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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
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for Erik Lehnsherr in The X-Men: Rise and Fall
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On their last legs, the final fight for all that is good, there is no hope but they still go on. Iceman, Rogue, Beast, Mystique, Juggernaut, Jean Grey, all dead within a week. Mr. Sinister, Nathaniel Essex has risen, a product of the Mutant Control Agency's interference with the way mutants are created. Wolverine, Cyclops, Gambit, Colossus, Spider-Man, Captain America, and Magneto have to get into Essex tower before they use the Scarlet Witch to turn the population of the Earth into mutants, to show humans they are inferior. They launch a full scale assault on Essex tower as they push their way to the Center Room where Quicksilver and Pyro are waiting for them. Pyro reveals he killed Iceman causing Spider-Man to go after Pyro. Meanwhile the rest turn their attention to Quicksilver knowing he could kill them all instantly. Cyclops and Wolverine sneak off to go face Mr. Sinister while Colossus, Gambit, Captain America, and Magneto take on Quicksilver. The fight is intense and Quicksilver kills Colossus and Captain America but just then Mangeto gets close enough to talk to Quicksilver, Quicksilver reveals he's Magneto's son and Magneto says "I know" and send a metal bar through the back of his head, killing him. Cyclops and Magneto get to the top and see Charles Xavier in a coma, and Scarlet Witch killing Mr. Sinister due to the sudden death of her brother. Cyclops goes to stop her but he's shredded and Mr. Sinister is killed. Scarlet Witch whispers the words "Only Mutants".
