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Bryan Cranston

Short Biography

Bryan Cranston is known as an American actor. He is most famous for the character of Walter White on the popular television crime drama 'Breaking Bad.'

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Bryan Lee Cranston was born on March 7, 1956 in Canoga Park, California. The child of an actor, Cranston spent quite a bit of his initial youth watching his father, Joe, carry on with a frustrating life for failing to accomplish the cinema fame he ached for.

Career as an American Actor

By the late 1990s, Cranston had collected a good and quiet career. His credits from this period include repeating parts on Seinfeld and King of Queens. He also played Buzz Aldrin in the Tom Hanks TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, and depicted an American colonel in Saving Private Ryan.

His profile got a major lift in 2000 when he signed on to play Hal, opposite of Jane Kaczmarek's Lois, as the father of five young men, on the hit FOX sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. The role earned three supporting actor Emmy Award nominations for Cranston.

It was while searching for work soon after the finish of Malcolm in the Middle in 2006 that Cranston got his first take a gander at the Breaking Bad script content. The show's maker, Vince Gilligan, had initially met Cranston in 1998, when the two teamed up as director and character actor in a scene of The X-Files. As he started assembling the pieces for his new show, Gilligan continued returning to Cranston as the focal character, Walter White, a high school science instructor determined to have lung cancer who starts cooking meth so as to leave his family with enough cash after his passing.

Wife & Daughter

Bryan Cranston has been married twice in his life. His first spouse was Mickey Middleton. They got married in November 1977 and separated in April 1982. After that point, he got married for the second time in July 1989, with the celebrated American actress Robin Dearden. The couple initially met on the set arrangement of the show Airwolf in 1984. The couple had their first little girl, Taylor Dearden in 1993. Bryan and Robin have been married for a long time now and their relationship is still going great. He is carrying on with a cheerful existence with his significant other and little girl.

Cranston and his family live in Southern California so that he can stay close to work. He has no plans of leaving his home state.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 7 Mar, 1956
Age: 64 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Hollywood
residence: Ventura County
Education: Los Angeles Valley College
Canoga Park High School
Gender: Male
Description: American actor and director
Net Worth 2020: 30 million
Net Worth 2021: 40 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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