Bradley Whitford

Acting

Bradley Whitford

Born
(age 67)
Birthplace
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Credits
150 titles

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

Acting credits 149

YearTitleRole
TBA The Spittin' Image Film
2026 Office Romance Film Peter Vance
2026 Reminders of Him Film Patrick Landry
2026 For Worse Film Dave
2025 Death by Lightning TV James Blaine (4 ep)
2025 FruitHead Film Richard
2025 #1 Happy Family USA TV Principal (voice) (1 ep)
2025 The Big Everything Film God
2024 The Madness TV Stu Magnusson (8 ep)
2024 I'll Be Right There Film Henry
2024 Parish TV Anton Valmont (3 ep)
2023 SHARE? Film #006395873
2023 Don't Touch My Hair Film "The Suit"
2023 The Diplomat TV Todd Penn (11 ep)
2022 Rosaline Film Adrian Capulet
2022 The U.S. and the Holocaust TV Thomas Wolfe (voice) (1 ep)
2022 We Baby Bears TV Glen (voice) (1 ep)
2021 tick, tick... BOOM! Film Stephen Sondheim
2021 The Wonder Years TV Alan Van Der Kamp (1 ep)
2021 What If...? TV Colonel Flynn (voice) (1 ep)
2021 How It Ends Film Kenny
2020 Songbird Film William Griffin
2020 A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote Film Josh Lyman
2020 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous TV Mitch (voice) (5 ep)
2020 The Call of the Wild Film Judge Miller
2020 Sergio Film Paul Bremer
2020 The Last Full Measure Film Carlton Stanton
2019 Transparent: Musicale Finale Film Magnus
2019 Perfect Harmony TV Arthur Cochran (13 ep)
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show TV Self (2 ep)
2019 Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base Film
2019 Infinity Train TV Agent Sieve (voice) (5 ep)
2019 Human Discoveries TV Leader Elk (voice) (1 ep)
2019 Phil Film Michael Fisk
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Film Dr. Rick Stanton
2019 Flack TV Calvin Cooper (1 ep)
2019 Valley of the Boom TV James L. Barksdale (6 ep)
2018 Destroyer Film DiFranco
2018 The Darkest Minds Film President Gray
2017 The Post Film Arthur Parsons
2017 Three Christs Film Clyde
2017 Unicorn Store Film Gene
2017 Megan Leavey Film Bob
2017 Unveiling the Horror of Get Out Film Self
2017 A Happening of Monumental Proportions Film Mr. Schneedy
2017 The Handmaid's Tale TV Joseph Lawrence (35 ep)
2017 Chicago Justice TV Albert Forest (1 ep)
2017 Get Out Film Dean Armitage
2016 Other People Film Norman Mulcahey
2016 All the Way Film Hubert Humphrey
2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee TV Self (1 ep)
2016 I Saw the Light Film Fred Rose
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV Self - Guest (7 ep)
2015 HAPPYish TV Jonathan Cooke (10 ep)
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV Self (1 ep)
2014 Transparent TV Magnus, Macy, Magnus Hirschfeld (2 ep)
2014 Decoding Annie Parker Film Marshall
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers TV Self - Guest (2 ep)
2013 Saving Mr. Banks Film Don DaGradi

Crew credits 7

YearTitleJob
2026 For Worse Film Producer
2021 Not Going Quietly Film Executive Producer
2019 Perfect Harmony TV Executive Producer (13 ep)
2017 The Handmaid's Tale TV Director (1 ep)
2010 The Good Guys TV Producer (20 ep)
2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip TV Director (1 ep)
1999 The West Wing TV Writer (2 ep)
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