Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, voice actor, writer and director. He is best known for his roles as Hal in the FOX situation comedy, Malcolm in the Middle, and Walter White in the AMC drama series, Breaking Bad, for which he has won several Primetime Emmy Awards. Other notable roles include Dr. Tim Whatley on Seinfeld, Doug Heffernan's neighbor in the The King of Queens, astronaut Buzz Aldrin in From the Earth to the Moon, Ted Mosby's boss on How I Met Your Mother, and other roles in numerous movies and television programs.

He voices his character Hal Wilkerson from Malcolm in the Middle in "I Take Thee Quagmire".