isle of Dogs (2018), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).

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Saving Private Ryan
(1998)
Drama, History, War
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 John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Runtime:
169 min
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Max Martini, Joerg Stadler
8.6
93%
91
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Avengers: Endgame
(2019)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Runtime:
181 min
Director:
Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Cast:
Josh Brolin, Brie Larson, Hugh Jackman, Chris Pratt, Chris Evans
8.4
94%
78
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Drive
(2011)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast:
Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston
7.8
93%
78
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Little Miss Sunshine
(2006)
Comedy, Drama
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.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast:
Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Toni Collette, Steve Carell
7.8
91%
80
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Argo
(2012)
Drama, Thriller
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Ben Affleck
Cast:
Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber
7.7
96%
86
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Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bill Murray
7.9
90%
82
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The Lincoln Lawyer
(2011)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Brad Furman
Cast:
Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas
7.3
83%
63
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The Disaster Artist
(2017)
Comedy, Drama
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 predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Runtime:
104 min
Cast:
Dave Franco, Dave Franco, James Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen
7.4
91%
76
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Detachment
(2011)
Drama
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Tony Kaye
Cast:
Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan, Christina Hendricks, Lucy Liu
7.7
57%
52
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Trumbo
(2015)
Drama
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 blacklisted.
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Jay Roach
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Elle Fanning, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.
7.5
73%
60
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John Carter
(2012)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his h...
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Andrew Stanton
Cast:
Taylor Kitsch, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Ciarán Hinds, Samantha Morton
6.6
51%
51
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Contagion
(2011)
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
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 the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Cast:
Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard
6.6
84%
70
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Godzilla
(2014)
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatu...
Runtime:
123 min
6.4
74%
62
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That Thing You Do!
(1996)
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
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.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Tom Hanks
Cast:
Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks
6.9
93%
71
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Total Recall
(2012)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure go...
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Len Wiseman
Cast:
Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy
6.3
30%
43
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The Infiltrator
(2016)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Brad Furman
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, Elena Anaya, Benjamin Bratt, Daniel Mays
7.0
69%
66
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Batman: Year One
(2011)
Action, Animation, Crime, Science Fiction
A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.
Runtime:
64 min
Director:
Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery
Cast:
Ben McKenzie, Bryan Cranston, Eliza Dushku, Katee Sackhoff, Alex Rocco
7.4
88%
N/A
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
(2019)
Action, Science Fiction
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vi...
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Gareth Edwards
Cast:
Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, Kyle Chandler, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins
6.0
43%
48
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Why Him?
(2016)
Comedy
A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
John Hamburg
Cast:
James Franco, Bryan Cranston
6.3
39%
39
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Power Rangers
(2017)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will ...
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Dean Israelite
Cast:
Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin
6.0
48%
44
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Larry Crowne
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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 part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Tom Hanks
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Pam Grier
6.1
36%
41
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Rock of Ages
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Runtime:
123 min
5.9
41%
47
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Last Flag Flying
(2017)
Comedy, Drama
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to Ne...
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Richard Linklater
Cast:
Steve Carell, J. Quinton Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell
6.9
78%
65
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Red Tails
(2012)
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Anthony Hemingway
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Daniela Ruah, Terrence Howard
5.9
40%
46
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All the Way
(2016)
Drama, History, TV Movie
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 own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Jay Roach
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Frank Langella, Bradley Whitford
7.3
87%
N/A
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Amazon Women on the Moon
(1987)
Comedy, Science Fiction
Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a ...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Joe Dante, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton
Cast:
Arsenio Hall, Monique Gabrielle, Debby Davison, Rob Krausz, Griffin Dunne
6.2
63%
42
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Wakefield
(2017)
Drama
A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Robin Swicord
Cast:
Bryan Cranston
6.4
74%
62
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Get a Job
(2016)
Comedy
A recent college graduate and his friends are forced to lower life expectations when they leave school for the real world. 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 with help from their family, friends and coworkers they soon di...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Dylan Kidd
Cast:
Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston, Miles Teller, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Marcia Gay Harden
5.3
N/A
31
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Cold Comes the Night
(2013)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 package from a crooked cop.
Runtime:
90 min
5.7
N/A
37
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In Dubious Battle
(2017)
Drama
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 than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.
Runtime:
110 min
Cast:
Vincent D'Onofrio, James Franco, Selena Gomez, Bryan Cranston, Robert Duvall
6.1
30%
43
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Clean Slate
(1994)
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
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 of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Mick Jackson
Cast:
Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino, James Earl Jones, Kevin Pollak, Michael Gambon
5.7
19%
N/A
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David Blaine: Real or Magic
(2013)
Documentary
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to name a few. He goes to the homes of Kanye West and Harrison Ford, Will Smith and Olivia Wilde. He pays a visit to Stephen ...
Runtime:
63 min
Director:
Matthew Akers
Cast:
David Blaine, Woody Allen, Will Arnett, George W. Bush, Bryan Cranston
7.7
N/A
N/A
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Armitage III: Poly Matrix
(1996)
Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
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 very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To stir things up more, every victim is found to be an illegally made third-generation android.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Takuya Sato
Cast:
Elizabeth Berkley, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Woren, Wanda Nowicki, Mike Reynolds
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Seeing Other People
(2004)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two months shy of their wedding, a couple decide to allow each other last flings until their wedding.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Wallace Wolodarsky
Cast:
Jay Mohr, Julianne Nicholson, Josh Charles, Andy Richter, Lauren Graham
5.9
39%
51
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Love Ranch
(2010)
Drama
Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Taylor Hackford
Cast:
Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Gina Gershon, Bai Ling
5.6
12%
37
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Terror Tract
(2001)
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Bob Carter, a suburban real estate agent, tries to get a kindly couple, Allen and Mary Ann Doyle, to buy a house only to give them horrifying stories about the pasts of three of them. In the first story "Nightmare" a businessman discovers his wife cheating on him only to be killed by his spouse and her boyfriend in which she begins hav...
Runtime:
96 min
6.0
60%
N/A
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No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
(2013)
Documentary
A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.
Runtime:
135 min
Director:
Stuart Richardson
Cast:
Michael Bowen, Betsy Brandt, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan
8.5
N/A
N/A
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Illusion
(2004)
Drama, Romance
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 the movie of his son's life. At first suspicious, then curious, and ultimately captivated, he watches his son's growth from mid-teens to mid-thirties as the son pursues his life-long lov...
Runtime:
106 min
7.3
36%
N/A
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Leave
(2011)
Mystery, Thriller
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. Convinced that the only way to understand what the dream means is to write his way through it, Henry decides to go to a remote second home to begin work on his next novel, a thriller. While o...
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Robert Celestino
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, Ron Livingston, Vinessa Shaw, Rick Gomez, Frank John Hughes
5.8
N/A
N/A
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'Twas the Night
(2001)
Comedy, Family, TV Movie
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.
Runtime:
84 min
5.5
N/A
N/A