Bryan Cranston filmography
Bryan Cranston is an American actor, producer and director, who has appeared in films, television series, video games and stage plays.
Cranston started his career with supporting roles on television before his breakout comedic role as Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle 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 for which he won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times. He was Emmy-nominated for All the Way and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Cranston acted in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete, and the drama series Your Honor.
He made his feature length film debut acting in Treasure Planet. He took supporting roles in the musical comedy That Thing You Do!, the war drama Saving Private Ryan, the road comedy Little Miss Sunshine, the action drama Drive, the medical thriller Contagion, the jukebox musical Rock of Ages, the espionage thriller Argo and the monster film Godzilla. He portrayed Dalton Trumbo in the biographical drama Trumbo for which he was nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He then took leading roles in the crime drama The Infiltrator, the comedy Why Him?, the comedy drama The Upside, the war dramedy Last Flag Flying, and the comedy Jerry & Marge Go Large. He also collaborated with Wes Anderson acting in Isle of Dogs, Asteroid City, and The Phoenician Scheme.
On stage, Cranston acted in productions at the Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the Geffen Playhouse. Cranston made his Broadway debut playing United States President Lyndon B. Johnson in the play All the Way for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He played fictional news anchor Howard Beale in the historical play Network in both the 2017 West End production and the 2019 Broadway production, winning both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | The Call of the Wild: Howl Buck | Manuel / Pete | Voice; English dub |
| 1982 | Treasure Planet | Filipe | Voice; English dub |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Paramedic #1 | Segment: "Roast Your Loved One" |
| 1987 | Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise | Matti Tohn | Voice; English dub; credited as Lee Stone |
| 1988 | The Big Turnaround | Jim | |
| 1990 | Corporate Affairs | Darren | |
| 1991 | Dead Space | Dr. Frank Darden | |
| 1994 | Erotique | Dr. Robert Stern | |
| 1994 | Drunken Master II | Additional voices | Voice; English dub |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Club Official | |
| 1994 | Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | Fei Long | Voice; English dub; credited as Phil Williams |
| 1994 | Macross Plus: International Version | Isamu Alva Dyson | Voice; English dub |
| 1995 | Armitage III | Eddie Barrows | Voice; English dub; credited as Lee Stone |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Gus Grissom | |
| 1996 | Street Corner Justice | Father Brophy | |
| 1997 | Time Under Fire | Braddock | |
| 1997 | Strategic Command | Phil Hertzberg | Direct-to-video |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | War Department Colonel | |
| 1999 | Last Chance | Lance | Also writer, director and producer |
| 2000 | The Big Thing | Roberto Montalban | |
| 2000 | Terror Tract | Ron Gatley | Segment: "Bobo" |
| 2001 | Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama | Lord Rama | Voice; English dub |
| 2004 | Seeing Other People | Peter | |
| 2004 | Illusion | David | |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Buzz Aldrin | Voice; Documentary |
| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Stan Grossman | |
| 2006 | Intellectual Property | CSE Radio Host | |
| 2007 | Hard Four | Lieutenant Bryce Baxter | |
| 2010 | Love Ranch | James Pettis | |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Detective Lankford | |
| 2011 | Drive | Shannon | |
| 2011 | Detachment | Richard Dearden | |
| 2011 | Leave | Eliot | |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Dean Tainot | |
| 2011 | Batman: Year One | James Gordon | Voice; Direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Contagion | Rear Admiral Lyle Haggerty | |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Major William Mortamus | |
| 2012 | John Carter | Colonel Powell | |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Vitaly | Voice |
| 2012 | Rock of Ages | Mayor Mike Whitmore | |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Chancellor Vilos Cohaagen | |
| 2012 | Argo | CIA Deputy Director Jack O'Donnell | |
| 2013 | Cold Comes the Night | "Topo" Topolewski | |
| 2013 | Writer's Block | The Writer | Short film |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Joe Brody | |
| 2015 | Trumbo | Dalton Trumbo | |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Li | Voice |
| 2016 | Get a Job | Roger Davis | |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | US Customs Special Agent Robert Mazur / Bob Musella | Also executive producer |
| 2016 | Wakefield | Howard Wakefield | |
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle | Sheriff | |
| 2016 | Why Him? | Ned Fleming | |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Himself | Uncredited cameo |
| 2017 | Power Rangers | Zordon | |
| 2017 | The Upside | Phillip Lacasse | |
| 2017 | Last Flag Flying | Sal Nealon | |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Chief | Voice |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Walter White | |
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Mack | |
| 2020 | Ancient Caves | The Narrator | Voice; Documentary short |
| 2022 | Sell/Buy/Date | Himself | Documentary |
| 2022 | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Jerry Selbee | |
| 2023 | Asteroid City | The Host | |
| 2024 | Argylle | Ritter | |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Li | Voice |
| 2024 | Moscow Mule | Himself | Short film |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Reagan | |
| 2025 | Everything's Going to Be Great | Buddy Smart | |
| 2026 | Sebastian | Post-production | |
| Post-production |