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

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

Appearances as themselves (21)

• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2017Unveiling the Horror of Get Out — Self
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest
• The Colbert Report — Self, Self (uncredited)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self
• MADtv — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• A Capitol Fourth — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee