Bryan Cranston is an American actor and director who portrayed Walter White in the complex character-driven TV series, Breaking Bad.
Walter Hartwell White Sr., also known as narcotics baron Heisenberg, is the principal character of the American television series Breaking Bad, performed by Bryan Cranston. In fact, Bryan Cranston wasn't the top pick for the role of Walter White. However, his casting was compelling enough for the creator and writer of the series.
Who is Walter White in Breaking Bad?
Walter was a skillful chemist and co-founder of a technology company prior to accepting a buyout of his partners. Walt became a chemistry professor at college in Albuquerque, barely making ends meet with his family; his wife Skyler, played by Anna Gunn, and son Walt Jr. played by RJ Mitte. At the show's beginning, the day after he turns 50, Walt is diagnosed with stage three lung cancer. After this discovery, Walt turns to the manufacture and sale of methamphetamines with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul, to provide financial security to his family after his passing.
As a result of his training in chemistry and his production route, Walt's blue methamphetamine is purer than any other on the market, and he's drawn further into illicit drug trafficking. Walt gets more and more merciless as the show progresses and later adopts the pseudonym "Heisenberg," which becomes recognizable as a leading figure in drug trafficking in the southwest. Walt finds it challenging to manage his family while hiding his involvement in the drug trade from his brother-in-law and DEA agent Hank Schrader played by Dean Norris. The series creator Vince Gilligan wanted Walt to turn from Mr.Chips into Scarface, so as the series proceeds, Walt becomes less likable throughout the show.
Who was the first choice for the role of Walter White?
At the time the series was created, the role of Walter White was first given to actors Matthew Broderick and John Cusack. However, both passed on the role, much to the chagrin of the executives of AMC and Sony Pictures Television, who could not look beyond previous comic roles of Cranston to think of him as the antihero of the series.
Gilligan had moved on to the Cranston cast because he remembered the performance of the actor in "The X-Files." The role was quite different from the typical comedy passages in Cranston, and the performance by the actor made a positive impression on Gilligan. Thus, Gilligan showed the executives the tapes of Cranston's performance in the 1990s series; the rest was history.
Who is Bryan Cranston?
Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor and director. He was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on March 7, 1956, to mother Annalisa, a radio actress, and father Joseph Louis Cranston, an actor and former amateur boxer. His siblings are Kyle, older brother, and Amy, younger sister. Following university, Cranston began his acting career in local and regional theaters, beginning at the Granada Theatre in the San Fernando Valley. He had already performed in his youth, but his parents in the entertainment world had mixed feelings about their son's involvement in the profession, so he only acted years later. Ordained minister by the Church of Universal Life, Cranston performed marriages at $150 per service to help pay his income.
Cranston began working on a regular basis in the late 1980s, mainly in minor roles and commercials. He was a member of the first distribution of the ABC soap opera Loving, in which he acted as Douglas Donovan from 1983 to 1985. Cranston is part of the short series Raising Miranda in 1988. Cranston plays Tom Logan in a season one episode of the 1989 Baywatch television series. In 1998, Cranston appeared in an episode "Drive" on Vince Gilligan's X-Files.
FAQs
Q. Is Walter White dead?
A. After the Breaking Bad finale, a film was released about the story of Jesse, titled El Camino, wherein Walter White is dead.
Q. How many seasons are there in Breaking Bad?
A. Breaking Bad is five seasons long with 62 episodes.
Q. Which episode in Breaking Bad was directed by Cranston?
A. "No Más" is the first episode from season three and was directed by Bryan Cranston; it was released on AMC in the United States on March 21, 2010.
