Bradley Whitford
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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- 2026 · Reminders of Him as Patrick Landry
- 2025 · Death by Lightning as James Blaine
- 2024 · The Madness as Stu Magnusson
- 2024 · Parish as Anton Valmont
- 2022 · Rosaline as Adrian Capulet
- 2021 · tick, tick... BOOM! as Stephen Sondheim
- 2021 · The Wonder Years as Alan Van Der Kamp
- 2020 · Sergio as Paul Bremer
- 2020 · The Last Full Measure as Carlton Stanton
- 2019 · Flack as Calvin Cooper
- 2017 · The Post as Arthur Parsons
- 2017 · Unicorn Store as Gene
- 2017 · Chicago Justice as Albert Forest
- 2016 · All the Way as Hubert Humphrey
- 2016 · I Saw the Light as Fred Rose
- 2013 · Saving Mr. Banks as Don DaGradi
- 2013 · Trophy Wife as Pete Harrison
- 2013 · Savannah as Jack Cay
- 2013 · Alpha House as Senator (Ned)
- 2012 · Go On as Hughie
- 2012 · The Asset as Leo Maxiell
- 2011 · Have a Little Faith as Mitch
- 2010 · The Good Guys as Dan Stark
- 2008 · Bottle Shock as Professor Saunders
- 2007 · An American Crime as Prosecutor
- 2006 · Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Danny Tripp
- 1999 · Behind the Mask as Brian Shushan
- 1997 · Cloned as Rick Weston
- 1997 · Masterminds as Miles Lawrence
- 1996 · High Incident as
- 1995 · Nothing But the Truth as 'Mack' McCarthy
- 1993 · Philadelphia as Jamey Collins
- 1993 · A Perfect World as Bobby Lee
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as Fleck
- 1990 · Young Guns II as Charles Phalen
- 1987 · Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Roger
- 1987 · Adventures in Babysitting as Mike Todwell
- Future · Don't Touch My Hair as
- 1986 · C.A.T. Squad as Leon Trepper
- Future · Office Romance as Peter Vance
- 2001 · Banzai as
- Future · The Spittin' Image as
- 2025 · FruitHead as Richard
- 2025 · #1 Happy Family USA as Principal (voice)
- 2025 · For Worse as
- 2024 · I'll Be Right There as Henry
- 2023 · SHARE? as #006395873
- 2023 · The Diplomat as Todd Penn
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as (voice)
- 2022 · We Baby Bears as Glen (voice)
- 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
- 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 as
- 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 · Valley of the Boom as James L. Barksdale
- 2018 · Destroyer as DiFranco
- 2018 · The Darkest Minds as President Gray
- 2017 · Three Christs as Clyde
- 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 · Get Out as Dean Armitage
- 2016 · Other People as Norman Mulcahey
- 2016 · Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
- 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 · CBGB as Nicky Grant
- 2013 · Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter as John Flynn
- 2013 · Mom as Mitch
- 2013 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Roger Peralta
- 2013 · Drunk History as William Jennings Bryan
- 2012 · The Cabin in the Woods as Steve Hadley
- 2011 · Shameless as Abraham Paige
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Attorney Miklin
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2009 · Parks and Recreation as Councilman Pillner
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Timothy Carter (uncredited)
- 2008 · Burn Up as Mack
- 2008 · In Plain Sight as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Toby Grossnickel
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 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
- 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
- 1998 · The Secret Lives of Men as
- 1998 · Felicity as Tom Anderson (uncredited)
- 1997 · Red Corner as Bob Ghery
- 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 · Tracey Takes On... as
- 1996 · Wildly Available as Professor
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 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 · 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 as
- 1992 · Scent of a Woman as Randy
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1990 · Awakenings as Dr. Tyler
- 1990 · Presumed Innocent as Jamie Kemp
- 1990 · Vital Signs as Dr. Donald Ballentine
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · The Betty Ford Story as Jack Ford
- 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
- Future · We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods as Self / Steve Hadley