Martin Lee "Marty" BarronRepresnted by:
Bryan Cranston
Age:
* 57 years old
Occupation:
* General Manager, Lansing Trucking Company
Resides at:
* 300 River Road
Marital Status:
* Married to the former Roxie Marceau since 1975
Past Marriages:
* None
Relatives:
* William Andrew "Bill" Marceau (brother-in-law)
* Delia Marceau (sister-in-law)
Children:
* Miles Edward Barron (son)
* Jennifer Rose Barron (daughter)
Flings & Affairs:
* None
Crimes & Misdemeanors:
* None
Maladies & Hospitalizations:
* None
Friends & Rivals:
* Harry Lansing (friend)
* Walt Johnson (friend)
* Jack Lansing (friend)
Based On:
* Martin Spode (The Edge of Night)
Stories Involved In:
* Cruel Deception
* I Want You To Want Me
Brief Character Description/History:
Martin Lee Barron, affectionately known as Marty, is the 57 year old husband of the former Roxie Marceau, and father of Miles and Jenny. He is the brother-in-law of police chief, Bill Marceau.
Marty is a good guy who always puts his family first even if it means he has to do something wrong in order to protect them.
That is the problem that Marty finds himself in now. He is going along with the criminal activities that Harry does in order to provide healthcare for his daughter Jenny and to keep his family from losing what little they have.
Marty has worked hard for years to give things to his family. He wants a better life for them, and wants his children to have better than he had.
He has recently been promoted to General Manager of Lansing Trucking, which should be a good thing. But will it end up being a promotion that costs Marty dearly and put him at odds with his family especially his brother-in-law, Bill?
Actor Profile:
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, voice actor, writer and director. He is best known for his roles as Hal in the FOX situation comedy Malcolm in the Middle and Walter White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad, for which he has won an Emmy Award. Other notable roles include Dr. Tim Whatley on Seinfeld, Doug Heffernan's neighbor in the The King of Queens, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in From the Earth to the Moon, Ted Mosby's boss on How I Met Your Mother, and other roles in numerous movies and television programs.
Cranston was born in San Fernando Valley, California, the son of Peggy Sell and actor Joe Cranston. He grew up in the Los Angeles area, graduating from Canoga Park High School. Cranston studied police science in college. Cranston is married to Robin Dearden, whom he met on the set of the show Airwolf (1984). He was playing the villain of the week, and she was his hostage (held at gunpoint). They have a daughter, Taylor Dearden Cranston (born February 1993). Cranston was previously married to Mickey Middleton, a writer. He began his acting career after college in local and regional theatres, getting his start at the Granada Theatre in the San Fernando Valley, California. Cranston has worked regularly since the late 1980s, mostly in minor roles. His advertising work includes commercials for Lay's potato chips, Excedrin, Honda Accord, and Coffee-Mate. His voice acting includes English dubbing of Japanese anime, under the name "Lee Stone". He was an original cast member of ABC soap opera Loving, where he played Douglas (Doug) Donovan from 1983 to 1985. Cranston also starred in the short-lived series Raising Miranda in 1988.
His largest role prior to Malcolm was as astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the HBO series From the Earth to the Moon. Cranston has also played astronaut Gus Grissom in the film That Thing You Do!, and appeared as Nick Wrigley, the irresponsible uncle who steals Santa's sleigh to have a crazy ride to practically destroy Christmas in 'Twas the Night, a Disney Channel Original Movie that was released in the winter of 2001. He also appeared in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan as a one-armed military officer. His recurring role as Dr. Tim Whatley, Jerry's dentist on Seinfeld, earned him fans. Several episodes focused upon his relationship with Jerry and his paranoia about the dentist, in bizarre situations such as when he becomes obsessed with the notion that Tim and his female assistant were molesting him while he was unconscious during dental surgery, or when Whatley converts to Judaism and starts telling Jewish jokes while retaining the right to tell Catholic jokes as well (according to Jerry, Tim is attaining "total joke-telling immunity"). He has also had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens as Doug Heffernan's annoying neighbor, Tim Sacksky. He works as a water purifier salesman and in one episode he recruits Doug to sell them as well. Cranston directed several episodes of Malcolm in the Middle and received three Emmy nominations for his performance on the show. In a March 2009 interview on Anytime with Bob Kushell, Cranston discussed the episode "Jessica Stays Over" where he was covered in bees. Cranston stated that he was stung twice. Cranston reprised his role in a cutaway gag in the Family Guy episode I Take Thee Quagmire, killing Lois with a refrigerator door because of her incessant babbling, thus "freeing" himself and the kids. Cranston also wrote and directed the 1999 movie Last Chance. He appeared in Little Miss Sunshine as a business colleague of Greg Kinnear. He also had a guest role in late 2006 on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing main character Ted's obnoxious co-worker and former boss Hammond Druthers. He recently had a role as Lucifer in the ABC Family miniseries, Fallen.
He has done voice acting for English dubbed anime series, including Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise, Macross Plus, and Armitage III Polymatrix. Cranston has guest-starred in many television series, including The Flash where he plays a white-collar criminal searching for his estranged wife and daughter; Sabrina the Teenage Witch in which he was a lawyer attempting to free Sabrina from a contract; the sixth season episode of The X-Files, "Drive", playing a bigoted man who is being driven insane by high-pitched sonar waves; and Babylon 5 as Ericsson, the captain of a White Star vessel ordered into a suicide mission to plant misinformation within the enemy ranks.
In September 2008, Cranston narrated a pre-teen adventure/fantasy audiobook called Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel.
Currently, Cranston has the starring role on AMC's original series Breaking Bad in which he plays a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He teams up with a former student to manufacture methamphetamine. On September 21, 2008, Cranston won the Emmy for Best Actor for his role in Breaking Bad. In 2009, he received his second Emmy nomination for the show. He was cast in George Lucas "Red Tails," a fictional story inspired by the historic and heroic exploits of America's first all black aerial combat unit. Bryan also owns a Ferrari F40.
