Claim: Bryan Cranston played the protagonist on the television series Breaking Bad.
Evidence: He is best known for portraying Walter White on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad , Hal on the Fox comedy series Malcolm in the Middle , and Dr. Tim Whatley in five episodes of the NBC comedy series Seinfeld.
Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan.
It tells the story of Walter White -LRB- Bryan Cranston -RRB- , a struggling high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.