--- title: Donald Trump: Bryan Cranston Shows Off Impression description: During a Monday appearance on Today, Bryan Cranston revealed he hopes to one day play Donald Trump before pulling out his best impression. canonical: https://time.com/4401841/bryan-cranston-donald-trump-impression/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-11T21:07:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:16.945Z og:title: Watch Bryan Cranston Do an On-the-Nose Impression of Donald Trump og:description: "He's this Shakespearean character" og:url: https://time.com/4401841/bryan-cranston-donald-trump-impression/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Bryan Cranston Do an On-the-Nose Impression of Donald Trump twitter:description: "He's this Shakespearean character" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bryan Cranston Shows Off His On-the-Nose Impression of Donald Trump  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 11, 2016 9:07 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 11, 2016 9:07 PM UTC While [Bryan Cranston](http://time.com/4344073/bryan-cranston-jimmy-kimmel-my-super-sweet-60/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fentertainment+%28TIME%3A+Entertainment%29) is most well known for his five-season turn as notorious meth kingpin Walter White in [_Breaking Bad_](http://time.com/4292409/breaking-bad-easter-egg-vince-gilligan-missed/), he has also made a name for himself playing historical figures such as _Trumbo_‘s Dalton Trumbo and _All the Way_‘s Lyndon B. Johnson on the silver screen. And during a Monday appearance on _Today_ to promote his latest film, [_The Infiltrator_](http://time.com/4368330/bryan-cranston-robert-mazur-the-infiltrator/), the 50-year-old actor revealed which famous person he still hopes to portray. “I’d like to play [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4400216/donald-trump-blue-states/) at some point,” he said. “He’s huge. He’s this Shakespearean character, this serio-tragic-comedic character. Who wouldn’t want to take a bite out of that?” Cranston then proceeded to nail an impression of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4401841/bryan-cranston-donald-trump-impression/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4401841/bryan-cranston-donald-trump-impression/"},"headline":"Bryan Cranston Shows Off His On-the-Nose Impression of Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-07-11T21:07:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:16.945Z","description":"\"He's this Shakespearean character\"","url":"https://time.com/4401841/bryan-cranston-donald-trump-impression/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Donald Trump","Bryan Cranston"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4401841/bryan-cranston-donald-trump-impression/","name":"Bryan Cranston Shows Off His On-the-Nose Impression of Donald Trump"}}]}] ```