Fuck yeah dudes and dudettes, today is Bryan Cranston's birthday, who was born on the 7th March 1956! Cranston is pretty hot shit in the world of pop culture, but would one class him as a rad dude? Well we have compiled some facts which are listed below for you to draw your own conclusion:
- After college he and his brother took a motorcycle trip across the country, sleeping in cemeteries and scoring jobs as carnies.
- In his early career he did dub work for English releases of animes, such as Royal Space Force, Marcross Plus, Armitage III, and Street Fighter II. He also dubbed for Jackie Chan's The Legend of the Drunken Master.
- He voiced two villains in The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and for his troubles the team named the blue ranger after him - Billy Cranston.
- He can play the drums pretty good.
- He got ordained as a minister in college to marry people as a part time job.
- He appeared in a bunch of well known shows before Malcolm in the Middle, including CHiPs, Airwolf, Murder She Wrote, Walker Texas Ranger, Seinfeld, Babylon 5, Sabrina he Teenage Witch, and The X Files.
- He met his wife Robin Dearden on the set of Airwolf - she played a hostage he was holding at gun point, and his role in The X Files convinced AMC to take him on as Walter White for Breaking Bad when both John Cusak and Matthew Broderick turned down the role - his role saw him playing a racist whose head might explode.
- Whilst working on Breaking Bad, the DEA taught him how to successfully cook meth.
- He spent about forty days learning to rollerblade for the Malcolm in the Middle episode Rollerskates.
- He had a run in with Charles Manson when he was 12.
- He played Jack Torrance and the creepy twins from The Shining in a Mountain Dew Super Bowl advert.
- He's raised money for the charity Equity Fights AIDS and hosted a bunch of videos teaching kids about how to not get molested on the internet.
So is Bryan a rad dude? Yes, yes he is, a pretty rad dude indeed. Happy birthday, Bryan.
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