Title: Malcolm in the Middle
Content:  Jane Kaczmarek plays Malcolm's overbearing, hotheaded and stubborn mother, Lois, and Bryan Cranston plays his immature, manic, but loving father, Hal. Christopher Kennedy Masterson plays eldest brother, Francis, the trouble-making son who, in earlier episodes, was in military school, but eventually marries and settles into a steady job. Justin Berfield is Malcolm's dimwitted older brother, Reese, a cruel bully who tortures Malcolm at home, even while he defends him at school. Erik Per Sullivan plays younger brother, Dewey, who is people smart, musically talented, and concerned about his well-being. In earlier episodes, the show's focus was on Malcolm, but as the series progressed, it explored all 
Title: List of Malcolm in the Middle characters
Content:  Hal, played by Bryan Cranston (151 episodes), is the father of the family. Though relaxed in his parenting when compared to Lois, Hal has shown that he can slide into a disciplinarian when confronted by the boys' bad behavior. He used to be like his sons, especially Francis, until he married Lois and she nurtured him. He comes from a wealthy family who resent his choice to marry Lois over Susan (an action also shared by Victor and Ida). Hal has a hard time making good decisions, which he often deferred to Lois. Despite the fact many of the neighbors hate his family and especially Lois, Hal blends 
Title: Malcolm in the Middle (season 1)
Content: Frankie Muniz as Malcolm ; Jane Kaczmarek as Lois ; Bryan Cranston as Hal ; Christopher Kennedy Masterson as Francis ; Justin Berfield as Reese ; Erik Per Sullivan as Dewey ; Catherine Lloyd Burns as Caroline Miller 
Title: Malcolm in the Middle (season 6)
Content: Frankie Muniz as Malcolm ; Jane Kaczmarek as Lois ; Bryan Cranston as Hal ; Christopher Kennedy Masterson as Francis ; Justin Berfield as Reese ; Erik Per Sullivan as Dewey 
Title: List of Malcolm in the Middle characters
Content:  Malcolm, portrayed by Frankie Muniz (150 episodes), is the main protagonist and occasional narrator of the series. He is about four or five years younger than his oldest brother Francis, one year younger than his older brother Reese, five years older than his younger brother Dewey, and about 14 years older than his youngest brother Jamie. In the first episode of the series, he is discovered to be a child prodigy and immediately moved from his regular class into the "Krelboynes", a class for gifted students. Despite his high intelligence, he still gets into mischief either alongside or working against his brothers (in particular, Reese), although he becomes more self-centered and vain in the later seasons as 
Title: Malcolm in the Middle (season 3)
Content: Frankie Muniz as Malcolm ; Jane Kaczmarek as Lois ; Bryan Cranston as Hal ; Christopher Kennedy Masterson as Francis ; Justin Berfield as Reese ; Erik Per Sullivan as Dewey 
Title: Malcolm in the Middle (season 1)
Content:  after a single audition. Jane Kaczmarek initially did not want to play the matriarch of the family Lois, even after receiving the script, but then wondered, "Wow, they really love me [...] Maybe I should read this." After reading the script, she found that "there was something undeniably quirky and endearing about Lois", so she accepted. Justin Berfield was cast as Malcolm's older brother Reese, despite the fact that Berfield is younger than Muniz, while Erik Per Sullivan was cast as the youngest brother Dewey, and Catherine Lloyd Burns as Malcolm's teacher Caroline Miller. The character of Hal, the patriarch of the family, was initially underwritten, and 
Title: List of Malcolm in the Middle characters
Content:  Originally, the series featured four brothers, although Malcolm's oldest brother attended a military school away from home, so Malcolm was still the middle sibling left at home. A fifth son named Jamie was introduced in the show's fourth season. The boys are, from eldest to youngest: Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie. In the final episode, Lois discovered she was pregnant with a sixth child. In the third season, Francis travels home (to celebrate his father's birthday) with an Alaskan girl named Piama, and reveals that they are married. During the first season, the writers decided to keep the family's last name a mystery. In the fifth 
Title: List of Malcolm in the Middle characters
Content: Lionel Herkabe, played by Chris Eigeman (9 episodes), is the central antagonist of the series. He was first introduced in season 3 as the Krelboynes' teacher after Caroline leaves. A Krelboyne himself in middle school, he was forced into a teaching career after losing his millions in a failed dot-com company. He is portrayed as a malevolent, cynical, and conniving man who thrives on psychological warfare and making his students suffer. Malcolm especially is a threat to him and quickly becomes his nemesis at school, even blackmailing North High's principal, Block (before Hodges took over), into hiring him as vice principal when Malcolm enrolls there. Mr. Herkabe also intensely enjoys humiliating Reese to 
Title: Malcolm in the Middle (season 1)
Content: Craig Lamar Traylor as Stevie Kenarban ; David Anthony Higgins as Craig Feldspar ; Daniel von Bargen as Commandant Edwin Spangler ; Karim Prince as Cadet Stanley ; Drew Powell as Cadet Drew ; Merrin Dungey as Kitty Kenarban ; Dungey also plays Malcolm's teacher before he transfers to the Krelboyne class in the pilot episode ; Landry Allbright as Julie 

Question: who plays the dad in malcom in the middle?
Answer: Bryan Cranston.