Bradley Whitford

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Known For

Acting

Born

1959-10-10

Place of Birth

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Bradley Whitford

Biography

Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television political drama The West Wing (1999–2006), for which he was nominated for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from 2001 to 2003, winning in 2001. The role earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations. In addition to The West Wing, Whitford played Danny Tripp in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy The Good Guys, Timothy Carter, a character who was believed to be Red John, in the CBS series The Mentalist, antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison, Arthur Parsons in The Post, Dean Armitage in the horror film Get Out, Roger Peralta in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, President Gray in the dystopian science fiction film The Darkest Mindsand Rick Stanton in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters. In 2015, he won a second Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Marcy in Transparent and later garnered a fifth nomination for portraying Magnus Hirschfeld in the same series. Since 2018, Whitford has portrayed Commander Joseph Lawrence in the Hulu dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale, for which he won his third Primetime Emmy Award in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bradley Whitford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2026
Reminders of Him as Patrick Landry
2025
Death by Lightning as James Blaine
2025
FruitHead as Richard
2025
#1 Happy Family USA as Principal (voice)
2025
For Worse
2024
The Madness as Stu Magnusson
2024
I'll Be Right There as Henry
2024
Parish as Anton Valmont
2023
SHARE? as #006395873
2023
The Diplomat as Todd Penn
2022
Rosaline as Adrian Capulet
2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust as (voice)
2022
We Baby Bears as Glen (voice)
2021
tick, tick... BOOM! as Stephen Sondheim
2021
The Wonder Years as Alan Van Der Kamp
2021
What If...? as Colonel Flynn (voice)
2021
How It Ends as Kenny
2020
Songbird as William Griffin
2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Josh Lyman
2020
The Call of the Wild as Judge Miller
2020
Sergio as Paul Bremer
2020
The Last Full Measure as Carlton Stanton
2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale as Magnus
2019
Perfect Harmony as Arthur Cochran
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
2019
Infinity Train as Agent Sieve (voice)
2019
Human Discoveries as Leader Elk (voice)
2019
Phil as Michael Fisk
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Dr. Rick Stanton
2019
Flack as Calvin Cooper
2019
Valley of the Boom as James L. Barksdale
2018
Destroyer as DiFranco
2018
The Darkest Minds as President Gray
2017
The Post as Arthur Parsons
2017
Three Christs as Clyde
2017
Unicorn Store as Gene
2017
Megan Leavey as Bob
2017
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out as Self
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Mr. Schneedy
2017
The Handmaid's Tale as Joseph Lawrence
2017
Chicago Justice as Albert Forest
2017
Get Out as Dean Armitage
2016
Other People as Norman Mulcahey
2016
All the Way as Hubert Humphrey
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
2016
I Saw the Light as Fred Rose
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
HAPPYish as Jonathan Cooke
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Transparent as Magnus
2014
Transparent as Macy
2014
Transparent as Magnus Hirschfeld
2014
Decoding Annie Parker as Marshall
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013
Saving Mr. Banks as Don DaGradi
2013
CBGB as Nicky Grant
2013
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter as John Flynn
2013
Trophy Wife as Pete Harrison
2013
Mom as Mitch
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Roger Peralta
2013
Drunk History as William Jennings Bryan
2013
Savannah as Jack Cay
2013
Alpha House as Senator (Ned)
2012
Go On as Hughie
2012
The Cabin in the Woods as Steve Hadley
2012
The Asset as Leo Maxiell
2011
Have a Little Faith as Mitch
2011
Shameless as Abraham Paige
2010
Law & Order: LA as Attorney Miklin
2010
The Good Guys as Dan Stark
2010
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2009
Parks and Recreation as Councilman Pillner
2008
The Mentalist as Timothy Carter (uncredited)
2008
Bottle Shock as Professor Saunders
2008
Burn Up as Mack
2008
In Plain Sight as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston
2007
An American Crime as Prosecutor
2007
The Sarah Silverman Program. as Toby Grossnickel
2006
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Danny Tripp
2005
The Colbert Report as Self
2005
Little Manhattan as Adam
2005
Fathers and Sons as Anthony
2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Al Lowell
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
Monk as Dean Berry
2001
Kate & Leopold as J.J. Camden
2001
Banzai
2000
Malcolm in the Middle as Meg's Husband
1999
Bicentennial Man as Lloyd
1999
The West Wing as Josh Lyman
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Frank Maddox
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Pence Humphreys
1999
The Muse as Hal
1999
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire as John Morgan, KTML News
1999
Behind the Mask as Brian Shushan
1998
The Secret Lives of Men
1998
Felicity as Tom Anderson (uncredited)
1997
Red Corner as Bob Ghery
1997
Cloned as Rick Weston
1997
Masterminds as Miles Lawrence
1997
The View as Self
1997
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
1996
My Fellow Americans as Carl Witnaur
1996
High Incident
1996
Tracey Takes On...
1996
Wildly Available as Professor
1995
MADtv as Self
1995
Nothing But the Truth as 'Mack' McCarthy
1995
Billy Madison as Eric Gordon
1994
The Desperate Trail as Tommy Donnelly
1994
Touched by an Angel as Steve Bell
1994
ER as Sean O'Brien
1994
The Client as Thomas Fink
1994
Web of Deception as Larry Lake
1994
Ellen as Doug
1993
Philadelphia as Jamey Collins
1993
A Perfect World as Bobby Lee
1993
My Life as Paul Ivanovich
1993
NYPD Blue as Norman Gardner
1993
Frasier as Stu (voice)
1993
The X-Files as Daniel Trepkos
1993
Black Tie Affair
1993
RoboCop 3 as Fleck
1992
Scent of a Woman as Randy
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1990
Awakenings as Dr. Tyler
1990
Young Guns II as Charles Phalen
1990
Presumed Innocent as Jamie Kemp
1990
Vital Signs as Dr. Donald Ballentine
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Roger
1987
Adventures in Babysitting as Mike Todwell
1987
The Betty Ford Story as Jack Ford
1986
C.A.T. Squad as Leon Trepper
1986
Doorman as Terry Reilly
1985
The Equalizer as Dillart
1984
Tales from the Darkside as Tom Dash
1980
A Capitol Fourth as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
Office Romance as Peter Vance
Don't Touch My Hair
The Spittin' Image
We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods as Self / Steve Hadley