Bradley Whitford
Known for Acting · 150 credits
- Born
- 1959-10-10 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (73)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Frank Maddox / Pence Humphreys
The Mentalist
2008
as Timothy Carter (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Shameless
2011
as Abraham Paige
American Dad!
2005
as Vic Mancuso (voice)
Frasier
1993
as Stu (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The X-Files
1993
as Daniel Trepkos
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Joseph Lawrence
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self / Self (uncredited)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Roger Peralta
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The West Wing
1999
as Josh Lyman
ER
1994
as Sean O'Brien
NYPD Blue
1993
as Norman Gardner
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Meg's Husband
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Parks and Recreation
2009
as Councilman Pillner
Mom
2013
as Mitch
Monk
2002
as Dean Berry
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Steve Bell
What If...?
2021
as Colonel Flynn (voice)
The Equalizer
1985
as Dillart
Felicity
1998
as Tom Anderson (uncredited)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
We Baby Bears
2022
as Glen (voice)
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Tom Dash
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
as Self
Ellen
1994
as Doug
In Plain Sight
2008
as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
2020
as Mitch (voice)
The Diplomat
2023
as Todd Penn
Drunk History
2013
as William Jennings Bryan
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Attorney Miklin
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007
as Toby Grossnickel
Transparent
2014
as Magnus / Macy / Magnus Hirschfeld
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Infinity Train
2019
as Agent Sieve (voice)
Tracey Takes On...
1996
A Capitol Fourth
1980
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Chicago Justice
2017
as Albert Forest
The Wonder Years
2021
as Alan Van Der Kamp
Parish
2024
as Anton Valmont
Alpha House
2013
as Senator (Ned)
The Good Guys
2010
as Dan Stark
Death by Lightning
2025
as James Blaine
The Madness
2024
as Stu Magnusson
High Incident
1996
Trophy Wife
2013
as Pete Harrison
Flack
2019
as Calvin Cooper
Movies (77)
Office Romance
2026
as Peter Vance
Reminders of Him
2026
as Patrick Landry
Get Out
2017
as Dean Armitage
The Post
2017
as Arthur Parsons
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Dr. Rick Stanton
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
as Steve Hadley
The Call of the Wild
2020
as Judge Miller
Scent of a Woman
1992
as Randy
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Lloyd
The Darkest Minds
2018
as President Gray
Philadelphia
1993
as Jamey Collins
Megan Leavey
2017
as Bob
The Client
1994
as Thomas Fink
Awakenings
1990
as Dr. Tyler
Presumed Innocent
1990
as Jamie Kemp
Destroyer
2018
as DiFranco
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Stephen Sondheim
A Perfect World
1993
as Bobby Lee
Red Corner
1997
as Bob Ghery
The Last Full Measure
2020
as Carlton Stanton
RoboCop 3
1993
as Fleck
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Don DaGradi
Billy Madison
1995
as Eric Gordon
Adventures in Babysitting
1987
as Mike Todwell
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
2013
as John Flynn
Songbird
2020
as William Griffin
Young Guns II
1990
as Charles Phalen
Other People
2016
as Norman Mulcahey
Three Christs
2017
as Clyde
Vital Signs
1990
as Dr. Donald Ballentine
Kate & Leopold
2001
as J.J. Camden
Little Manhattan
2005
as Adam
An American Crime
2007
as Prosecutor
Unicorn Store
2017
as Gene
Rosaline
2022
as Adrian Capulet
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005
as Al Lowell
The Desperate Trail
1994
as Tommy Donnelly
How It Ends
2021
as Kenny
Fathers and Sons
2005
as Anthony
Wildly Available
1996
as Professor
Decoding Annie Parker
2014
as Marshall
I Saw the Light
2016
as Fred Rose
My Fellow Americans
1996
as Carl Witnaur
For Worse
2026
as Dave
All the Way
2016
as Hubert Humphrey
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987
as Roger
Sergio
2020
as Paul Bremer
CBGB
2013
as Nicky Grant
My Life
1993
as Paul Ivanovich
Bottle Shock
2008
as Professor Saunders
The Muse
1999
as Hal
Nothing But the Truth
1995
as 'Mack' McCarthy
Have a Little Faith
2011
as Mitch
I'll Be Right There
2024
as Henry
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
as Mr. Schneedy
The Betty Ford Story
1987
as Jack Ford
Masterminds
1997
as Miles Lawrence
Phil
2019
as Michael Fisk
Behind the Mask
1999
as Brian Shushan
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
1997
as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
SHARE?
2023
as #006395873
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
1999
as John Morgan, KTML News
Cobb
1994
as Process Server
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
2017
as Self
Web of Deception
1994
as Larry Lake
Savannah
2013
as Jack Cay
C.A.T. Squad
1986
as Leon Trepper
Cloned
1997
as Rick Weston
The Asset
2012
as Leo Maxiell
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Magnus
The Spittin' Image
Don't Touch My Hair
2023
as "The Suit"
Doorman
1986
as Terry Reilly
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as Josh Lyman
FruitHead
2025
as Richard
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
2019
The Big Everything
2025
as God
About Bradley Whitford
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… With 150 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Bradley Whitford has appeared in 77 films and 73 TV shows.
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- Office Romance (2026) — as Peter Vance
- Reminders of Him (2026) — as Patrick Landry
- Get Out (2017) — as Dean Armitage
- The Post (2017) — as Arthur Parsons
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) — as Dr. Rick Stanton
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