Walter White
Sign in to saveAlso known as Heisenberg, Walt White, Walter Hartwell White Sr., Walter Sr., Walter Hartwell White, Walter White Sr., Walt Sr., Mr. White
fictional character in the television drama series Breaking Bad
Key facts
- First appearance
- " Pilot " Breaking Bad January 20, 2008
- Last appearance
- " Saul Gone " Better Call Saul August 15, 2022
- Created by
- Vince Gilligan
- Portrayed by
- Bryan Cranston
- Full name
- Walter Hartwell White
- Alias
- Heisenberg
- Nickname
- Walt
- Occupation
- Drug lord Co-founder of Gray Matter Technologies High school chemistry teacher Car wash cashier, proprietor, and manager
- Affiliation
- Gray Matter Technologies, Gustavo Fring 's drug empire, His own drug empire
- Spouse
- Skyler Lambert
- Significant other
- Gretchen Schwartz (formerly)
- Children
- Walter White Jr. (son) Holly White (daughter)
- Relatives
- Hank Schrader (brother-in-law) Marie Schrader (sister-in-law)
- Home
- 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico , United States, New Hampshire , United States (Remote)
- Nationality
- American
- Date of birth
- September 7, 1958
- Date of death
- September 7, 2010 , (aged 52)
- Alma mater
- California Institute of Technology
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Family name
- White
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Albuquerque
- Spouse
- Skyler White
- Occupation
- school teacher
- Educated at
- California Institute of Technology
- Employer
- Gus Fring
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Field of work
- education
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Creator
- Vince Gilligan
- Performer
- Bryan Cranston
- Image
- Bryan Cranston (7598828512).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
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- present in work
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
- hair style / hair length
- bald head
- date of birth
- 1958-09-07
- birth name
- Walter White
- first appearance
- Pilot
- relative
- Marie Schrader
- pseudonym
- Walt Jackson
- interested in
- chemical purity grade
- vehicle normally used
- Pontiac Aztek
- last words
- Well, goodbye Lydia.
- Commons category
- Walter White
- partner in business or sport
- Mike Ehrmantraut
- name in native language
- Walter Hartwell White
- date of death
- 2010-09-07
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- manner of death
- accidental death
- medical condition
- lung cancer
- wears
- jumpsuit
- hashtag
- walter_white
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter Hartwell White , also known by his alias Heisenberg, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad. He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston.
Walter is a skilled chemist who co-founded a technology firm before he accepted a buy-out from his partners. While his partners became wealthy, Walter became a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico, barely making ends meet with his family: his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) and their son Walter Jr. (RJ Mitte). At the start of the series, the day after his 50th birthday, he is diagnosed with Stage III lung cancer. After this discovery, Walter decides to manufacture and sell methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to ensure his family's financial security after his death. Due to his expertise, Walter's "blue meth" is purer than any other on the market, and he is pulled deeper into the illicit drug trade.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Walter White” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.