Several notable actors from Community, though the shows aired on two separate networks and were belonged to drastically different genres. AMC's award-winning series Breaking Bad was created by Vince Gilligan and debuted a year before Community started in 2009.
Community ran for five seasons on NBC before airing its sixth and final season on Yahoo! Screen. The series focused on seven students from different walks of life who came together as a study group at Greendale Community College. As Jeff, Annie, Shirley, Pierce, Troy, Abed, and Britta tried to make it through their classes, they also got swept into the various campus-wide shenanigans. Breaking Bad's run overlapped with Community, and Harmon took notice.
Characters in Community mentioned Breaking Bad's existence a few times in the series. In fact, Star-Burns, a known drug dealer, tried to partner with a science professor as a nod to Breaking Bad. The series then took its fandom a step further by borrowing several faces from Breaking Bad. Here's every actor from the AMC show that worked on Community.
Matt L. Jones
Breaking Bad fans will recognize Matt L. Jones as the actor who played one of Jesse Pinkman's most reliable friends, Brandon "Badger" Mayhew. The actor appeared in every season of the AMC series and reprised his role for the sequel film, El Camino. After ing Breaking Bad, Jones appeared in three episodes of Community season 1 as the coffee delivery guy. He was also shown to be a stoner that loved playing hacky sack on campus, and was a friend of Vaughn Miller.
Giancarlo Esposito
Jonathan Banks
Jonathan Banks ed Breaking Bad in season 2 after the character of Buzz Hickey, Greendale Community College's criminology professor in Community season 5. His character was implied to have died off-screen after the season due to the fact that Banks got a starring role in Better Call Saul to reprise his role as Mike.
Vince Gilligan
Technically, Vince Gilligan isn't a Breaking Bad actor but considering he wrote the hit series, he deserves a spot on the list. Gilligan's idea for Breaking Bad stemmed from a joke, but the show went on to become one of the most critically acclaimed series in history. In Community season 5, Gilligan made an on-screen cameo as Devon, the cowboy host of the VCR game, "Piles of Bullets." The episode ended with a flashback of Devon from 1993 when he was offered the acting gig on the game and was encouraged by his wife to leave his job at Apple Computers for the opportunity.