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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
General Sam Lane
for General Sam Lane in Superman: Man of Steel
Suggested by bighero616
After returning from Smallville, Clark finds himself in an incredible moment of his life, if not the best. With Luthor imprisoned, metacrimes have decreased in Metropolis, giving him more time to help people in everyday situations and to be Clark Kent. Speaking of Clark Kent, he is engaged to the woman he loves. However, all this peace and normalcy he is experiencing has a name and surname to end: Sam Lane. Not everyone disagrees with Luthor's way of thinking, seeing the imprisonment of the richest man in Metropolis as an attack on Superman's influence and power. Sam Lane is one of them, Lois's father, who has moved permanently to Metropolis due to the recent activities in the city, but in reality, he is going there to contain the threat of Superman. He is also not at all happy about his daughter's engagement. While he can't deal with the fact that his daughter is engaged to a country bumpkin, he can think and work to deal with Superman in some way. Using an old Luthor project called Metallo and a former soldier, now a mercenary, called Bloodsport.
