"Breaking Bad" is one of the best showcases for how comedy actors can go dramatic. Part of the show's legend is how lead Bryan Cranston, then best known as the goofy dad Hal on the sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle," played against type as Walter White/Heisenberg, a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin. Supporting Cranston's dramatic turn was Bob Odenkirk as slick and sleazy lawyer Jimmy "Saul Goodman" McGill. Odenkirk turned what was supposed to be a three/four-episode guest role into a regular gig , which lasted even further for the spin-off "Better Call Saul."

Odenkirk was almost exclusively a comedy writer/actor before "Breaking Bad." He first broke out writing sketch comedy for "Saturday Night Live" and "The Ben Stiller Show" in the late '80s/early '90s. Then, of cour

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