ACTOR

Bryan Cranston

1956 - Today

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Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is mainly 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 22,321,187 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

  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bryan Cranstons by language

Over the past year Bryan Cranston has had the most page views in the with 2,842,993 views, followed by Spanish (551,429), and Russian (298,965). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (214.52%), Hawaiian (171.93%), and Simple English (120.34%)

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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Television and Movie Roles

Breaking Bad
Walter White
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
8.9 / 10
Drive
Shannon
Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.
Sep 15o 20117.6 / 10
Isle of Dogs
Chief (voice)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Mar 23o 20187.851 / 10