Walter is a skilled chemist who co-founded a technology firm before he accepted a buy-out from his partners.
Walter ahli dalam kimia dan salah satu pendiri firma teknologi sebelum semua sahamnya dibeli oleh rekannya.
While his partners became wealthy, Walter became a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico, barely making ends meet with his family: his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) and their son Walter Jr. (RJ Mitte).
Sementara rekannya menjadi miliuner, Walter menjadi guru kimia SMU di Albuquerque yang frustrasi, hampir tidak bisa memenuhi kebutuhan keluarganya: istri Skyler (Anna Gunn) dan anaknya Walter Jr. (RJ Mitte).
After this discovery, Walter decides to manufacture and sell methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to ensure his family's financial security after his death.
Setelah mengetahui ini, Walter beralih memproduksi dan menjual methamphetamine bersama mantan muridnya, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), untuk menjamin keuangan keluarganya setelah ia meninggal.
Due to his expertise, Walter's "blue meth" is purer than any other on the market, and he is pulled deeper into the illicit drug trade.
Karena keahliannya, "blue meth" Walter lebih murni daripada semua meth di pasaran, dan ia semakin jauh dalam dunia perdagangan narkoba.
Walter struggles with managing his family while hiding his involvement in the drug business from his brother-in-law, Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Walter berjuang menjaga keluarganya sembari menyembunyikan keterlibatan dalam bisnis narkoba dari saudara ipar dan agen DEA Hank Schrader (Dean Norris).
Although AMC officials initially hesitated to cast Cranston due to his previous comedic role in Malcolm in the Middle, Gilligan cast him based on his past performance in The X-Files episode "Drive", which Gilligan wrote.
Meskipun pihak AMC awalnya ragu untuk menerima Cranston karena sebelumnya berperan komedi dalam Malcolm in the Middle, Gilligan menerimanya berdasarkan performa aktor dahulu dalam episode The X-Files "Drive", yang Gilligan tulis.
Cranston contributed greatly to the creation of his character, including Walter's backstory, personality, and physical appearance.
Cranston berkontribusi besar dalam penciptaan karakter, termasuk latar belakang, kepribadian, dan penampilan fisik Walter.
Both Walter and Cranston's performance have received critical acclaim, and Walter has frequently been mentioned as one of the greatest and most iconic television characters ever created.
Baik karakter dan performa Cranston menerima pujian dari kritikus, dengan Walter sering disebutkan sebagai salah satu karakter televisi terbaik dan paling ikonik sepanjang masa.
Cranston won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, three of them being consecutive.
Cranston memenangkan empat Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, tiga di antaranya berturut-turut.
He is the first man to win a Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Actor Award for his performance.
Ia adalah orang pertama yang memenangkan Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, dan Screen Actors Guild Award untuk penampilannya.
Cranston reprised the role in a flashback for Breaking Bad's sequel film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, and again in the sixth and final season of the prequel series Better Call Saul, making him one of the few characters to appear in all three, alongside Jesse Pinkman, Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), Ed Galbraith (Robert Forster) and Austin Ramey (Tod Terry).
Walt dalam flashback untuk film sekuel Breaking Bad El Camino, dan kembali dalam musim enam dan final seri prekuel Better Call Saul, menjadi salah satu dari sekian karakter yang tampil di ketiganya, bersama Jesse Pinkman, Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), Ed Galbraith (Robert Forster), dan Austin Ramey (Todd Terry).
Gilligan cast Cranston based on having worked with him in "Drive" from The X-Files, on which Gilligan worked as a writer.
Meskipun pihak AMC awalnya ragu untuk menerima Cranston karena sebelumnya berperan komedi dalam Malcolm in the Middle, Gilligan menerimanya berdasarkan performa aktor dahulu dalam episode The X-Files "Drive", yang Gilligan tulis.