Bradley Whitford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 10, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. From 1999 to 2006, Whitford starred as Josh Lyman, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, in NBC's political drama television series The West Wing. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role in 2001. 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 Minds and Rick Stanton in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters. In 2015, he won a second Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Marcy in Transparent and later garnered a fifth Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Magnus Hirschfeld in the same series. From 2018 to 2025, Whitford portrayed Commander Joseph Lawrence in 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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Filmography
The Spittin' Image
Movie
We Are Not Who We Are - Making The Cabin in the Woods
Movie · as Himself
For Worse
Movie · as Dave
Office Romance
Movie · as Peter Vance
Reminders of Him
Movie · as Patrick Landry
FruitHead
Movie · as Richard
The Big Everything
Movie · as God
Death by Lightning
TV · as James Blaine · 4 eps
#1 Happy Family USA
TV · as Principal (voice) · 1 ep
I'll Be Right There
Movie · as Henry
Parish
TV · as Anton Valmont · 3 eps
The Madness
TV · as Stu Magnusson · 8 eps
SHARE?
Movie · as #006395873
Don't Touch My Hair
Movie · as "The Suit"
The Diplomat
TV · as Todd Penn · 11 eps
Rosaline
Movie · as Adrian Capulet
We Baby Bears
TV · as Glen (voice) · 1 ep
The U.S. and the Holocaust
TV · as Thomas Wolfe (voice) · 1 ep
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie · as Stephen Sondheim
How It Ends
Movie · as Kenny
What If...?
TV · as Colonel Flynn (voice) · 1 ep
The Wonder Years
TV · as Alan Van Der Kamp · 1 ep
The Last Full Measure
Movie · as Carlton Stanton
Sergio
Movie · as Paul Bremer
The Call of the Wild
Movie · as Judge Miller
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Movie · as Josh Lyman
Songbird
Movie · as William Griffin
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
TV · as Mitch (voice) · 5 eps
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie · as Dr. Rick Stanton
Phil
Movie · as Michael Fisk
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Movie · as Magnus
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
Movie
Valley of the Boom
TV · as James L. Barksdale · 6 eps
Flack
TV · as Calvin Cooper · 1 ep
Perfect Harmony
TV · as Arthur Cochran · 13 eps
Human Discoveries
TV · as Leader Elk (voice) · 1 ep
Infinity Train
TV · as Agent Sieve (voice) · 5 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Destroyer
Movie · as DiFranco
The Darkest Minds
Movie · as President Gray
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
Movie · as Self
Three Christs
Movie · as Clyde
Get Out
Movie · as Dean Armitage
Megan Leavey
Movie · as Bob
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Movie · as Mr. Schneedy
Unicorn Store
Movie · as Gene
The Post
Movie · as Arthur Parsons
Chicago Justice
TV · as Albert Forest · 1 ep
The Handmaid's Tale
TV · as Joseph Lawrence · 35 eps
I Saw the Light
Movie · as Fred Rose
All the Way
Movie · as Hubert Humphrey
Other People
Movie · as Norman Mulcahey
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
HAPPYish
TV · as Jonathan Cooke · 10 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Decoding Annie Parker
Movie · as Marshall
Transparent
TV · as Magnus, Macy, Magnus Hirschfeld · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saving Mr. Banks
Movie · as Don DaGradi
CBGB
Movie · as Nicky Grant
Savannah
Movie · as Jack Cay
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
Movie · as John Flynn
Trophy Wife
TV · as Pete Harrison · 22 eps
Mom
TV · as Mitch · 2 eps
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV · as Roger Peralta · 4 eps
Drunk History
TV · as William Jennings Bryan · 1 ep
Alpha House
TV · as Senator (Ned) · 1 ep
The Cabin in the Woods
Movie · as Steve Hadley
Go On
TV · as Hughie · 1 ep
Have a Little Faith
Movie · as Mitch
Shameless
TV · as Abraham Paige · 2 eps
The Good Guys
TV · as Dan Stark · 20 eps
Law & Order: LA
TV · as Attorney Miklin · 1 ep
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parks and Recreation
TV · as Councilman Pillner · 1 ep
Bottle Shock
Movie · as Professor Saunders
Burn Up
TV · as Mack · 2 eps
The Mentalist
TV · as Timothy Carter (uncredited) · 1 ep
In Plain Sight
TV · as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston · 1 ep
An American Crime
Movie · as Prosecutor
The Sarah Silverman Program
TV · as Toby Grossnickel · 1 ep
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV · as Danny Tripp · 22 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Movie · as Al Lowell
Little Manhattan
Movie · as Adam
Fathers and Sons
Movie · as Anthony
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as Vic Mancuso (voice) · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Monk
TV · as Dean Berry · 1 ep
Kate & Leopold
Movie · as J.J. Camden
Banzai
TV · 1 ep
Malcolm in the Middle
TV · as Meg's Husband · 2 eps
Bicentennial Man
Movie · as Lloyd
The Muse
Movie · as Hal
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
Movie · as John Morgan, KTML News
Behind the Mask
Movie · as Brian Shushan
The West Wing
TV · as Josh Lyman · 154 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Frank Maddox, Pence Humphreys · 1 ep
The Secret Lives of Men
TV · 13 eps
Felicity
TV · as Tom Anderson (uncredited) · 1 ep
Masterminds
Movie · as Miles Lawrence
Red Corner
Movie · as Bob Ghery
Cloned
Movie · as Rick Weston
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
Movie · as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
My Fellow Americans
Movie · as Carl Witnaur
Wildly Available
Movie · as Professor
Tracey Takes On...
TV · 1 ep
High Incident
TV · 1 ep
Billy Madison
Movie · as Eric Gordon
Nothing But the Truth
Movie · as 'Mack' McCarthy
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Client
Movie · as Thomas Fink
The Desperate Trail
Movie · as Tommy Donnelly
Web of Deception
Movie · as Larry Lake
Cobb
Movie · as Process Server
Ellen
TV · as Doug · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Steve Bell · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Sean O'Brien · 2 eps
RoboCop 3
Movie · as Fleck
A Perfect World
Movie · as Bobby Lee
Philadelphia
Movie · as Jamey Collins
My Life
Movie · as Paul Ivanovich
The X-Files
TV · as Daniel Trepkos · 1 ep
Black Tie Affair
TV · 13 eps
Frasier
TV · as Stu (voice) · 1 ep
NYPD Blue
TV · as Norman Gardner · 4 eps
Scent of a Woman
Movie · as Randy
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Awakenings
Movie · as Dr. Tyler
Presumed Innocent
Movie · as Jamie Kemp
Young Guns II
Movie · as Charles Phalen
Vital Signs
Movie · as Dr. Donald Ballentine
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Adventures in Babysitting
Movie · as Mike
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Movie · as Roger
The Betty Ford Story
Movie · as Jack Ford
Doorman
Movie · as Terry Reilly
C.A.T. Squad
Movie · as Leon Trepper
The Equalizer
TV · as Dillart · 1 ep
Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Tom Dash · 1 ep
A Capitol Fourth
TV · as Self · 46 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 3 eps