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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Credits
- 2025 · Death by Lightning as James Blaine
- 2024 · The Madness as Stu Magnusson
- 2024 · Parish as Anton Valmont
- 2023 · The Diplomat as Todd Penn
- 2022 · We Baby Bears as Glen (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Colonel Flynn (voice)
- 2020 · Songbird as William Griffin
- 2020 · The Call of the Wild as Judge Miller
- 2020 · Sergio as Paul Bremer
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Infinity Train as Agent Sieve (voice)
- 2019 · Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Dr. Rick Stanton
- 2018 · The Darkest Minds as President Gray
- 2017 · The Post as Arthur Parsons
- 2017 · Three Christs as Clyde
- 2017 · The Handmaid's Tale as Joseph Lawrence
- 2017 · Chicago Justice as Albert Forest
- 2017 · Get Out as Dean Armitage
- 2016 · Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 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 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · CBGB as Nicky Grant
- 2013 · Mom as Mitch
- 2013 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Roger Peralta
- 2013 · Drunk History as William Jennings Bryan
- 2013 · Savannah as Jack Cay
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1998 · Felicity as Tom Anderson (uncredited)
- 1997 · Red Corner as Bob Ghery
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Tracey Takes On... as
- 1995 · Billy Madison as Eric Gordon
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Steve Bell
- 1994 · ER as Sean O'Brien
- 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
- 1992 · Scent of a Woman as Randy
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1990 · Awakenings as Dr. Tyler
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Dillart
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Tom Dash
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Office Romance as Peter Vance
- 2026 · Reminders of Him as Patrick Landry
- 2025 · #1 Happy Family USA as Principal (voice)
- 2024 · I'll Be Right There as Henry
- 2022 · Rosaline as Adrian Capulet
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as (voice)
- 2021 · tick, tick... BOOM! as Stephen Sondheim
- 2021 · The Wonder Years as Alan Van Der Kamp
- 2020 · The Last Full Measure as Carlton Stanton
- 2019 · Human Discoveries as Leader Elk (voice)
- 2019 · Flack as Calvin Cooper
- 2019 · Valley of the Boom as James L. Barksdale
- 2018 · Destroyer as DiFranco
- 2017 · Megan Leavey as Bob
- 2016 · Other People as Norman Mulcahey
- 2016 · I Saw the Light as Fred Rose
- 2015 · HAPPYish as Jonathan Cooke
- 2013 · Saving Mr. Banks as Don DaGradi
- 2013 · Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter as John Flynn
- 2013 · Trophy Wife as Pete Harrison
- 2013 · Alpha House as Senator (Ned)
- 2012 · Go On as Hughie
- 2012 · The Asset as Leo Maxiell
- 2010 · The Good Guys as Dan Stark
- 2005 · Little Manhattan as Adam
- 2005 · The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Al Lowell
- 1997 · Cloned as Rick Weston
- 1996 · My Fellow Americans as Carl Witnaur
- 1996 · High Incident as
- 1996 · Wildly Available as Professor
- 1994 · The Client as Thomas Fink
- 1993 · Philadelphia as Jamey Collins
- 1993 · A Perfect World as Bobby Lee
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as Fleck
- 1990 · Young Guns II as Charles Phalen
- 1990 · Presumed Innocent as Jamie Kemp
- Future · The Spittin' Image as
- 2025 · FruitHead as Richard
- 2025 · For Worse as
- 2023 · SHARE? as #006395873
- 2021 · How It Ends as Kenny
- 2020 · A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Josh Lyman
- 2019 · Transparent: Musicale Finale as Magnus
- 2019 · Perfect Harmony as Arthur Cochran
- 2019 · Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base as
- 2019 · Phil as Michael Fisk
- 2017 · Unicorn Store as Gene
- 2017 · Unveiling the Horror of Get Out as Self
- 2017 · A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Mr. Schneedy
- 2016 · All the Way as Hubert Humphrey
- 2014 · Decoding Annie Parker as Marshall
- 2011 · Have a Little Faith as Mitch
- 2008 · Bottle Shock as Professor Saunders
- 2008 · Burn Up as Mack
- 2005 · Fathers and Sons as Anthony
- 2001 · Banzai as
- 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 as
- 1997 · Masterminds as Miles Lawrence
- 1997 · In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Nothing But the Truth as 'Mack' McCarthy
- 1994 · The Desperate Trail as Tommy Donnelly
- 1993 · Black Tie Affair as
- 1980 · A Capitol Fourth as Self
- Future · Don't Touch My Hair as
- Future · We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods as Self / Steve Hadley
- 1994 · Web of Deception as Larry Lake
- 1990 · Vital Signs as Dr. Donald Ballentine
- 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