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Bryan Cranston: Biography

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Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/07/1956, Pisces
Profession: Actor; director; producer

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Finale Watch: The Wire, Breaking Bad | Roush Dispatch | 3/7/2008
Its final season may have been built around a number of Big Lies, but here's the honest truth: HBO's The Wire is TV for the ages. Though it spent much of its acclaimed existence under the pop-culture radar, despite annual appearances on critics' best-of-year lists, this heartbreaking and searing masterpiece of urban decay and corruption will live on as all great literature does. Any self-respecting DVD library would want to include the five seasons of The Wire. It's that good, and that rich.Sunday’s expanded finale wraps up much of the complex story, but as usual, not in a tidy fashion. Ambiguities, moral compromises, deals struck with a variety of devils, all par for the course in David Simon’s bleak version of Baltimore. No cheap sentiment here, although there is a memorable scene involving a surprise wake at the Irish cop bar.The ironies are deep and dark as McNulty (Dominic West) sweats out the consequences of his scheme being exposed, of having created a fictional... read more
Ask Matt | 2/11/2008
Q: The cast and crew of Breaking Bad have done a great job ? at making me depressed! I couldn't get more than halfway through the pilot, and I wanted to cry through the 30 minutes I did see! I think that for a TV show to affect me this strongly means that the writers and actors are nothing short of amazing and deserve some kudos. I never saw Bryan Cranston in Malcolm in the Middle, so I am not familiar with his comedic work, but watching him in this show made me wonder if he's capable of even .. read more
Cheers: Malcolm's Dad Goes Bad | Cheers & Jeers | 1/21/2008
Cheers to Bryan Cranston for his image-shattering performance in Breaking Bad. I always knew he was a committed actor: The Malcolm in the Middle episode when dad Hal learns how to roller-boogie remains one of the greatest tour de forces in sitcom history. But who knew Cranston could handle dark material like AMC's dramedy about a dying chemistry teacher who resorts to selling crystal meth (and worse crimes) to save his family? Cranston's not Bad — he's brilliant.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on Cashmere Mafia's Bonnie Somerville, American Idol's new season and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine! read more
AMC's Breaking Bad Is One Hot Meth | TVGuide.com's Strike Recovery Guide | 1/18/2008
The when: Sundays at 10pm/ET (with many encores), premiering Jan. 20. Why watch?: Judging by the pilot, this promises to be a smart, stylish, grimly funny, ultimately serious look at how life can treat one poorly and how bad choices can make things that much worse... but not always worse, and not in every way. Walter White is a high-school chemistry teacher in Alburquerque, New Mexico, who is just turning 50 as the series begins. His job pays so poorly that he has to moonlight at a car wash; he had done early work that helped other chemists earn a Nobel Prize while he's clearly been slaving away at his school for too many years; his teenaged son has cerebral palsy (though generally seems to be coping with that); his wife is pregnant; and he discovers that the persistent chest cold he's been fighting is actually malignant, incurable lung cancer. (You're laughing already, yes?) Having decided that playing life straight isn't going to do him any good nor leave any kind of financial... read more
Bryan Cranston Previews His Bad New Role | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/18/2008
For seven seasons, Bryan Cranston goofed off as Malcolm in the Middle's oddball dad, Hal. Now, he's returning to series TV with Breaking Bad (premiering Sunday, Jan. 20, at 10 pm/ET on AMC), an hour-long dramedy whose humor is a bit darker ? he's a chemistry teacher who turns to churning out homemade crystal meth after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. We talked with Cranston about his trip to the dark side and to hear about some of his career highlights. TV Guide: Are you ready to . read more

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Bryan Cranston: Photos

Bryan Cranston, Greg Grunberg, Jane Kaczmarek courtesy Chris Weeks/WireImage.com

Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston courtesy Doug Hyun/AMC

Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte courtesy Doug Hyun/AMC

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Bryan Cranston: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
Breaking Bad (Actor - Walter White)	2007	TV Show Series
Little Miss Sunshine (Actor - Stan Grossman)	2006	Movie	Available
Magnificent Desolation: Walking On The Moon 3d (Actor)	2005	Movie
Seeing Other People (Actor - Peter)	2004	Movie
National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Reunion (Actor - Woodrow Snider)	2002	Movie

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Brilliant Bryan in "Bad"
I am a 57-year old female retired data/financial analyst -- and reader or subscriber of TV Guide for about 50 years. Several years ago, when the first Malcolm in the Middle episode... read more
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