BRYAN CRANSTON LIFE ACTING BRYAN CRANSTON WAS BORN

BRYAN CRANSTON

LIFE & ACTING • BRYAN CRANSTON WAS BORN IN HOLLYWOOD IN 1956 • HIS MOTHER WAS A RADIO HOSTESS AND HIS FATHER WAS AN AMATEUR BOXER AND A FAILED ACTOR • AFTER FAILING TO EARN ENOUGH ROLES TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY HIS FATHER WALKED OUT ON THE FAMILY WHENBRYAN WAS JUST 11, THEY WERE REUNITED 11 YEARS LATER WHEN BRYAN AND HIS BROTHER DECIDED TO TRACK HIM DOWN, THEY MAINTAINED A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2014 • BRYAN HAD ACTED IN LOCAL THEATERS IN HIS YOUTH BUT BECAUSE OF HIS PARENTS MIXED OPINIONS ON THE PROFESSION HE STOPPED ACTING FOR A FEW YEARS • DURING THIS PERIOD HE BECAME ORDAINED AS A MINISTER AND PERFORMED WEDDINGS, HE ALSO VOICE ACTED FOR SEVERAL ANIMES AND STARRED IN MINOR ADVERTISEMENTS

ROLES THE TWO ROLES THAT DEFINEDBRYAN ACTOR CRANSTON'S CAREER AS AN

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE

• THANKS TO A HANDFUL OF MINOR ROLESCRANSTON LANDED HIS FIRST MAJOR ROLE ASHAL IN FAMILY COMEDY MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE • HE STARRED IN THE SHOW FOR 6 YEARS FROM 2000 -2006 UNTIL THE SHOWS END • ITS WAS HIS BREAKTHROUGH ROLE AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED AND RECOGNIZABLE ROLES IN HIS CAREER • WHEN HE FIRST READ THE SCRIPT HE THOUGHT HE WOULD END UP AS A SIDE CHARACTER TO THE MOTHER IN THE SHOW LOIS, BUT WAS GIVING A BIGGER ROLE IN THE TV SERIES AFTER QUICKLY BECOMING THE AUDIENCES FAVOURITE CHARACTER

BREAKING BAD

• FROM 2008 -2013 BRYAN CRANSTON STARRED IN THE TV SERIES BREAKING BAD IN WHICH HE PLAYED WALTER WHITE, A HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHER WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER AND DECIDES TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE TO ENSURE THE WELL BEING OF HIS FAMILY AFTER HIS DEATH • CASTING THE LOVEABLE DAD FROMMALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE IN SUCH A SERIOUS ROLE WAS MET WITH CRITICISM BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PERFECT CAST AS CRANSTON WENT ON TO WIN THE EMMY FOR OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES 4 TIMES FOR HIS ROLE IN THE TV SERIES • BREAKING BAD IS WIDELY BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST TV SERIES EVER AND HOLDS THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD AS THE HIGHEST RATED SHOW OF ALL TIME

AWARDS WON FROM BREAKING BAD • CRITICS CHOICE TELEVISION AWARDS FOR BEST ACTOR IN A DRAM SERIES X 2 • GOLDEN GLOBE FOR BEST ACTOR • EMMY FOR OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES X 4 • SATELLITE AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES X 4 • SATURN AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR ON TELEVISION X 2 • SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD FOR BEST MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES X 3 • IGN SUMMER MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST TV ACTOR X 3 • MONTE CARLO TV FESTIVAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES • ONLINE FILM &TV ASSOCIATION FOR BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES X 6

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