Bryan Cranston

Born in California, Bryan Cranston decided at a very young age to follow the example of his father Joe, himself an actor. After a few appearances in commercials, he landed his first roles on television in many cult series of the 80s such as CHiPs, Supercopter or Arabesque. At the same time, he participated in the soap Amourivement Vôtre in which he officiated for two years. In 1988, he got one of his first roles on the big screen in the movie The Big Turnaround directed by his father.

A prolific actor, Bryan Cranston makes regular appearances on television. We see it in Walker, Texas Ranger, Viper or Alerte à Malibu. He's the dentist who terrifies Jerry Seinfeld and astronaut Edwin Aldrin in the HBO miniseries From Earth to the Moon. The cinema is not left out since Cranston plays under the direction of Tom Hanks in That Thing You Do! and Steven Spielberg in Saving Private Ryan. He also goes behind the camera by directing Last Chance in 1999.

The following year, he was chosen to play Hal, the father of the crazy Malcolm series. It is the consecration for the actor whose role of blundering, obsessive and ridiculous daddy is unanimous and earned him several nominations for the Emmy Awards and the Golden Globes. The end of the series in 2005 does not mark the end of the career of Bryan Cranston who enjoys playing the roles of villains at the antipodes of Hal. He's a tyrannical boss in How I Met Your Mother and shatters Greg Kinnear's dreams in the indie hit Little Miss Sunshine. He also plays Lucifer in the canceled series Fallen.

In 2008, the actor made a thunderous comeback in a leading role for television thanks to Breaking Bad. He plays Walter White, a chemistry professor who becomes a drug dealer after being diagnosed with cancer. Shaved and emaciated, Cranston delivers a masterful performance in this desperate, touching and distressing role. Hailed by the public and the critics, the series is a real success and allows the actor to win several awards including three Emmy Awards.

Star late on thanks to the small screen, Bryan Cranston does not forsake the cinema and rubs shoulders with the greatest. He thus gives the reply to Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in Love Ranch, and Tom Hanks calls on him again to play in It's never too late alongside Julia Roberts. He then turned in Drive, which won the Best Director's Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and for director Steven Soderbergh in Contagion with Matt Damon the same year. The actor very quickly becomes the darling of Hollywood, multiplying the projects. He shines in Argo, the thriller by Ben Affleck and the blockbuster Godzilla by Gareth Edwards in 2014 before receiving an Oscar nomination for best actor for his flawless portrayal of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in Trumbo.

He then slips into the shoes of President Lyndon B. Johnson in All The Way in 2016 and that of undercover agent Robert Mazur in Infiltrator. Under the direction of Brad Furman, Cranston plays this emblematic character of the fight against the Medellin cartel and Pablo Escobar in the 80s. The actor will be found in 2017 in the action blockbuster Power Rangers where he will play Zordon.