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








