Bryan Cranston He appeared as the more successful business colleague of Greg Kinnear's character in the film "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006). In September 2008, Cranston narrated a pre-teen adventure/fantasy audiobook called "Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel". From 2008 to 2013, Cranston starred in the AMC series "Breaking Bad", created by Vince Gilligan, in which he played Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Walter teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman (played by Aaron Paul), to manufacture and sell methamphetamine to ensure the well-being of Walter's family after he dies. Cranston's work on the
Walter White (Breaking Bad) Walter White (Breaking Bad) Walter Hartwell White Sr., also known by his clandestine alias Heisenberg, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of "Breaking Bad". He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston. A chemistry honors graduate of the California Institute of Technology, Walt co-founded the company Gray Matter Technologies with his close friend Elliott Schwartz and his then-girlfriend Gretchen. He left Gray Matter abruptly, selling his shares for $5,000; soon afterward, the company made a fortune, much of it from his research. Walt subsequently moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he became a high school chemistry teacher. "Breaking Bad" begins