Bryan Cranston’s Movies and TV Shows: A Retrospective

‘Versatility and Effortlessness’ These two words perfectly describe the famous American actor Bryan Cranston. It is pretty tough to think of any other actor except him who can play any type of character flawlessly with excellence. Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows are much talked about in showbiz.

Whether it is comedy, drama, small or starring roles, big movies, or web series, Bryan Cranston is one actor who is ready for anything that the writing team and the director throw at him. 

His popularity exploded when he played the role of Walter White in the drug drama ‘Breaking Bad’. All the Seasons of this web series were immensely loved by viewers and are still, one of the top Netflix shows today. Cranston got huge recognition for this role and it became one of the biggest hits in his career. He bagged many awards and nominations for this particular role.

Other than Walter, he has played several roles in his career which are worthy of abundant credit. He has appeared in numerous television series, stage plays, and video games as well.

Let us take you on a journey that talks about Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows, his personal life, early life, and achievements that made him affluently rich and successful.

Bryan Cranston: Biography, Early Life, & Personal Life 

Real Name	Profession	Birth	Height	Birth Place	Nationality	Spouse	Children
Bryan Lee Cranston	Actor, Director, Producer, Voice Cast	7 March 1956	5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm)	San Fernando Valley, California, US	United States of America	Robin Dearden, Mickey Middleton	Taylor Dearden

Bryan Cranston was born in San Fernando Valley on March 7, 1956, to Joseph Louis Cranston and Peggy Shell. His father was a former amateur boxer and also an actor. His mother was a radio performer. Both his parents were struggling actors. He was also cast in one of the commercials with his father when Cranston was 8. His parents got separated when Cranston was 11 years old. He then started living with his grandparents.

He studied police science at Los Angeles Valley College. He developed an interest in acting and pursued this path as his career. Cranston Moved to New York in the late 1970s. He worked as a security guard, a Universal Life Church minister, a video dating service camera operator, and a

waiter to make money and kept auditioning for different acting roles. He started working as an action in the 1980s.

Talking about his personal life, Cranston has married twice. His first wife was Mickey Middleton whom he was married from 1977 to 1982. He got married for the second time to Robin Dearden in 1989 who was considered one of the hottest Hollywood actresses at that time.

He met her on the set of Airwolf in 1984 and married her in 1989. They together have a daughter Taylor Dearden who is also an actor by profession. They live in a beach house in Ventura County, California, which was designed by Cranston himself.

Bryan Cranston believes in making life good for others as he is part of many charitable causes. He supported organizations like the Alzheimer’s Association, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Amazon Conservation Team.

He was a baseball player and liked collecting baseball memorabilia such as jerseys, pennants, and signed cards. He is a fan of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Dodgers. When he won the third Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, he thanked his daughter and wife and said he loves them both ‘more than baseball’.

When he was shooting for Breaking Bad, he used to reside in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The actor and the castmate Aaron Paul who played Jessy got Breaking Bad tattoos on the last day of the shoot. Breaking Bad led an incredible growth in both actors’ film careers.

About Cranston’s hobbies, he likes directing, producing, and writing. He owns a Cessa 206 as he is an enthusiast pilot.

Talking about his health, the actor revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014. However, he underwent successful treatment for this disease and has been living cancer-free since then.

Bryan Cranston: Filmography

Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows made him what he is today. Let’s start with the number of movies he has worked on in his career. 

List Of All Bryan Cranston Movies

The following is the list of Bryan Cranston’s movies that he has worked on already and is about to release in the coming years.

Year	Movie Title	Role
1981	The Call of the Wild: Howl Buck	Voice of Manuel/Pete
1982	Treasure Planet	Voice of Filipe
1987	Amazon Women on the Moon	Paramedic #1
1988	The Big Turnaround	Jim
1990	Corporate Affairs	Darren
1991	Dead Space	Dr. Frank Darden
1992	Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise	Voice of Matti Tohn
1994	Erotique	Dr. Robert Stern
	The Legend of Drunken Master	Additional Voices
	Clean Slate	Club Official
	Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie	Voice of Fei Long
	Macross Plus: International Version	Voice of Isamu Alva Dyson
1995	Armitage III	Voice of Eddie Barrows
1996	That Thing You Do!	Gus Grissom
	Street Corner Justice	Father Brophy
1997	Time Under Fire	Braddock
	Strategic Command	Phil Hertzberg
1998	Saving Private Ryan	War Department Colonel
1999	Last Chance	Lance
2000	The Big Thing	Roberto Montalban
	Terror Tract	Ron Gatley
2001	Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama	Voice of Lord Rama
2004	Seeing Other People	Peter
	Illusion	David
2005	Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	Voice of Buzz Aldrin
2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Stan Grossman
	Intellectual Property	CSE Radio Host
2007	Hard Four	Lieutenant Bryce Baxter
2010	Love Ranch	James Pettis
2011	The Lincoln Lawyer	Detective Lankford
	Drive	Shannon
	Detachment	Richard Dearden
	Leave	Eliot
	Larry Crowne	Dean Tainot
	Batman: Year One	Voice of James Gordon
	Contagion	Rear Admiral Lyle Haggerty
2012	Red Tails	Major William Mortamus
	John Carter	Colonel Powell
	Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted	Voice of Vitaly
	Rock of Ages	Mayor Mike Whitmore
	Total Recall	Chancellor Vilos Cohaagen
	Argo	CIA Deputy Director Jack O’Donnell
2013	Cold Comes the Night	“Topo” Topolewski
	Writer’s Block	The Writer
2014	Godzilla	Joe Brody
2015	Trumbo	Dalton Trumbo
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	Voice of Li
	Get a Job	Roger Davis
	The Infiltrator	US Customs Special Agent Robert Mazur/Bob Musella
	Wakefield	Howard Wakefield
	In Dubious Battle	Sheriff
	Why Him?	Ned Fleming
2017	The Disaster Artist	Himself
	Power Rangers	Zordon
	The Upside	Phillip Lacasse
	Last Flag Flying	Sal Nealon
2018	Isle of Dogs	Voice of Chief
2019	El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie	Walter White
2020	The One and Only Ivan	Mack
	Ancient Caves	Voice of the Narrator
2022	Sell/Buy/Date	Himself
	Jerry & Marge Go Large	Jerry Selbee
2023	Asteroid City	The Host
2024	Argylle (Bryan Cranston’s new movie)	Post-production
	Everything’s Going to Be Great (Bryan Cranston’s new movie)	Shooting

Bryan Cranston TV Shows

The following is the list of tv shows that Bryan Cranston has worked on which helped him earn a lot of popularity in the TV industry. 

Year	Title	Role
1980	To Race the Wind	Quarterback
1982	Crisis Counselor	Sam
	CHiPs	Billy Joe
1983–1985	Loving	Doug Donovan
1985	Cover Up	Tommy Maynard/Frank Lawler
	One Life to Live	Dean Stella
1986	Airwolf	Robert Hollis
	North and South: Book II	Colonel Austin
1986–1996	Murder, She Wrote	Brian East/ Parker Foreman/Jerry Wilber
1987	The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman	Dr.Shepherd
	Hill Street Blues	PBA Counselor
1987–1991	Matlock	Dr.Harding Fletcher/Brian Emerson
1988	Raising Miranda	Uncle Russell
1989	Falcon Crest	Martin Randall
	Baywatch	Tom Logan
	I Know My First Name Is Steven	Officer Dickenson
1990	Hull High	Mr. McConnell
	Jake and the Fatman	Jason Miller/Lyle Wicks
	Capital News	Congressman Marple
1991	The Flash	Philip “Mark” Moses
	Dead Silence	Professor Harris
1992	L.A. Law	James Phillips
1993	The Disappearance of Nora	Police Detective
	Prophet of Evil: The Ervil Lebaron Story	Lawyer
	Moldiver	Tech
	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	Snizard/Twinman
	Super Dimension Century Orguss 02	Imperial Officer
1994	Tekkaman Blade	Sergeant Miles O’Rourke
	Macross Plus	Isamu Dyson
	Viper	Garrett Berlin
	Walker, Texas Ranger	Hank
	Days Like This	Benny
	Men Who Hate Women & the Women Who Love Them	David
	The Companion	Alan
1994–1997	Seinfeld	Dr. Tim Whatley
1995	Touched by an Angel	Dr. Tom Bryant
	Brotherly Love	Russell Winslow
	Land’s End	Matt McCulla
	Nowhere Man	Sheriff Norman Wade
	Extreme Blue	Ned Landry
	Kissing Miranda	Special Agent Falsey
1996	The Louie Show	Curt Sincic
	The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime	Patrick Dougherty
1996–1997	Eagle Riders	Voice of Joe Thax
1996–1998	Diagnosis: Murder	Martin Rutgers/Walter Mason
1997	Moloney	Unknown Role
	Babylon 5	Ericsson
	Dogs	Unknown Role
	Goode Behavior	Record Executive
	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Witch Lawyer
	Pearl	Isaac Perlow
	Total Security	Jason Nichols
	Alright Already	Robert
1998	Brooklyn South	IAB Lieutenant Gordon Denton
	From the Earth to the Moon	Buzz Aldrin
	V.I.P.	Colt Arrow
	The X-Files	Patrick Crump
	Chicago Hope	Jesus
	Working	Larry Prince
	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	Ronald “Cheesy” Meezy
1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	Neil Diamond Impersonator
	The Pretender	Neil Roberts
1999–2001	The King of Queens	Tim Sacksky
2000–2001	Clerks: The Animated Series	Various Roles
2000–2006	Malcolm in the Middle	Hal
2001	Gary & Mike	Senator Howard Bilson/Mr. Newton
	‘Twas the Night	Nick Wrigley
	The Santa Claus Brothers	Santa Claus
2003	National Lampoon’s Thanksgiving Family Reunion	Woodrow Snider
2003–2005	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Mr. Jameson
2005–2010	American Dad!	Mr. Winthrop/Bill Publisherman
2006–2020	Family Guy	Hal/Bert/ Dr. Jewish/Himself (live-action)
2006–2013	How I Met Your Mother	Hammond Druthers
2007	Fallen	The Light Bringer/Lucifer
	Thank God You’re Here	Alien Superhero/British Rock Star
2008	The Hollywood Quad	Burton Melrose
2008–2013	Breaking Bad	Heisenberg/Walter “Walt” White
2010–2011	Glenn Martin, DDS	Drake Stone
2010–2016	Saturday Night Live	Walter White/Himself (host)
2011	The Handlers	Jack Powers
2011–2018	Robot Chicken	Various roles
2012	Archer	Commander Tony Drake
	30 Rock	Ron
2012–2013	The Simpsons	Walter White (live-action)/Stradivarius Cain
	The Cleveland Show	Dr. Fist and other roles
2013	Big History	The Narrator
2015–2019	Sneaky Pete	Vince Lonigan
2015–2019	Super Mansion	Titanium Rex
2016	All the Way	Lyndon B. Johnson
2017	Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams	Silas Herrick
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dr. Lionel Templeton
2018	The Dangerous Book for Boys
2019	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Richard Sackler
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Count Rugen
	The Stand	The President of the United States
2020–2023	Your Honor	Judge Michael Desiato
2021	Animal	Narrator
2022	Better Call Saul	Heisenberg/Walter “Walt” White
	America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions	Voice of Narrator
2023	It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia	“Mr. Middle”/Himself

TV series directed by Bryan Cranston

Other than Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows, he tried his hand at direction as well. the following is the list of series that are directed by the actor himself.

Year	Title
2003–2006	Malcolm in the Middle
2006	Big Day
	Special Unit
2009–2013	Breaking Bad
2012–2013	Modern Family
2012	The Office
2017	Sneaky Pete
2021	Your Honor

Bryan Cranston -The Best Stars in Theatre Careers

Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows have made him a renowned actor in the American film industry. However, the actor has also given some commendable stage performances in his career.

Year	Title	Venue	Role
1987	The Steven Weed Show
1992	The Taming of the Shrew	Shakespeare Santa Cruz	A Pendant/Christopher Sly
1992	A Doll’s House		Torvald Helmer
2006	The God of Hell	Geffen Playhouse	Welch
2007	Chapter Two	Pollak Theatre	George Schneider
2013–2014	All the Way	American Repertory Theater    Neil Simon Theatre	Lyndon B. Johnson
2017–2019	Network	Royal National Theatre  Belasco Theatre	Howard Beale

Bryan Cranston-Video Games

Other than Hollywood movies and TV shows, Bryan Cranston has also appeared in Video games in his career.

Year	Title	Role
2012	Madagascar 3: The Video Game	Voice of Vitaly
2014	Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff	Himself (voice)

Bryan Cranston: List Of Nominations and Awards

Due to his powerful screen performance, fans eagerly wait for Bryan Cranston’s new movie. He has bagged many nominations and awards for his contribution to the industry. The following is the list of awards and nominations received by the actor in his career. 

Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards are presented to artists in several areas of television and evolving media for outstanding contributions to the industry.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Malcolm in the Middle	Nominated
2003			Nominated
2006			Nominated
2008	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Won
2009			Won
2010			Won
2012	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2013	Outstanding Drama Series		Won
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2014	Outstanding Drama Series		Won
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series		Won
2016	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	All the Way	Nominated
	Outstanding Television Movie		Nominated
2018	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Nominated

BAFTA Awards

BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards) is an annual award show that is presented to artists to honor them for their finest British and global contributions to film.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2016	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Trumbo	Nominated

Academy Awards

Also known as the Oscars, the Academy Awards are presented to recognize the excellent contribution of artists in the entertainment industry.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2016	Best Actor	Trumbo	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are presented to the artist for their excellent contribution to American as well as global film and TV.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2003	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television	Malcolm in the Middle	Nominated
2011	Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama	Breaking Bad	Nominated
2012			Nominated
2013			Nominated
2014			Won
	Best Television Series – Drama		Won
2016	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Trumbo	Nominated
2017	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television	All the Way	Nominated
2021		Your Honor	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Founded in 1995, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented to artists to recognize their contribution to prime-time television and film.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2010	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated
2011			Nominated
2012			Nominated
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2013	Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture	Argo	Won
	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Won
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2014	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series		Won
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series		Won
2016	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Trumbo	Nominated
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2017	Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries	All the Way	Won

Critics’ Choice Awards

Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and Critics’ Choice Television Awards are presented for outstanding achievements in movies, documentaries, and television. It has been presented to artists annually since 1995.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Best Television Drama Series Actor	Breaking Bad	Won
2013			Won
2014			Nominated
2016	Best Movie Actor	Trumbo	Nominated

Directors Guild of America

The Directors Guild of America was founded in 1936 as the Screen Directors Guild. This award represents the interest of movie and TV series directors in the US motion picture industry and abroad.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2013	Outstanding Directorial Achievement – Television Comedy Series	Modern Family	Nominated
2014			Nominated
	Outstanding Directorial Achievement – Television Drama Series	Breaking Bad (“Blood Money”)	Nominated

Bryan Cranston’s Net Worth and Salary

Working as an Actor, Voice Actor, Screenwriter, Television Director, Film director, Television producer, and Film Producer, Bryan Cranston’s net worth is $45 million. He made this fortune majorly as an actor.

Out of all of Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows, his role in Breaking Bad as Walter White was the most prominent and high-profile. This show became increasingly popular and made him earn $225000 per episode.

In 2007, he purchased a $2.5 million beachfront home in Ventura County. Later on, he demolished the property and reconstructed a platinum LEED-certified house with all the top-notch environmental specifications such as solar panels, rainwater harvesting tanks, other high-end ecological features, etc.

This made his house qualify for net-zero home which means it produces as much energy as it uses. In an interview with a magazine, Cranston mentioned that the renovation of his house cost him 30% more than a standard one as he added green specifications to it.

In Feb 2021, Cranston and his wife put their home for sale for $4.995 million. But it sold off at a whopping $5.45 million in April of the same year.

Bryan Cranston purchased a Central Park West Coop in Sep 2021 for worth $5.6 million. His annual income is over $4 million. So, Bryan Cranston’s net worth is $45 million. 

Here is the net worth growth of the actor based on different years.

Bryan Cranston’s Net Worth in 2023	$45 Million
Bryan Cranston’s Net Worth in 2022	$41 Million
Bryan Cranston’s Net Worth in 2021	$37 Million
Bryan Cranston’s Net Worth in 2020	$34 Million
Bryan Cranston’s Net Worth in 2019	$32 Million
Bryan Cranston’s Net Worth in 2018	$30 Million

Frequently Asked Questions About Bryan Cranston

End Note: Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows

Despite being a late bloomer, Bryan Cranston has made remarkable growth in his career. Most of his movies and shows are commercially successful and made millions in the showbiz industry. He has bagged many awards for his performance, especially for playing the role of Walter White in Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston’s net worth is more than many successful actors in Hollywood. 

He spent his early life being part of small gigs, local theater, and a role in the soap opera. Cranston made a sharp growth in his career when he started playing high-profile roles in the late 90s. 

Bryan Cranston’s movies and TV shows are much-liked among audiences irrespective of age.

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