Bradley Whitford

Born: 1959-10-10 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2026

Reminders of Him as Patrick Landry
Office Romance as Peter Vance
For Worse as Dave

2025

Death by Lightning as James Blaine
#1 Happy Family USA as Principal (voice)
FruitHead as Richard

2024

The Madness as Stu Magnusson
Parish as Anton Valmont
I'll Be Right There as Henry

2023

The Diplomat as Todd Penn
SHARE? as #006395873

2022

We Baby Bears as Glen (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust as (voice)
Rosaline as Adrian Capulet

2021

What If...? as Colonel Flynn (voice)
The Wonder Years as Alan Van Der Kamp
tick, tick... BOOM! as Stephen Sondheim
How It Ends as Kenny
Not Going Quietly ... (Executive Producer)

2020

The Call of the Wild as Judge Miller
Songbird as William Griffin
The Last Full Measure as Carlton Stanton
Sergio as Paul Bremer
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Josh Lyman

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Dr. Rick Stanton
Infinity Train as Agent Sieve (voice)
Flack as Calvin Cooper
Perfect Harmony as Arthur Cochran
Human Discoveries as Leader Elk (voice)
Valley of the Boom as James L. Barksdale
Phil as Michael Fisk
Transparent: Musicale Finale as Magnus
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base

2018

The Darkest Minds as President Gray
Destroyer as DiFranco

2017

The Handmaid's Tale as Joseph Lawrence
Get Out as Dean Armitage
The Post as Arthur Parsons
Chicago Justice as Albert Forest
Megan Leavey as Bob
Unicorn Store as Gene
Three Christs as Clyde
A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Mr. Schneedy
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out as Self

2016

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self
All the Way as Hubert Humphrey
I Saw the Light as Fred Rose
Other People as Norman Mulcahey

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
HAPPYish as Jonathan Cooke

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
Transparent as Magnus
Decoding Annie Parker as Marshall

2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Roger Peralta
Mom as Mitch
Drunk History as William Jennings Bryan
Alpha House as Senator (Ned)
Trophy Wife as Pete Harrison
Saving Mr. Banks as Don DaGradi
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter as John Flynn
CBGB as Nicky Grant
Savannah as Jack Cay

2012

The Cabin in the Woods as Steve Hadley
Go On as Hughie
The Asset as Leo Maxiell

2011

Shameless as Abraham Paige
Have a Little Faith as Mitch

2010

Law & Order: LA as Attorney Miklin
The Good Guys as Dan Stark
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self

2009

Parks and Recreation as Councilman Pillner

2008

The Mentalist as Timothy Carter (uncredited)
In Plain Sight as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston
Bottle Shock as Professor Saunders
Burn Up as Mack

2003

2002

Monk as Dean Berry

2001

Kate & Leopold as J.J. Camden
Banzai

2000

Malcolm in the Middle as Meg's Husband

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Frank Maddox
The West Wing as Josh Lyman
Bicentennial Man as Lloyd
The Muse as Hal
Behind the Mask as Brian Shushan
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire as John Morgan, KTML News

1998

Felicity as Tom Anderson (uncredited)
The Secret Lives of Men

1997

The View as Self
Red Corner as Bob Ghery
Masterminds as Miles Lawrence
Cloned as Rick Weston
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)

1996

1995

Billy Madison as Eric Gordon
MADtv as Self
Nothing But the Truth as 'Mack' McCarthy

1994

ER as Sean O'Brien
Touched by an Angel as Steve Bell
Ellen as Doug
The Client as Thomas Fink
Cobb as Process Server
The Desperate Trail as Tommy Donnelly
Web of Deception as Larry Lake

1993

The X-Files as Daniel Trepkos
Frasier as Stu (voice)
NYPD Blue as Norman Gardner
Philadelphia as Jamey Collins
A Perfect World as Bobby Lee
RoboCop 3 as Fleck
My Life as Paul Ivanovich
Black Tie Affair

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
Scent of a Woman as Randy

1990

Awakenings as Dr. Tyler
Presumed Innocent as Jamie Kemp
Young Guns II as Charles Phalen
Vital Signs as Dr. Donald Ballentine

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1987

Adventures in Babysitting as Mike Todwell
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Roger
The Betty Ford Story as Jack Ford

1986

C.A.T. Squad as Leon Trepper
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