Breaking Bad
American crime drama TV series
Breaking Bad follows protagonist Walter White, a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife and teenage son who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of two years left to live. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his family's financial security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime and ascends to power in this world. The series explores how a fatal diagnosis such as White's releases a typical man from the daily concerns and constraints of normal society and follows his transformation from mild family man to a kingpin of the drug trade.
Cast ages at the series premiere (January 20, 2008)
- Bryan Cranston, as Walter White: 51
- Aaron Paul, as Jesse Pinkman: 28
- Anna Gunn, as Skyler White: 39
- RJ Mitte, as Walter White Jr.: 15
- Dean Norris, as Hank Schrader: 44
- Betsy Brandt, as Marie Schrader: 34
- Bob Odenkirk, as Saul Goodman: 45
- Jonathan Banks, as Michael 'Mike' Ehrmantraut: 60
- Giancarlo Esposito, as Gustavo 'Gus' Fring: 49
- Jesse Plemons, as Todd Alquist: 19
- Laura Fraser, as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle: 32