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VIDEO:Tony Winner Bryan Cranston Wants to Play Donald Trump: 'He's a Shakespearean Character'

By: Jul. 11, 2016
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Tony award winning actor Bryan Cranston appeared on this morning's TODAY and revealed that while he has taken on many historical figures throughout his acting career, he would love to tackle the role of presumptive Republican party nominee Donald Trump. "He's huge!" Cranston explained. "He's this Shakespearean character, this serio-tragic character. Who wouldn't want to take a bite out of that?" Watch the appearance below in which Cranston demonstrates his "Donald Trump" impersonation!

Cranston won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for All the Way. This was his first Tony nomination. He reprised the role for a television adaptation of the play for HBO.

Cranston is best known for portraying Walter White in BREAKING BADfrom 2008 to 2013. The actor won the 2014 Golden Globe and three consecutive Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" for the role. His performance has also earned him a fourth Emmy nomination this year, a Television Critics Association award, three Golden Globe nominations and a Screen Actors Guild award.

On the big screen, Cranston recently received an Oscar nomination for his role in TRUMBO. He won a Screen Actors Guild award for his co-starring role in the 2012 Oscar-winning Best Picture, Argo, essaying the role of CIA operative Jack O'Donnell opposite star-director Ben Affleck.

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