Bryan Cranston is an award-winning actor, voice-over actor, writer and director. Cranston is widely known in his role as Hal in the FOX sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. Starting in 2008, Cranston has been starring as Walter White in the AMC series Breaking Bad. For that role, Cranston won three-consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, taking home the honors in 2008, 2009 and 2010.http://www.bryancranston.com/biofilm.asp
Following his 2010 Emmy win, Cranston joked about being upset that Breaking Bad will not be eligible for the Emmys, then called the experience "incredible." The described the feeling as gluttonous, saying working on the show is like having a good meal while winning Emmy Awards is the great desert to complete the menu.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zfzREbjMk0
Prior to his success as a television actor, Cranston appeared in many advertising commercials for products including Excedrin, Honda Accord, Frito-Lay, and Coffee-Mate.http://www.bryancranston.com/biofilm.asp
Acting Career
Following his debut performance in a single episode of CHiPs, Cranston went on to briefly appear on the soap opera One Life to Live in 1985. Following other small roles on television and film, including on Baywatch, Matlock and L.A. Law, among others, Cranston had a recurring role on the popular comedy show Seinfeld from 1994 to 1997. Cranston joined the Malcolm in the Middle cast in 2000, working until 2006 on the series and earning numerous award nominations for his work.http://www.bryancranston.com/biofilm.asp
Additionally, Cranston has also appeared in several films, including Little Miss Sunshine, Clean Slate, That Think You Do! and Saving Private Ryan. His credits continue on to include a variety of stage work, screenwriting, directing.http://www.bryancranston.com/biofilm.asp
Bryan Cranston at the 2010 Emmy Awards
Speaking with Jason Kennedy from E! after his third-consecutive Emmy Award win as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2010, Bryan Cranston finds a secondary use for his Emmy statue, to hold the microphone while he speaks. He discusses the Emmy success, which Kennedy compares to an NBA franchise, by suggesting that after his 2010 win, hundreds of text messages were sent saying others were robbed of the honor.