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Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director and producer. After taking minor roles in television, he established himself as a leading actor in both comedic and dramatic works on stage and screen. He has received several accolades, including seven Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. Cranston first gained prominence playing 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 co-developed and appeared in the crime drama series Sneaky Pete (2015–2019), and has also starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). On stage, he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film of the same name. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and his second Tony Award for portraying Howard Beale in the play Network on the West End and Broadway, respectively. Cranston earned nominations for the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for portraying Dalton Trumbo in the Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo (2015). Other notable films include Saving Private Ryan (1998), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Drive (2011), Contagion (2011), Argo (2012), Godzilla (2014), The Infiltrator (2016), The Upside (2017), Last Flag Flying (2017), Isle of Dogs (2018), Asteroid City (2023), and The Phoenician Scheme (2025). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3 (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Cranston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Bryan Cranston
Commissioner Jim Gordon
for Commissioner Jim Gordon in Batman: Chapter One
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The first film in Wes Anderson's Batman trilogy. The film begins in Gotham City in 1995. A ten year old Bruce Wayne excitedly runs into his father's study. He begs him to go see a movie at the theater. Thomas, Bruce's father, is way too busy with paperwork, and doesn't hear his son's childish cry of excitement. After finally paying attention to Bruce, Thomas agrees to take his son to the theater the next night. It is now the next night. Thomas, Martha (Bruce's mother), and Bruce leave the theater after the movie. Bruce is trying to discuss the movie with his father, but he is once again not listening. Thomas decides to take a shortcut through Vila, the lowest part of Gotham City, to escape the traffic. They go through the Vila alley, where they run up on three men surrounding a poker table. The three men are obviously scum. After a small altercation, one of the men begin to stand up from the table. Before doing so he slams a Joker card down on the table. Things get ugly and the man shoots and kills Thomas and Martha. Bruce is left in the alley alone. The other two men run away. The man who shot Bruce's parents goes back over to the poker table and picks up the Joker card. He stuffs the card in Bruce's front pocket. The film is now 25 years later, it is 2020, Bruce Wayne has just entered the main door of Wayne Enterprises. Lucius Fox, Bruce's business assistant and equipment manager, greets him. He informs Bruce of a new threat in Gotham City. Salvorti Rage, a new citizen of Gotham, has been strangely collecting Joker cards through eBay, Craigslist, etc. Bruce kept the Joker card that was placed on him at the times of his parent's death. He created the alter ego of Batman, and has sworn to find the handler of these Joker cards and the killer of his parents. Bruce decides to visit Salvorti Rage as Batman. He discovers that Salvorti is being paid by Carmine Falcone to purchase these Joker cards. Bruce assumes that Falcone is the killer of his parents, and takes off to get revenge. Upon arriving, Batman sees Gotham City Detective, Harvey Bullock, meeting with Falcone. He realizes that Bullock is a dirty cop that is working with Falcone. Bruce informs befriended police Commissioner, Jim Gordon, of the situation. Commissioner Gordon agrees to help Bruce figure out what is going on. The Joker cards continue to show up at each and every murder scene around Gotham City, just as they have for the last 25 years. After a very tedious and lengthy study session by Bruce's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, they figure out that neither Falcone or Bullock is the murder. Batman continues to fight crime. He is getting closer to figuring out who exactly is leaving behind these Joker cards. Bruce goes to Lucius Fox to replenish his collection of Bat Toys. He is now armored and ready to go to war. Bruce finds out that a man named Jacky is leaving behind the Joker cards. Batman has his first alert cation with this Jacky character. He discovers that this man is a complete lunatic. He is a crazy man that is dressed in strange clothing, and has multi-colored dyed hair. The man continue to makes "dad-like" jokes during his battle with Batman, and even asks for breaks so that he can't laugh hysterically at himself. Batman is about to get his revenge, and save Gotham City, whenever he gets hit over the head. Bruce wakes up in the ancient ruins. A man in a green cloak and a ninja sword over looks Bruce. H introduces himself as Ra's al Ghul. He explains to Bruce that Batman will have his blessing to return to Gotham City and save the town, if and only if, he has the power to prove that he can be a true superhero and a true savior.
