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Bryan Cranston

Acting
Known For

69 Years Old

Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor. 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 six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, 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 starred in the drama series Your Honor (2020–2023). On stage, he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for portraying President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way (2014), a role he reprised in the 2016 HBO film. 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), and Asteroid City (2023). He has also voiced roles in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Isle of Dogs (2018), 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.

Born

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA on 7th March 1956

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Daily Show
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Conan
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Simpsons
Walter White (voice)
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The Simpsons
Stradivarius Cain (voice)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Family Guy
Bryan Cranston
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Family Guy
Hal (voice)
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Family Guy
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Family Guy
Bert (voice)
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Family Guy
Bert / Arby's Executive (voice)
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Family Guy
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Diagnosis: Murder
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Diagnosis: Murder
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American Dad!
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American Dad!
Bill Publisherman (voice)
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The Graham Norton Show
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Breaking Bad
Walter White
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Seinfeld
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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How I Met Your Mother
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The X-Files
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Better Call Saul
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Jake and the Fatman
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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V.I.P.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Archer
Commander Tony Drake (voice)
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Babylon 5
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Baywatch
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Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote
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Malcolm in the Middle
Hal
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
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The Phoenician Scheme
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Walker, Texas Ranger
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Supermansion
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Touched by an Angel
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
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Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Count Rugen
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Chicago Hope
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Kung Fu Panda 4
Li (voice)
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CHiPs
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From the Earth to the Moon
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Viper
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Hot Ones
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Sneaky Pete
Vince
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America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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Your Honor
Michael Desiato
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Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Mr. Jameson (voice)
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Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Mr. Jamieson (voice)
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Falcon Crest
Martin Randall
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The Oscars
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Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
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Brotherly Love
Russell
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Airwolf
Robert Hollis
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Goode Behavior
Record Executive
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The Flash
Philip Moses
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Geeking Out
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The Stand
The President (voice) (uncredited)
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Matlock
Dr. Harding Fletcher - Marriage Counselor
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Matlock
Brian Emerson
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Hill Street Blues
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Working
Larry Prince
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Inside Comedy
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L.A. Law
James Phillips
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The Pretender
Neil Roberts
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Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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I Know My First Name Is Steven
Officer Dickenson
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Hart to Heart
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Saving Private Ryan
War Department Colonel
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Big History
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Brooklyn South
Gordon Denton
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The Emmy Awards
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The Louie Show
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Vitaly (voice)
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MADtv
Self / Mike
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MADtv
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Kung Fu Panda 3
Li (voice)
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Alf's Hit Talk Show
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Godzilla
Joe Brody
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Drive
Shannon
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Argylle
Director Ritter
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Eagle Riders
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Cover Up
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Entertainment Tonight
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Argo
Jack O'Donnell
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Nowhere Man
Sheriff Norman Wade
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
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John Carter
Powell
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The Upside
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Asteroid City
The Host
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Contagion
Lyle Haggerty
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Just For Laughs: Redux
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Total Recall
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Show Me More
Self - "Walter White"
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Detachment
Mr. Dearden
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Isle of Dogs
Chief (voice)
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Detective Lankford
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Little Miss Sunshine
Stan Grossman
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Jerry & Marge Go Large
Jerry Selbee
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Why Him?
Ned Fleming
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Power Rangers
Zordon
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Clerks
Helicopter Pilot (voice)
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Clerks
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The Power of the Present
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Larry Crowne
Dean Tainot
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The Disaster Artist
Bryan Cranston (uncredited)
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Pocket Dragon Adventures
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Red Tails
Colonel William Mortamus
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Gary & Mike
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Gary & Mike
Mr. Newton (voice)
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Rock of Ages
Mayor Mike Whitmore
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The One and Only Ivan
Mack
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The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
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The Infiltrator
Robert Mazur
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Fallen
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Batman: Year One
Jim Gordon (voice)
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Capital News
Congressman Marple
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That Thing You Do!
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Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo
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Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
Hal
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
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Wakefield
Howard Wakefield
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Thank God You're Here
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Amazon Women on the Moon
Paramedic #1 (segment "Roast Your Loved One") (uncredited)
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Raising Miranda
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CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
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Get a Job
Roger Davis
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All the Way
Lyndon B. Johnson
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad Image
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
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In Dubious Battle
Sheriff
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The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
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Cold Comes the Night
Topo
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An Audience with Adele
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Love Ranch
James Pettis
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin (voice)
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Everything's Going to Be Great
Buddy
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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
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Last Flag Flying
Sal Nealon
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The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
Dr. Shepherd
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The Writers' Room
Self - Actor
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Strategic Command
Phil Hertzberg
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David Blaine: Real or Magic
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Seeing Other People
Peter
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Every Act of Life
John Steinbeck (voice)
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Clean Slate
Club Official
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Armitage III: Poly Matrix
Eddie (voice)
The Companion Image
The Companion
Alan
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Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
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Leave
Eliot
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Ancient Caves
Self - Narrator
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David Blaine: The Magic Way
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Assassination
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Terror Tract
Ron Gatley
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When We Went MAD!
Self (archive footage)
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'Twas the Night
Nick Wrigley
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The Story of Soaps
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Dead Space
Dr. Frank Darden
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The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Patrick Dougherty
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Time Under Fire
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Illusion
David
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Holiday Reunion
Woodrow Snider
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The Concert for Valor
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Hard Four
Lt. Bryce Baxter
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Malcolm in the Middle 2020 Zoom Reunion
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Chili Finger
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Dead Silence
Prof. Harris
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The Santa Claus Brothers
Santa Claus (voice)
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Barely Legal Pawn
Buzz Jackson
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Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
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Tangles
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Kissing Miranda
Special Agent Falsey
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To Race the Wind
Quarterback (uncredited)
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Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
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Erotique
Dr. Robert Stern (segment 'Let's Talk About Love')
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Grendel
King Hrothgar
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Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World
Heisenberg
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Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés
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Sell/Buy/Date
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The Big Turnaround
Jim
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Sense of Smell
Tyler
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Street Corner Justice
Father Brophy
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Love Letters
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III
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Last Chance
Lance
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Übermansion
Titanium Rex
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Jackpot
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The Big Thing
Roberto Montalban
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Pink Elephants
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Loving
Douglas Donovan
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Corporate Affairs
Darren
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Lone Wolf
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Writer's Block
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Network
Howard Beale
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Experience Yosemite