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Cast & Characters
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BRYAN CRANSTON as Walter White
Bryan Cranston stars as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher whose fatal cancer diagnosis leads him into a life of crime in order to ensure his family’s survival.
Best known for his role as Hal in the hit series Malcolm in the Middle, Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee Bryan Cranston is an actor, director and producer with more than 60 television series and 25 feature films to his credit. Following a stint in a Florida community theatre that inspired him to return to his Southern California roots and pursue an acting career, Cranston earned a spot on the series Loving. Since then, he has held down recurring roles in series such as Seinfeld, The King of Queens and How I Met Your Mother. As a guest star, he’s been seen in CHiPs, Airwolf, Hill Street Blues, LA Law, Baywatch and thirtysomething, as well as Touched by an Angel; Walker, Texas Ranger; Murder, She Wrote; Brooklyn South; Diagnosis Murder; The X-Files; The Pretender and American Dad.
In addition to the telefilms The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, I Know My First Name Is Steven, Dead Silence, Kissing Miranda and The Santa Claus Brothers, Cranston has appeared in the miniseries North and South, Book II and Tom Hanks’ Emmy® award-winning From the Earth to the Moon. In the wake of his role in 1987’s Amazon Women on the Moon, he has been credited with more than two dozen feature films, including Dead Space, That Thing You Do!, Strategic Command, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, Seeing Other People and the 2006 Best Picture nominee Little Miss Sunshine.
Additionally, he directed, wrote and produced the 1999 award-winning independent feature Last Chance, and has directed episodes of both Malcolm in the Middle and Big Day.
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ANNA GUNN as Skyler White
Anna Gunn is Skyler White, the wife of a high school teacher whose terminal diagnosis has emboldened him to pursue a life of crime.
Prior to her role as Martha Bullock on Deadwood (which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination), Anna Gunn had an association with series creator David Milch dating back to 1994 and the TV drama NYPD Blue. Along with her role as ADA Jean Ward opposite Dylan McDermott and Lara Flynn Boyle on The Practice, her other television credits include recurring roles on The Guardian and Murder One, guest-starring appearances on ER, Seinfeld, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, Men Behaving Badly, The Drew Carey Show, Yes, Dear, Miss Match, Boston Legal and Six Feet Under and the telefilms Indecency, Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire and If Someone Had Known.
Gunn’s first major film role was in the independent feature Without Evidence opposite Angelina Jolie. She starred alongside Gary Oldman and Mary Steenburgen in director David Seltzer’s Nobody’s Baby, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001. In addition to her role in the independent feature Santa Fe with Lolita Davidovich, she was seen with Jon Voight in director Tony Scott’s Enemy of the State.
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AARON PAUL as Jesse Pinkman
The small-time drug dealer who becomes a partner in Walter White’s desperate scheme to provide for his struggling family.
After arriving in Los Angeles in 1998, Boise, Idaho native Aaron Paul landed a series of national commercials that eventually helped to earn him roles on series such as Suddenly Susan, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210. From there, Paul built a substantial résumé of guest-starring and recurring roles that include The Division, The Guardian, The X-Files, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, Line of Fire, Joan of Arcadia, Criminal Minds, Sleeper Cell, Bones and The Ghost Whisperer.
On film, Paul has appeared in Locust Valley, Whatever It Takes, Van Wilder, Mission Impossible: III and Daydreamer. An active theatre performer, he has starred in Hoodwinked, The Wedding Party and Love, Death & the Prom.
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BETSY BRANDT as Marie Weld
Betsy Brandt is Marie Weld, Skyler White’s nagging sister.
Though a relative newcomer to show business, Betsy Brandt has managed to assemble an impressive résumé of television and feature film credits. On the small screen, Brandt has guest-starred on series ranging from Judging Amy, JAG, The Guardian and Without a Trace to ER, The Practice, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Close to Home and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2005, she appeared alongside Blythe Danner, Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda and Jack Palance in the telefilm Back When We Were Grownups.
On film, Brandt has been seen in several shorts, including Confidence, The Red Boot Diaries and All Features Great and Small, as well as in the feature-length Shelf Life.
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DEAN NORRIS as Hank Weld
Dean Norris is Hank Weld The DEA agent and brother-in-law who unwittingly inspires the fatally ill Walter White to turn to a life of crime.
Beginning with a role in the 1981 television series Beyond Our Control, Dean Norris has assembled an impressive acting résumé that spans more than a quarter century. Among Norris’ more than 75 series starring, guest-starring and recurring roles are appearances on The Equalizer, Tremors, Homefront, NYPD Blue, Married with Children, The X-Files, ER, Millennium, The Practice, Charmed, and Pensacola: Wings of Gold. He has also guest-starred on The Pretender, Boston Public, Six Feet Under, 24, JAG, Crossing Jordan, American Dreams, Without a Trace, Medium, The West Wing, Nip/Tuck and Grey’s Anatomy.
Included among Norris’ television credits are the telefilms Blind Alleys, Montana, Till Death Do Us Part, Full Eclipse, Innocent Victims, Forgotten Sins, Lansky, Category 6: Days of Destruction and Mrs. Harris. On film, he has been seen in Lethal Weapon 2, Total Recall, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Firm, Gattaca, Without Limits, American Gun and Little Miss Sunshine.
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RJ MITTE as Walter White Jr.
RJ Mitte is Walter White Jr., Walter and Skyler’s disabled son.
After RJ Mitte arrived in Hollywood alongside his two-year-old sister who was signing with a personal talent manager, his life took a sudden and unexpected turn. Having only seen him in a photograph, his little sister’s new manager thought he had the looks that could earn him a chance at show business – unaware that the young actor had cerebral palsy. Despite the limitations that his condition would bring, Mitte’s acting career was born.
Beginning with a few commercials and roles in series such as Grey’s Anatomy, Mitte garnered attention that led to his first big break when he won the role of Walter White Jr.
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