Breaking Bad is an American drama series that stars Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan Banks. It follows the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher with an advanced lung cancer who turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), with the aim of securing the financial future of his family before he dies.