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''Breaking Bad'' is a crime drama franchise created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan. It started with the television series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–13), and is followed by a prequel/sequel series, ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–22), and a sequel film, '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' (2019). The following is an abridged list of characters appearing across the productions. Main characters Cast table Introduced in ''Breaking Bad'' Walter White Walter Hartwell White (also known by his alias Heisenberg) (played by Bryan Cranston) is an overqualified high school chemistry teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico. After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he starts manufacturing methamphetamine to provide for his family upon his death. Knowing nothing about the drug trade, he enlists the aid of his former student, Jesse Pinkman, to sell the meth he produces. Walter's scientific knowledge and dedication to quality leads him to produce crystal meth that is purer and more p ...
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Breaking Bad Season 1
The first season of the American television drama series ''Breaking Bad'' premiered on January 20, 2008 and concluded on March 9, 2008. It consisted of seven episodes, each running approximately 48 minutes in length, except the pilot episode which runs for approximately 58 minutes. AMC broadcast the first season on Sundays at 10:00 pm in the United States. The first season was originally going to consist of nine episodes, but was reduced to seven by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The complete first season was released on Region 1 DVD on February 24, 2009 and Region A Blu-ray on March 16, 2010. Cast Main * Bryan Cranston as Walter "Walt" White, a high-school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After being diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer and given two years to live, Walt enters into a partnership with a former student to cook crystal meth as a means of supporting his family. * Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Walt's pregnant wife and a struggling c ...
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Jesse Pinkman
Jesse Bruce Pinkman is a fictional character in the American crime drama television series ''Breaking Bad'', portrayed by Aaron Paul. He is a crystal meth cook and dealer who works with his former high school chemistry teacher, Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston). Jesse is the only character besides Walter to appear in every episode of the show. Paul reprised the role in 2019 as the protagonist of the spin-off sequel film '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'', set after its finale, and again in 2022 for the sixth and final season of the spin-off prequel sequel series ''Better Call Saul'', being one of the few characters to appear across both shows and the movie. Despite initial plans to kill off the character at the end of the first season, Paul's performance convinced the showrunner and head writer Vince Gilligan to keep Jesse in the show. The character and Paul's performance received acclaim from critics and fans. Critics especially praised Jesse's character development f ...
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Breaking Bad (franchise)
''Breaking Bad'' is an American neo-Western crime film, crime media franchise created by Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the two television series, ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022), and the film ''El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' (2019). The fictional universe is sometimes informally referred to as the "Gilliverse". ''Breaking Bad'' revolves around chemistry teacher-turned-methamphetamine drug lord Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and his former student and fellow crook Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). ''Better Call Saul'', the prequel / sequel series, follows the origins and eventual fate of criminal defense lawyer, criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), whom Walter and Jesse eventually hire in ''Breaking Bad'', as well as police officer-turned-criminal and Fixer (person), cleaner Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), who becomes associated with all three men over the course of both seri ...
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Hank Schrader
Henry R. "Hank" Schrader Assistant Special Agent in Charge, ASAC () is a central character in the American crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' portrayed by Dean Norris and created by Vince Gilligan. An agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, Hank is the brother-in-law of protagonist Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White. After Walter becomes an enigmatic drug lord known as "Heisenberg", Hank spends the majority of the series trying to apprehend "Heisenberg", unaware of his true identity. Hank's character development over the course of the series and Norris's performance have been critically acclaimed. Norris returned to the role in a guest appearance in the Better Call Saul season 5, fifth season of the Spin-off (media), spin-off series ''Better Call Saul''. Character biography Henry R. Schrader is the brother-in-law of main character Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White, and is a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Through ...
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Better Call Saul Season 5
The fifth season of the AMC television series ''Better Call Saul'' premiered on February 23, 2020, in the United States, and concluded on April 20, 2020. The ten-episode season was broadcast on Mondays at 9:00pm ( Eastern) in the United States, except for the premiere which aired on a Sunday. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, and Giancarlo Esposito reprise their roles from previous seasons and are joined by Tony Dalton, promoted to the main cast from his recurring role in the previous season. ''Better Call Saul'' is a spin-off prequel to ''Breaking Bad'' and was also created by Vince Gilligan; co-creator Peter Gould also worked on the series. The fifth season picks up where the fourth left off, also taking place in 2004, four years before Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk) meets Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman ( Aaron Paul). The season shows the further evolution of Jimmy into the titular character, criminal defense lawyer " ...
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Better Call Saul Season 3
The third season of the American television drama series ''Better Call Saul'' premiered on April 10, 2017, and concluded on June 19, 2017. The ten-episode season was broadcast on Monday nights in the United States on AMC. A spin-off of ''Breaking Bad'', ''Better Call Saul'' was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, both of whom also worked on ''Breaking Bad''. The third season immediately follows the events of the second season, which take place in late 2002. The year is 2003 by the third season's conclusion. Bob Odenkirk reprises his role as Jimmy McGill, a lawyer who is engaged in a feud with his brother Chuck (Michael McKean), an attorney who believes Jimmy is unfit to be a lawyer and plots to have him disbarred. Jonathan Banks also reprises his role as Mike Ehrmantraut, who begins a partnership with Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), while Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) is plotting to murder their rival, Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis). The third season of ''Bett ...
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Better Call Saul Season 2
The second season of the American television series ''Better Call Saul'' premiered on February 15, 2016, and concluded on April 18, 2016. The ten-episode season was broadcast on Monday nights in the United States on AMC. A spin-off-prequel of ''Breaking Bad'', ''Better Call Saul'' was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, both of whom also worked on ''Breaking Bad''. This season, like the previous, mainly takes place in 2002, with Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as Jimmy McGill, a lawyer who has a feud with his brother Chuck (Michael McKean). Soon Kim Wexler ( Rhea Seehorn), a Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM) attorney who is Jimmy's lover and former mailroom co-worker, leaves the practice of law at HHM to start a solo practice in office space she shares with Jimmy. Jonathan Banks reprises his role as Mike Ehrmantraut; he is engaged in a conflict with the Mexican drug cartel after an altercation with Tuco ( Raymond Cruz), which was orchestrated by Nacho Varga (Michael Mand ...
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Better Call Saul Season 4
The fourth season of the American television drama series ''Better Call Saul'' premiered on August 6, 2018, and concluded on October 8, 2018. The fourth season consists of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9:00 pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC. A spin-off prequel of ''Breaking Bad'', ''Better Call Saul'' was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, both of whom also worked on ''Breaking Bad''. The first and second seasons mainly took place in 2002, with season three advancing the storyline to 2003. The fourth season also takes place mainly in 2003, with the last four episodes taking place in 2004 after a time jump in the seventh episode. In season four, Jimmy and Kim struggle to cope with Chuck's death. Howard believes that he is responsible for Chuck's death, and suffers with depression and disengagement from work. Mike begins security inspections at Madrigal, disregarding the fact that his consulting contract was supposed to be only a paper transaction. Gus is ...
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Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American legal crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould for AMC. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), to which it serves primarily as a prequel, with some scenes taking place during and after the events of ''Breaking Bad''. ''Better Call Saul'' premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015, and ended on August 15, 2022, after six seasons consisting of 63 episodes. Set primarily in the early to mid-2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, several years before ''Breaking Bad'', ''Better Call Saul'' examines the ethical decline of Jimmy McGill ( Bob Odenkirk), an aspiring lawyer and former con artist who becomes the egocentric criminal-defense attorney Saul Goodman alongside his romantic interest and colleague Kim Wexler ( Rhea Seehorn), while dealing with conflicts with his brother Chuck McGill ( Michael McKean) and his law partner Howard Hamlin ...
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A Breaking Bad Movie
''El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' (or simply ''El Camino'') is a 2019 American neo-Western crime thriller film. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it serves as a sequel and epilogue to the television series ''Breaking Bad''. It continues the story of Jesse Pinkman, who partnered with former teacher Walter White throughout the series to build a crystal meth empire based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Series creator Vince Gilligan wrote, directed, and co-produced ''El Camino'', while Aaron Paul reprised his role as Jesse Pinkman. Several ''Breaking Bad'' actors also reprised their roles, including Jesse Plemons, Krysten Ritter, Charles Baker, Matt Jones, Robert Forster, Jonathan Banks, and Bryan Cranston. Forster died on the day of the film's release, making it one of his final on-screen appearances. Gilligan began considering the story of ''El Camino'' while writing ''Breaking Bad''s series finale. He approached Paul with the idea for the film in 2017, near the tenth ...
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Skyler White
Skyler White (née Lambert) is a fictional character portrayed by Anna Gunn in the American crime drama television series ''Breaking Bad''. Skyler is married to protagonist Walter White. For her performance, Gunn received critical acclaim. She won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, in 2013 and 2014, and has received 3 nominations. Character biography Over the years, Skyler has had several meager sources of income: working as a bookkeeper for the Albuquerque firm Beneke Fabricators, writing short stories, and selling items on eBay. She and her husband, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), have a son, Walt Jr. (RJ Mitte), who has cerebral palsy, and an infant daughter, Holly (Elanor Anne Wenrich). Her younger sister, Marie (Betsy Brandt), is married to a DEA agent, Hank Schrader (Dean Norris). Skyler is 11 years younger than Walt, whom she met when she was a hostess at a diner near Walt's former place of work, near the Los Alamos Nati ...
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RJ Mitte
Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III (; born August 21, 1992) is an American actor and producer. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Mitte was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was three. He moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood in 2006, and worked with a personal talent manager to find acting opportunities where his disability could educate viewers. After making Cameo appearance, cameos in Sitcom, sitcoms, he was cast in his breakthrough role as Walter White Jr. on the AMC (TV channel), AMC Crime film, crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013). Mitte has starred in the Freeform (TV channel), ABC family drama series Switched at Birth (TV series), ''Switched at Birth'' (2014) and the Netflix Animated series, animated series ''The Guardians of Justice'' (2022). He has appeared in films like ''Who's Driving Doug'', the Thriller film, thriller drama Time Share (2018 film), ''Time Share'' (2018), the Independent film, independent Comedy film, comedy ''Standing ...
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