Bryan Cranston seems to be everywhere (Movies! TV! Broadway!).

And in the case of “Sneaky Pete,” that’s definitely a good thing.

The award-winning actor (“Breaking Bad,” Broadway’s “All the Way”) co-created and appears throughout this new Amazon series, in which a con man (Giovanni Ribisi) tries to outwit a New York mobster to whom he’s indebted. The pacing is quick, the plotline interesting and there’s even a touch of Walter White/“Breaking Bad”-type humor (read: dark) courtesy of Cranston.

And with a supporting cast featuring Margo Martindale (“The Americans,” “The Good Wife”) and Peter Gerety (“Mercy Street,” “Public Morals”), “Sneaky Pete” is off to an auspicious start.

The games begin when con man Marius Josapovic (Ribisi) — sprung from prison after three years — is warned by his partner-in-crime brother, Eddie (Michael Drayer), that mobster Vince (Cranston) intends to collect the $100,000 from the job that landed Marius in the slammer. That intention comes with a warning: If Marius doesn’t cough up the dough, Vince will chop off Eddie’s fingers … one by one. And he always keeps his word.

What’s a con man to do?

Desperate to score a quick-hit windfall to save his brother (and himself), Marius assumes the identity of Pete Murphy, his still-incarcerated cellmate. Pete, estranged from his family for 20 years, passed most of his time in prison yakking to Marius about his long-lost idyllic childhood at the family farm in Connecticut — run by his wealthy grandparents, who were “in bonds.” Shortly thereafter, Marius materializes at the farm as “Pete,” re-introduces himself to astonished grandparents Audrey and Otto (Martindale, Gerety) and gets a rude awakening: The “bonds” to which Pete referred is the family’s floundering bail-bond business in Bridgeport, run by Audrey with assistance from Pete’s cousin, Julia (Marin Ireland).

Before long, Marius/Pete joins the family business and meets the extended family, which includes cousin Taylor (Shane McRae), a goofy Bridgeport cop (with shades of DEA agent Hank Schrader from “Breaking Bad”) and his sharp teenage daughter, Carly (Libe Barer, “Parenthood”). The “Sneaky Pete” back story is fleshed out in Episode 2, where we learn much more about Vince (and that $100,000) and about Marius’ romantic history — while Grandma Audrey continues to have her doubts about Pete’s real identity as he develops feelings for Cousin Julia.

“Sneaky Pete” was originally intended for CBS, which passed on the pilot before Amazon snatched it up. The series was co-created by David Shore (“House,” “Battle Creek”), who ceded the showrunner reins to Graham Yost (“Justified,” “The Americans”). It all sounds like an elaborate, Hollywood-style switcheroo that might have been pulled by Marius — but, in this case, it’s the real deal.

And that’s no con.