If you don't watch Breaking Bad, you should start. It's a show about a high school Chemistry teacher who learns he has terminal lung cancer and then uses his expertise to cook meth. One of his former students helps him sell, and it's a very dramatic, interesting show.
All that aside, I IMDB'd the two meth chefs the other day and found two of the more impressive resumes in the TV/film industry. Basically, it wasn't good if one of these guys wasn't it in. Let's take a look:
Bryan Cranston (Walter White)
He started acting in 1982, and in his three decades he's been on some of the most entertaining, popular shows and TV movies: