ACTOR

Bryan Cranston

1956 - Today

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Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bryan Cranston has received more than 23,972,667 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Bryan Cranston is the 241st most popular actor (up from 261st in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from United States (up from 475th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Actor.

Bryan Cranston is best known for his role as Walter White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bryan Cranston ranks 241 out of 13,578. Before him are Lauren Bacall, Ursula Andress, Mako, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Trejo, and Michel Piccoli. After him are Jayne Mansfield, Jodie Foster, Ian McShane, Raffaella Carrà, Paul Walker, and Kevin Spacey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Bryan Cranston ranks 13. Before him are Christoph Waltz, Björn Borg, Michel Houellebecq, Tsai Ing-wen, Christine Lagarde, and Paolo Rossi. After him are Khaled Mashal, Theresa May, Carrie Fisher, Andy García, David Copperfield, and José Manuel Barroso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bryan Cranston ranks 464 out of 20,380. Before him are Danny Trejo (1944), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Ralph Lauren (1939), Elinor Ostrom (1933), and Robert Coleman Richardson (1937). After him are Douglas Engelbart (1925), Iggy Pop (1947), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Dick Cheney (1941), Steven Van Zandt (1950), and Gordon Allport (1897).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bryan Cranston ranks 116. Before him are Shirley MacLaine (1934), Richard Widmark (1914), Dennis Hopper (1936), Lauren Bacall (1924), Viggo Mortensen (1958), and Danny Trejo (1944). After him are Jayne Mansfield (1933), Jodie Foster (1962), Paul Walker (1973), Kevin Spacey (1959), Shirley Temple (1928), and John Malkovich (1953).

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