Bryan Cranston

Heads up, children of Los Angeles. The man you see running through your neighborhood may be dangerous. Or he may be Emmy nominee Bryan Cranston. "I'm going for a run after this call," he told The Times on Thursday morning after he'd received his fourth Emmy nomination for"Breaking Bad. "(It's his seventh overall.) "I'm blowing off some steam. I'm going to sweat and cheer loudly and probably scare children along the way. " Every time Cranston has been nominated for his role as the meth-cooking former high school teacher Walter White he's won. So he can afford to be relaxed a bit about the award process.

Bryan Cranston is going from playing a meth dealer on AMC's "Breaking Bad" to playing President Lyndon B. Johnson in a new stage production of a work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan. "All The Way" will open the new season at American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts, with performances scheduled to begin Sept. 13. The company said that the play dramatizes Johnson's first year in the Oval Office as he deals with the conflict in Vietnam and civil-rights unrest at home.

"Breaking Bad:The Movie"? It's within the realm of possibility, teases the show's star, Bryan Cranston. When AMC and “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan reached an agreement earlier this year to extend and eventually end the addictive drama with two eight-episode seasons, Gilligan told Cranston that he "couldn't imagine having enough story to fill 16 more episodes.” But when we spoke to Cranston recently, he revealed that the...

As "Breaking Bad" gears up for its final season, a wayward script allegedly stolen from star Bryan Cranston's car has potentially jeopardized the secrecy shrouding the finale of the Emmy-winning AMC series. Xavier McAfee, 29, has been accused of unlawfully entering Cranston's Audi in New Mexico last December, allegedly lifting the script and other items from the car. He faces a burglary charge and was released on bail Monday, according to CNN. So we ask ourselves, what would Cranston's Walter White, a chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin, do in a situation like this?

Bryan Cranston stunned viewers by taking home the Emmy for lead actor in a drama series for AMC's "Breaking Bad," winning over the heavy favorite, Jon Hamm of "Mad Men." Cranston took the honors even though the series, cut short by the writers strike, aired only seven episodes. Apparently surprised himself, Cranston's initial reaction was bleeped by network censors. For years, Cranston, a star of "Malcolm in the Middle," was overshadowed at Emmy time by then-costar Jane Kaczmarek.

Through much of the third season of "Breaking Bad," partners in crime Walter White and Jesse Pinkman took separate journeys. Walt beat cancer (for the time being) but lost his wife when she learned he was cooking and dealing drugs. And Jesse, following the overdose death of his girlfriend, came out of rehab determined to embrace the bleak truth about his place in the world. Those parallel stories left little for actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul to do together, much to the dismay of series creator Vince Gilligan.

Bryan Cranston sits in a Studio City cafe, a man possessed. He didn't walk in that way. Cranston, who plays the alternately befuddled, overwhelmed and boyish father on Fox's hit comedy "Malcolm in the Middle," was grabbing a quick bite after the annual table read of the script for the third-season opener. His thoughts were primarily on his impending move to a new house with his family. But in the middle of his meal, Cranston suddenly turned into Hal, (last name?), his "Malcolm" alter ego.

Bryan Cranston's face would be right at home in a cartoon. It just has an especially elastic quality to it. "I've been teased by my family all my life," said Cranston, whose work on AMC's "Breaking Bad" earned him the lead actor Emmy last year and a second nomination this year. "I can open up a jar of pickles and make the most excruciating face. . . . I don't even know I'm doing it."

Producers tend to be worried, and today a producer is worried about this story. "You're not going to write about the flies, are you?" It is August in Albuquerque, filming home to that other critically acclaimed AMC series, "Breaking Bad," which begins its second season today. And inside Stage 5 of this film studio -- on an otherwise seamless day of shooting -- there is the constant annoyance of the fly.

Paul Giamatti. Eileen Atkins. Tom Wilkinson. Alec Baldwin. Bryan Cranston. Zeljko Ivanek. A list of veteran actors who have graced stages and screens around the world for decades, winning countless accolades in the process. Giamatti, the youngest at 41, has been at it for almost 20 years; Atkins is celebrating 50 years in the business. Beyond their talent and work ethic, they all share another rewarding milestone: Last year marked a first Emmy win for each of them.

The Directors Guild of America on Wednesday announced nominees in the television categories of the annual DGA Awards, recognizing the behind-the-scenes talent of shows including "Mad Men" and "Homeland" as well as familiar faces such as Lena Dunham, Louis C.K. and Bryan Cranston. In the drama category, two "Homeland" directors picked up nominations: Michael Cuesta for the second season finale and Leslie Linka Glatter for the episode "Q&A. " Jennifer Getzinger was nominated for "Mad Men's" fifth-season premiere, "A Little Kiss," while Rian Johnson and Greg Mottola -- both directors best known for their film work -- earned nods for "Breaking Bad" and "The Newsroom," respectively.

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Most Hollywood creative types won't openly judge their characters. Judgment, the reasoning goes, corrupts honest, organic storytelling and alienates the modern audience, which sniffs out the invariably distorted and preachy tale. Tell that to Vince Gilligan, the creator and executive producer of "Breaking Bad," who believes his main character, high school chemistry teacher turned meth dealer Walter White, should go straight to hell. That is, if there is one. "I've got to believe there's a hell because I can't stand the thought of Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot and Idi Amin, you pick your poison, dying in some bed with satin sheets in Saudi Arabia," Gilligan said over a recent late lunch at his Burbank offices.

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Heads up, children of Los Angeles. The man you see running through your neighborhood may be dangerous. Or he may be Emmy nominee Bryan Cranston. "I'm going for a run after this call," he told The Times on Thursday morning after he'd received his fourth Emmy nomination for"Breaking Bad. "(It's his seventh overall.) "I'm blowing off some steam. I'm going to sweat and cheer loudly and probably scare children along the way. " Every time Cranston has been nominated for his role as the meth-cooking former high school teacher Walter White he's won. So he can afford to be relaxed a bit about the award process.

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Imagine the casting call: Looking for a hapless middle-aged guy who works a dead-end job. Must be willing to wear thousands of bees, get strapped to the front of a moving bus and appear naked on national television. Interested actors should know they will take a back seat to four squabbling sons and a sometimes-manic wife. Must wear geeky clothes and have back shaved on camera. This is not the kind of part that would appeal to anyone seeking stardom.

Last year, Bryan Cranston's surprising career turn from wacky comedy ("Malcolm in the Middle") to gritty drama ("Breaking Bad") shocked TV academy voters into giving him the Emmy for lead actor in a drama series. Cranston is in the running again, but he's got some stiff competition from the soulful Gabriel Byrne (above, with Aaron Shaw) from HBO's "In Treatment" and Denis Leary in the resurgent "Rescue Me." Cable's got some strong acting, for sure. See what our pundits have to say at TheEnvelope.

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The Showtime political thriller "Homeland" and NBC's cult hit "Community" were the top winners at the Critics' Choice Television Awards on Monday night. "Homeland" took home the award for best drama series and "Community" won best comedy series. Top acting awards went to Bryan Cranston for best actor in a drama series for "Breaking Bad," Claire Danes for best actress in a drama series for "Homeland," Louis C.K. for best actor in a comedy series for "Louie," and a tie in the best actress in a comedy series category with Amy Poehler in "Parks and Recreation" and Zooey Deschanel in "New Girl" both picking up awards.