Bradley Whitford

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Mentalist

Shameless

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

All Movies (77)

• Office Romance2026 · as Peter Vance
• Reminders of Him2026 · as Patrick Landry
• For Worse2026 · as Dave
• FruitHead2025 · as Richard
• I'll Be Right There2024 · as Henry
• SHARE?2023 · as #006395873
• Don't Touch My Hair2023 · as "The Suit"
• Rosaline2022 · as Adrian Capulet
• tick, tick... BOOM!2021 · as Stephen Sondheim
• How It Ends2021 · as Kenny
• Songbird2020 · as William Griffin
• A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020 · as Josh Lyman
• The Call of the Wild2020 · as Judge Miller
• Sergio2020 · as Paul Bremer
• The Last Full Measure2020 · as Carlton Stanton
• Transparent: Musicale Finale2019 · as Magnus
• Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base2019
• Phil2019 · as Michael Fisk
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · as Dr. Rick Stanton
• Destroyer2018 · as DiFranco
• The Darkest Minds2018 · as President Gray
• The Post2017 · as Arthur Parsons
• Three Christs2017 · as Clyde
• Unicorn Store2017 · as Gene
• Megan Leavey2017 · as Bob
• Unveiling the Horror of Get Out2017 · as Self
• A Happening of Monumental Proportions2017 · as Mr. Schneedy
• Get Out2017 · as Dean Armitage
• Other People2016 · as Norman Mulcahey
• All the Way2016 · as Hubert Humphrey
• I Saw the Light2016 · as Fred Rose
• Decoding Annie Parker2014 · as Marshall
• Saving Mr. Banks2013 · as Don DaGradi
• CBGB2013 · as Nicky Grant
• Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter2013 · as John Flynn
• Savannah2013 · as Jack Cay
• The Cabin in the Woods2012 · as Steve Hadley
• The Asset2012 · as Leo Maxiell
• Have a Little Faith2011 · as Mitch
• Bottle Shock2008 · as Professor Saunders
• An American Crime2007 · as Prosecutor
• Little Manhattan2005 · as Adam
• Fathers and Sons2005 · as Anthony
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants2005 · as Al Lowell
• Kate & Leopold2001 · as J.J. Camden
• Bicentennial Man1999 · as Lloyd
• The Muse1999 · as Hal
• Countdown: The Sky's on Fire1999 · as John Morgan, KTML News
• Behind the Mask1999 · as Brian Shushan
• Red Corner1997 · as Bob Ghery
• Cloned1997 · as Rick Weston
• Masterminds1997 · as Miles Lawrence
• In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory1997 · as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
• My Fellow Americans1996 · as Carl Witnaur
• Wildly Available1996 · as Professor
• Nothing But the Truth1995 · as 'Mack' McCarthy
• Billy Madison1995 · as Eric Gordon
• Cobb1994 · as Process Server
• The Desperate Trail1994 · as Tommy Donnelly
• The Client1994 · as Thomas Fink
• Web of Deception1994 · as Larry Lake
• Philadelphia1993 · as Jamey Collins
• A Perfect World1993 · as Bobby Lee
• My Life1993 · as Paul Ivanovich
• RoboCop 31993 · as Fleck
• Scent of a Woman1992 · as Randy
• Awakenings1990 · as Dr. Tyler
• Young Guns II1990 · as Charles Phalen
• Presumed Innocent1990 · as Jamie Kemp
• Vital Signs1990 · as Dr. Donald Ballentine
• Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise1987 · as Roger
• Adventures in Babysitting1987 · as Mike Todwell
• The Betty Ford Story1987 · as Jack Ford
• C.A.T. Squad1986 · as Leon Trepper
• Doorman1986 · as Terry Reilly
• The Spittin' Image—
• The Big Everything— · as God

All TV Shows (77)

• Death by Lightning2025 · as James Blaine
• #1 Happy Family USA2025 · as Principal (voice)
• The Madness2024 · as Stu Magnusson
• Parish2024 · as Anton Valmont
• The Diplomat2023 · as Todd Penn
• The U.S. and the Holocaust2022 · as Thomas Wolfe (voice)
• We Baby Bears2022 · as Glen (voice)
• The Wonder Years2021 · as Alan Van Der Kamp
• What If...?2021 · as Colonel Flynn (voice)
• Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous2020 · as Mitch (voice)
• Perfect Harmony2019 · as Arthur Cochran
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Infinity Train2019 · as Agent Sieve (voice)
• Human Discoveries2019 · as Leader Elk (voice)
• Flack2019 · as Calvin Cooper
• Valley of the Boom2019 · as James L. Barksdale
• The Handmaid's Tale2017 · as Joseph Lawrence
• Chicago Justice2017 · as Albert Forest
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee2016 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• HAPPYish2015 · as Jonathan Cooke
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Transparent2014 · as Magnus
• Transparent2014 · as Macy
• Transparent2014 · as Magnus Hirschfeld
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Trophy Wife2013 · as Pete Harrison
• Mom2013 · as Mitch
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as Roger Peralta
• Drunk History2013 · as William Jennings Bryan
• Alpha House2013 · as Senator (Ned)
• Go On2012 · as Hughie
• Shameless2011 · as Abraham Paige
• Law & Order: LA2010 · as Attorney Miklin
• The Good Guys2010 · as Dan Stark
• Who Do You Think You Are?2010 · as Self
• Parks and Recreation2009 · as Councilman Pillner
• The Mentalist2008 · as Timothy Carter (uncredited)
• Burn Up2008 · as Mack
• In Plain Sight2008 · as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston
• The Sarah Silverman Program.2007 · as Toby Grossnickel
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip2006 · as Danny Tripp
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self (uncredited)
• American Dad!2005 · as Vic Mancuso (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Monk2002 · as Dean Berry
• Banzai2001
• Malcolm in the Middle2000 · as Meg's Husband
• The West Wing1999 · as Josh Lyman
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Frank Maddox
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Pence Humphreys
• The Secret Lives of Men1998
• Felicity1998 · as Tom Anderson (uncredited)
• The View1997 · as Self
• High Incident1996
• Tracey Takes On...1996
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Steve Bell
• ER1994 · as Sean O'Brien
• Ellen1994 · as Doug
• NYPD Blue1993 · as Norman Gardner
• Frasier1993 · as Stu (voice)
• The X-Files1993 · as Daniel Trepkos
• Black Tie Affair1993
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• The Equalizer1985 · as Dillart
• Tales from the Darkside1984 · as Tom Dash
• A Capitol Fourth1980 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee