'Breaking Bad': Where are they now?
Two of Breaking Bad's breakout characters, Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), found a home on AMC's prequel/spinoff Better Call Saul, which dials up a second season Feb 15 (10 p.m. ET/PT). USA TODAY looks at where other Bad alums have landed since the hit meth drama signed off in 2013:
Bryan Cranston (Walter White)
To Bad fans, he'll always be the one who knocks, but Cranston has carved out a remarkable stage and screen résumé since hanging up the hazmat suit. He has balanced blockbusters (Godzilla, Kung Fu Panda 3) with artier fare, earning his first Academy Award nomination this year for Trumbo. In May, he'll reprise his Tony Award-winning performance as President Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way, an HBO film adaptation of the 2014 Broadway play.
Anna Gunn (Skyler White)
Walt's wary wife was much-maligned by viewers during Bad's run, but that didn't stop Gunn from earning two Emmy Awards for her potent performance. Since then, she has made comic cameos on The Mindy Project and Portlandia, played a detective in Fox's murder mystery Gracepoint and starred in female-driven Wall Street movie Equity, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival last month.
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RJ Mitte (Walt Jr., aka "Flynn")
The Whites' breakfast-starved son has an appetite for another side of entertainment: modeling. Since Bad went off the air, Mitte shot spreads for Dark Beauty magazine and Gap, and he made his runway debut during Vivienne Westwood's Milan show last summer. He has done some acting, too, with roles in Switched at Birth, Dixieland and the upcoming Who's Driving Doug.
Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman)
Yeah, science! Walt's most quotable protege has been keeping busy since he was freed from meth-dealing white supremacists in Bad's series finale. Starring in video-game adaptation Need for Speed and the upcoming Triple 9, Paul has also made his mark on streaming shows. In the animated BoJack Horseman, he voices lovable slacker roommate Todd; and in Hulu's The Path (premiering March 30), he plays a doubting cult member.
Dean Norris (Hank Schrader)
Norris' righteous DEA agent was the antithesis of his next TV role: corruptible councilman "Big Jim" Rennie on Stephen King adaptation Under the Dome. Although the critically hammered series lasted three seasons on CBS, Norris has popped up in other series such as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Sons of Liberty, and has two movies due this year: The Book of Henry and Fist Fight.
Betsy Brandt (Marie Schrader)
Skyler's snooping, supportive sister has perhaps had the most flourishing small-screen career of any Bad alum. Although The Michael J. Fox Show was canceled after one season, Brandt has since checked into Children's Hospital, Parenthood, Masters of Sex and Axe Cop. Now, she's a regular on CBS's freshman family comedy Life in Pieces.