Breaking Bad Vs. Malcolm In The Middle

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What Bryan Cranston lacks in hair in the hit TV show Breaking Bad he definitely makes up for in acting talent. Bryan Cranston is an American actor born March 7th 1956 in Los Angeles. He has starred in 60 movies total and over 60 TV series. In addition he has been nominated for 51 awards and won 37. He originally started acting after college, and started at Granada Theater. Overall Bryan Cranston is most known for his performance on two TV shows, Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle. The two roles he played in each role were drastically different, the only similarity being they were both fathers. In the rest of the analysis I will talk about how he went from playing a father in an upbeat sitcom to a meth cook dying from cancer in an intense drama and how we was able to portray each role.

The first TV show I will be talking about is Malcolm in the Middle. In this show he plays Hal, a father to 3 children and wife to lois. His parenting style and his overall personality is relaxed and calm, which is the complete contrast to his wife lois.
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In the show he plays Walter White, a father, husband and chemistry teacher. In the start we find out he is diagnosed with lung cancer and has only two years to live. He then turns to using his chemistry skills to cook and sell meth with his former student Jesse Pinkman. On the outside his character is a very friendly teacher and husband but as the show progresses he changes the way he talks to a more of a evil and angry tone. His physicality is a very confident manner, even in the eyes of danger he does not get scared. Bryan cranston is able to switch between two personalities. When he is with his family he is calm, friendly and caring. On the other hand when it comes to his drug business he is quick to anger and violent. His character goes through a lot of change throughout the series. He becomes more cunning and deceiving as he is hiding his drug empire from his

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