For Worse
2026 · Movie
as Dave
Bradley Whitford
1959-10-10
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Writers: The West Wing
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
Office Romance
2026 · Movie
as Peter Vance
Reminders of Him
2026 · Movie
as Patrick Landry
FruitHead
2025 · Movie
as Richard
The Big Everything
2025 · Movie
as God
Death by Lightning
2025 · TV Show
as James Blaine
#1 Happy Family USA
2025 · TV Show
as Principal (voice)
I'll Be Right There
2024 · Movie
as Henry
Parish
2024 · TV Show
as Anton Valmont
The Madness
2024 · TV Show
as Stu Magnusson
SHARE?
2023 · Movie
as #006395873
Don't Touch My Hair
2023 · Movie
as "The Suit"
The Diplomat
2023 · TV Show
as Todd Penn
Rosaline
2022 · Movie
as Adrian Capulet
We Baby Bears
2022 · TV Show
as Glen (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022 · TV Show
as Thomas Wolfe (voice)
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · Movie
as Stephen Sondheim
How It Ends
2021 · Movie
as Kenny
What If...?
2021 · TV Show
as Colonel Flynn (voice)
The Wonder Years
2021 · TV Show
as Alan Van Der Kamp
The Last Full Measure
2020 · Movie
as Carlton Stanton
Sergio
2020 · Movie
as Paul Bremer
The Call of the Wild
2020 · Movie
as Judge Miller
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020 · Movie
as Josh Lyman
Songbird
2020 · Movie
as William Griffin
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
2020 · TV Show
as Mitch (voice)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Movie
as Dr. Rick Stanton
Phil
2019 · Movie
as Michael Fisk
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019 · Movie
as Magnus
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
2019 · Movie
Valley of the Boom
2019 · TV Show
as James L. Barksdale
Flack
2019 · TV Show
as Calvin Cooper
Perfect Harmony
2019 · TV Show
as Arthur Cochran
Human Discoveries
2019 · TV Show
as Leader Elk (voice)
Infinity Train
2019 · TV Show
as Agent Sieve (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
as Self
Destroyer
2018 · Movie
as DiFranco
The Darkest Minds
2018 · Movie
as President Gray
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
2017 · Movie
as Self
Three Christs
2017 · Movie
as Clyde
Get Out
2017 · Movie
as Dean Armitage
Megan Leavey
2017 · Movie
as Bob
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017 · Movie
as Mr. Schneedy
Unicorn Store
2017 · Movie
as Gene
The Post
2017 · Movie
as Arthur Parsons
Chicago Justice
2017 · TV Show
as Albert Forest
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · TV Show
as Joseph Lawrence
I Saw the Light
2016 · Movie
as Fred Rose
All the Way
2016 · Movie
as Hubert Humphrey
Other People
2016 · Movie
as Norman Mulcahey
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016 · TV Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
HAPPYish
2015 · TV Show
as Jonathan Cooke
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Decoding Annie Parker
2014 · Movie
as Marshall
Transparent
2014 · TV Show
as Magnus, Macy, Magnus Hirschfeld
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Saving Mr. Banks
2013 · Movie
as Don DaGradi
CBGB
2013 · Movie
as Nicky Grant
Savannah
2013 · Movie
as Jack Cay
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
2013 · Movie
as John Flynn
Trophy Wife
2013 · TV Show
as Pete Harrison
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · TV Show
as Roger Peralta
Mom
2013 · TV Show
as Mitch
Drunk History
2013 · TV Show
as William Jennings Bryan
Alpha House
2013 · TV Show
as Senator (Ned)
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 · Movie
as Steve Hadley
No image
The Asset
2012 · Movie
as Leo Maxiell
Go On
2012 · TV Show
as Hughie
Have a Little Faith
2011 · Movie
as Mitch
Shameless
2011 · TV Show
as Abraham Paige
The Good Guys
2010 · TV Show
as Dan Stark
Law & Order: LA
2010 · TV Show
as Attorney Miklin
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · TV Show
as Self
Parks and Recreation
2009 · TV Show
as Councilman Pillner
Bottle Shock
2008 · Movie
as Professor Saunders
Burn Up
2008 · TV Show
as Mack
The Mentalist
2008 · TV Show
as Timothy Carter (uncredited)
In Plain Sight
2008 · TV Show
as Adam Wilson / Adam Roston
An American Crime
2007 · Movie
as Prosecutor
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · TV Show
as Toby Grossnickel
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · TV Show
as Danny Tripp
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005 · Movie
as Al Lowell
Little Manhattan
2005 · Movie
as Adam
Fathers and Sons
2005 · Movie
as Anthony
The Colbert Report
2005 · TV Show
as Self, Self (uncredited)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
as Self
American Dad!
2005 · TV Show
as Vic Mancuso (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Monk
2002 · TV Show
as Dean Berry
Kate & Leopold
2001 · Movie
as J.J. Camden
Banzai
2001 · TV Show
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · TV Show
as Meg's Husband
Bicentennial Man
1999 · Movie
as Lloyd
The Muse
1999 · Movie
as Hal
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
1999 · Movie
as John Morgan, KTML News
Behind the Mask
1999 · Movie
as Brian Shushan
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as Josh Lyman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Frank Maddox, Pence Humphreys
The Secret Lives of Men
1998 · TV Show
Felicity
1998 · TV Show
as Tom Anderson (uncredited)
Masterminds
1997 · Movie
as Miles Lawrence
Red Corner
1997 · Movie
as Bob Ghery
Cloned
1997 · Movie
as Rick Weston
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
1997 · Movie
as Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
My Fellow Americans
1996 · Movie
as Carl Witnaur
Wildly Available
1996 · Movie
as Professor
Tracey Takes On...
1996 · TV Show
High Incident
1996 · TV Show
Billy Madison
1995 · Movie
as Eric Gordon
Nothing But the Truth
1995 · Movie
as 'Mack' McCarthy
MADtv
1995 · TV Show
as Self
The Client
1994 · Movie
as Thomas Fink
The Desperate Trail
1994 · Movie
as Tommy Donnelly
Web of Deception
1994 · Movie
as Larry Lake
Cobb
1994 · Movie
as Process Server
Ellen
1994 · TV Show
as Doug
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as Steve Bell
ER
1994 · TV Show
as Sean O'Brien
RoboCop 3
1993 · Movie
as Fleck
A Perfect World
1993 · Movie
as Bobby Lee
Philadelphia
1993 · Movie
as Jamey Collins
My Life
1993 · Movie
as Paul Ivanovich
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
as Daniel Trepkos
Black Tie Affair
1993 · TV Show
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
as Stu (voice)
NYPD Blue
1993 · TV Show
as Norman Gardner
Scent of a Woman
1992 · Movie
as Randy
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
as Self
Awakenings
1990 · Movie
as Dr. Tyler
Presumed Innocent
1990 · Movie
as Jamie Kemp
Young Guns II
1990 · Movie
as Charles Phalen
Vital Signs
1990 · Movie
as Dr. Donald Ballentine
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Adventures in Babysitting
1987 · Movie
as Mike Todwell
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987 · Movie
as Roger
The Betty Ford Story
1987 · Movie
as Jack Ford
Doorman
1986 · Movie
as Terry Reilly
C.A.T. Squad
1986 · Movie
as Leon Trepper
The Equalizer
1985 · TV Show
as Dillart
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · TV Show
as Tom Dash
A Capitol Fourth
1980 · TV Show
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee
No image
The Spittin' Image
· Movie
Crew Credits
For Worse
2026 · Movie
Producer
Not Going Quietly
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
Perfect Harmony
2019 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · TV Show
Director
The Good Guys
2010 · TV Show
Producer
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · TV Show
Director
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
Writer
