Women At Large: Breakout

Bryan Cranston is an American actor, who has appeared in films, television series, stage plays and video games. Cranston started his career with supporting roles on television before his breakout comedic role as 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 acted in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019), and the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). He took supporting roles in the musical comedy That Thing You Do! (1996), the war drama Saving Private Ryan (1998), the road comedy Little Miss Sunshine (2006), the action drama Drive (2011), the medical thriller Contagion (2011), the jukebox musical Rock of Ages (2012), the espionage thriller Argo (2012) and the monster film Godzilla (2014). He portrayed Dalton Trumbo in the biographical drama Trumbo (2015) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Actor Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He then took leading roles in the crime drama The Infiltrator (2016), the comedy Why Him? (2016), the comedy drama The Upside (2017), the war dramedy Last Flag Flying (2017), and the comedy Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022). He also collaborated with Wes Anderson acting in Isle of Dogs (2018), Asteroid City (2023), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). 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 (2013) 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.