Before He Was Walter White or Even ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ Bryan Cranston Played a Famous Astronaut in HBO Miniseries by Tom Hanks

Before He Was Walter White or Even ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ Bryan Cranston Played a Famous Astronaut in HBO Miniseries by Tom Hanks

Who was Bryan Cranston before he became a drug lord and Malcolm’s dad? He was the legendary Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, Buzz Aldrin, portrayed in HBO’s Tom Hanks-produced miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon. It was based on Andrew Chaikin’s book, A Man on the Moon. The show takes its title from Jules Verne’s 1865 sci-fi novel From the Earth to the Moon. It wasn’t officially stated why Cranston was selected for the role, but the actor certai…