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Bradley Whitford

Acting 66 years old Madison, Wisconsin, USA ★ 2.6
Born: October 10, 1959

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.

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Known For

Shameless
Shameless Abraham Paige 2011
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle Meg's Husband 2000
Monk
Monk Dean Berry 2002
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Roger Peralta 2013
Reminders of Him
Reminders of Him Patrick Landry 2026

Jimmy's Seen (3)

Destroyer
Destroyer DiFranco 2018
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988
Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks Don DaGradi 2013

Filmography

Acting Credits (151)

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

Directing Credits (2)

Writing Credits (1)

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