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Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston (born March 7, 1956, in California) is an American actor and director best known for his work in current TV drama 'Breaking Bad'. His performance in 'Breaking Bad', as terminally ill chemistry teacher turned drug dealer, has earned him three consecutive Emmy Awards for each of the series' three seasons (2008, 2009, 2010).
Also known for his work as Hal in 'Malcom in the Middle', other notable roles include Dr. Tim Whatley on Seinfeld, Doug Heffernan's neighbor in The King of Queens, and Ted Mosby's boss on How I Met Your Mother.
Married to Robin Dearden, with whom he has a daughter, they first met on the set of 'Airwolf' in 1984. Cranston is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and collects baseball memorabilia.
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Cranston's image overhaul for Larry Crowne role -
6 July 2011
-Actor Bryan Cranston embarked on a drastic diet and exercise regime to lose weight for his role in new film Larry Crowne - because he was worried audiences would think he was more suited to play Julia Roberts' onscreen father than her husband.-The former Malcolm in the
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Cranston going bad for Total Recall -
31 March 2011
-Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is in talks to do battle with Colin Farrell in the upcoming remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger's action epic Total Recall.-Underworld director Len Wiseman is taking charge of the reboot and he wants Cranston to take on a key role as villai
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Bryan Cranston - filmography
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Rock of Ages
(2012)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Bryan Cranston, Malin Akerman
Director: Adam Shankman
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Set in 1987 Los Angeles, Drew and Sherrie are two young people chasing their dreams in the big city. When they meet, it's love at first sight, though their romance will face a series of challenges.
 
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Argo
(2012)
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Bryan Cranston, Ben Affleck
Director: Ben Affleck
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"Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis-the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. ..read more »
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Total Recall
(2012)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy
Director: Len Wiseman
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As the nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker (Farrell) begins to suspect that he's a spy, though he is unaware which side of the fight he's on.
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Detachment - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Christina Hendricks, Adrien Brody, James Caan
Director: Tony Kaye
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A unique and stylized portrait of the American education system seen through the eyes of substitute teacher Henry Barthes. Henry wanders in and out of students' lives, imparting knowledge where he can in the short time he has with them. Then a new assignment places him at a failing public school ..read more »
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Larry Crowne
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Taraji P. Henson
Director: Tom Hanks
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Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where heÂ’s worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he ..read more »
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Detachment
(2011)
Starring: Christina Hendricks, Adrien Brody, James Caan
Director: Tony Kaye
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Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or colleagues. A lost soul grappling with a troubled past, Henry finds himself at a public school where an apathetic student body has ..read more »
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Larry Crowne - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Taraji P. Henson
Director: Tom Hanks
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Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where heÂ’s worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he ..read more »
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Batman - Year One
(2011)
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku
Director: Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery
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Batman: Year One is based on the landmark 1987 DC Comics titles from 12-time Eisner Award winner Frank Miller and illustrator David Mazzucchelli. The film depicts young Bruce WayneÂ’s return to Gotham City in his first attempts to fight injustice as a costumed vigilante. The playboy billionaire ..read more »
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Love Ranch
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren
Director: Taylor Hackford
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"Love Ranch" is a bittersweet love story that turns explosive when the players in a romantic triangle lose control and cross the line. Set in the late-1970s, the film depicts larger than life personalities living on the edge, Grace Bontempo and Charlie Bontempo, the husband and wife team who own ..read more »
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Breaking Bad - Series 1
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(2008)
Starring: Anna Gunn, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul
Director: Vince Gilligan, Adam Bernstein, Jim McKay
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To 'break bad', as says the old colloquialism from the American South, is to go so wrong it's almost impossible to do what's right. Walter White is breaking bad. Recently diagnosed with Type III lung cancer, raising a son with cerebral palsy, and in need of a way to support his family, Walter uses ..read more »
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Seeing Other People
(2004)
Starring: Josh Charles, Bryan Cranston, Mimi Rogers
Director: Wallace Wolodarsky
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Just before she is to be married to Ed (Jay Mohr), her boyfriend of several years, Alice (Julianne Nicholson) decides that she has not had enough sexual experience with other partners, so she convinces Ed to consent to a three-month free-for-all. She hopes that the experience will give her the ..read more »
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The Santa Claus Brothers
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Caroline Rhea, Richard Kind
Director: Mike Fallows
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The SANTA CLAUS BROTHERS is an Emmy award winning animated film that sees Santa trying to decide which of his three sons - Mel, Darryl and Roy - is going to take over the family business. Unfortunately none of them seem entirely suited to the task so Santa, Mrs Claus and Santa's right hand elf, ..read more »
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