A Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play was given to Bryan Cranston.
== Early life ==Bryan Lee Cranston was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles and the second of three children born to Annalisa "Peggy" (ne Sell; 19232004), a radio actress, and Joseph Louis Cranston (19242014), an actor and former amateur boxer
 He was previously nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in Malcolm in the Middle

