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Bradley Whitford

Bradley Whitford

Acting1959Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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
For Worse
as Dave
Reminders of Him
as Patrick Landry
For Worse
Producer
2025
FruitHead
as Richard
The Diplomat
TVas Todd Penn3 eps
#1 Happy Family USA
TVas Principal (voice)1 eps
Death by Lightning
TVas James Blaine4 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self1 eps
2024
The Madness
TVas Stu Magnusson8 eps
Parish
TVas Anton Valmont3 eps
2023
SHARE?
as #006395873
The Wonder Years
TVas Alan Van Der Kamp1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Pence Humphreys / Frank Maddox1 eps
2022
Rosaline
as Adrian Capulet
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self1 eps
We Baby Bears
TVas Glen (voice)1 eps
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Stephen Sondheim
How It Ends
as Kenny
What If...?
TVas Colonel Flynn (voice)1 eps
Not Going Quietly
Executive Producer
2020
The Call of the Wild
as Judge Miller
The Last Full Measure
as Carlton Stanton
Songbird
as William Griffin
Sergio
as Paul Bremer
2019
Phil
as Michael Fisk
Flack
TVas Calvin Cooper
Infinity Train
TVas Agent Sieve (voice)5 eps
Perfect Harmony
TVas Arthur Cochran
Human Discoveries
TVas Leader Elk (voice)
Valley of the Boom
TVas James L. Barksdale
Perfect Harmony
TVExecutive Producer
2018
The Darkest Minds
as President Gray
Destroyer
as DiFranco
The Handmaid's Tale
TVas Joseph Lawrence35 eps
2017
The Post
as Arthur Parsons
Get Out
as Dean Armitage
Mom
TVas Mitch2 eps
Chicago Justice
TVas Albert Forest
2016
I Saw the Light
as Fred Rose
All the Way
as Hubert Humphrey
Other People
as Norman Mulcahey
2015
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TVas Roger Peralta4 eps
Transparent
TVas Magnus Hirschfeld2 eps
HAPPYish
TVas Jonathan Cooke
2014
Alpha House
TVas Senator (Ned)1 eps
2013
Savannah
as Jack Cay
CBGB
as Nicky Grant
Saving Mr. Banks
as Don DaGradi
Drunk History
TVas William Jennings Bryan1 eps
Go On
TVas Hughie1 eps
Shameless
TVas Abraham Paige2 eps
Trophy Wife
TVas Pete Harrison
2012
The Cabin in the Woods
as Steve Hadley
The Asset
as Leo Maxiell
Parks and Recreation
TVas Councilman Pillner1 eps
2011
In Plain Sight
TVas Adam Wilson / Adam Roston1 eps
The Mentalist
TVas Timothy Carter (uncredited)1 eps
Law & Order: LA
TVas Attorney Miklin1 eps
2010
The Sarah Silverman Program.
TVas Toby Grossnickel1 eps
The Good Guys
TVas Dan Stark20 eps
The Good Guys
TVProducer20 eps
2009
Monk
TVas Dean Berry1 eps
2008
Bottle Shock
as Professor Saunders
Burn Up
TVas Mack
2007
An American Crime
as Prosecutor
2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TVas Danny Tripp22 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2004
Real Time with Bill Maher
TVas Self6 eps
2002
Frasier
TVas Stu (voice)1 eps
Malcolm in the Middle
TVas Meg's Husband2 eps
2001
Kate & Leopold
as J.J. Camden
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee3 eps
1999
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
as John Morgan, KTML News
The Muse
as Hal
Behind the Mask
as Brian Shushan
The West Wing
TVas Josh Lyman154 eps
Felicity
TVas Tom Anderson (uncredited)1 eps
1997
Red Corner
as Bob Ghery
Masterminds
as Miles Lawrence
Cloned
as Rick Weston
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
The View
TVas Self
1996
My Fellow Americans
as Carl Witnaur
Wildly Available
as Professor
Touched by an Angel
TVas Steve Bell1 eps
1995
Nothing But the Truth
as 'Mack' McCarthy
Billy Madison
as Eric Gordon
MADtv
TVas Self
ER
TVas Sean O'Brien2 eps
1994
The Client
as Thomas Fink
The Desperate Trail
as Tommy Donnelly
Web of Deception
as Larry Lake
NYPD Blue
TVas Norman Gardner4 eps
Ellen
TVas Doug1 eps
The X-Files
TVas Daniel Trepkos1 eps
1993
RoboCop 3
as Fleck
A Perfect World
as Bobby Lee
My Life
as Paul Ivanovich
Philadelphia
as Jamey Collins
1990
Presumed Innocent
as Jamie Kemp
Awakenings
as Dr. Tyler
Vital Signs
as Dr. Donald Ballentine
Young Guns II
as Charles Phalen
1988
Tales from the Darkside
TVas Tom Dash1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest
1986
Doorman
as Terry Reilly
C.A.T. Squad
as Leon Trepper
1985
The Equalizer
TVas Dillart1 eps
1980
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Cameo (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/10/1959(66 years old)
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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