Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television political drama The West Wing (1999–2006), for which he was nominated for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from 2001 to 2003, winning in 2001. The role earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations.
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 Mindsand Rick Stanton in the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
In 2015, he won a second Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Marcy in Transparent and later garnered a fifth nomination for portraying Magnus Hirschfeld in the same series. Since 2018, Whitford has portrayed Commander Joseph Lawrence in the Hulu dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale, for which he won his third Primetime Emmy Award in 2019.
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I'll Be Right There
Henry
2024
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2023
Decoding Annie Parker
Marshall
2014
Saving Mr. Banks
Don DaGradi
2013
CBGB
Nicky Grant
2013
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
John Flynn
2013
Savannah
Jack Cay
2013
The Cabin in the Woods
Steve Hadley
2012
Have a Little Faith
Mitch
2011
Bottle Shock
Professor Saunders
2008
An American Crime
Prosecutor
2007
Little Manhattan
Adam
2005
Fathers and Sons
Anthony
2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Al Lowell
2005
Kate & Leopold
J.J. Camden
2001
Bicentennial Man
Lloyd
1999
The Muse
Hal
1999
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
John Morgan, KTML News
1999
Red Corner
Bob Ghery
1997
Masterminds
Miles Lawrence
1997
The People
Michael Leary
1997
My Fellow Americans
Carl Witnaur
1996
Billy Madison
Eric Gordon
1995
The Desperate Trail
Tommy Donnelly
1994
The Client
Thomas Fink
1994
Philadelphia
Jamey Collins
1993
A Perfect World
Bobby Lee
1993
My Life
Paul Ivanovich
1993
RoboCop 3
Fleck
1993
Scent of a Woman
Randy
1992
Awakenings
Dr. Tyler
1990
Young Guns II
Charles Phalen
1990
Presumed Innocent
Jamie Kemp
1990
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Roger
1987
Adventures in Babysitting
Mike Todwell
1987
Don't Touch My Hair
For Worse
2025
Rosaline
Adrian Capulet
2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
Stephen Sondheim
2021
How It Ends
Kenny
2021
Songbird
William Griffin
2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Josh Lyman
2020
The Call of the Wild
Judge Miller
2020
Sergio
Paul Bremer
2020
The Last Full Measure
Carlton Stanton
2020
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Magnus
2019
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
2019
Phil
Michael Fisk
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Dr. Rick Stanton
2019
Destroyer
DiFranco
2018
The Darkest Minds
President Gray
2018
The Post
Arthur Parsons
2017
Three Christs
Clyde
2017
Unicorn Store
Gene
2017
Megan Leavey
Bob
2017
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
Self
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Mr. Schneedy
2017
Get Out
Dean Armitage
2017
Other People
Norman Mulcahey
2016
All the Way
Hubert Humphrey
2016
I Saw the Light
Fred Rose
2016
The Asset
Leo Maxiell
2012
Behind the Mask
Brian Shushan
1999
Cloned
Rick Weston
1997
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
1997
Wildly Available
Professor
1996
Nothing But the Truth
'Mack' McCarthy
1995
Web of Deception
Larry Lake
1994
Vital Signs
Dr. Donald Ballentine
1990
The Betty Ford Story
Jack Ford
1987
C.A.T. Squad
Leon Trepper
1986
Doorman
Terry Reilly
1986
The Spittin' Image
Office Romance
Peter Vance
Reminders of Him
Patrick Landry
2026
#1 Happy Family USA
Principal (voice) · (1 episode)
2025
The Madness
Stu Magnusson · (8 episodes)
2024
Parish
Anton Valmont · (3 episodes)
2024
The U.S. and the Holocaust
(voice) · (3 episodes)
2022
We Baby Bears
Glen (voice) · (1 episode)
2022
The Wonder Years
Alan Van Der Kamp · (1 episode)
2021
What If...?
Colonel Flynn (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Perfect Harmony
Arthur Cochran · (13 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Infinity Train
Agent Sieve (voice) · (5 episodes)
2019
Human Discoveries
Leader Elk (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
Flack
Calvin Cooper · (1 episode)
2019
Valley of the Boom
James L. Barksdale · (6 episodes)
2019
The Handmaid's Tale
Joseph Lawrence · (35 episodes)
2017
Chicago Justice
Albert Forest · (1 episode)
2017
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self · (1 episode)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
HAPPYish
Jonathan Cooke · (10 episodes)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Transparent
Magnus · (1 episode)
2014
Transparent
Macy · (4 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Trophy Wife
Pete Harrison · (22 episodes)
2013
Mom
Mitch · (2 episodes)
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Roger Peralta · (4 episodes)
2013
Drunk History
William Jennings Bryan · (1 episode)
2013
Alpha House
Senator (Ned) · (1 episode)
2013
Go On
Hughie · (1 episode)
2012
Shameless
Abraham Paige · (2 episodes)
2011
Law & Order: LA
Attorney Miklin · (1 episode)
2010
The Good Guys
Dan Stark · (20 episodes)
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Parks and Recreation
Councilman Pillner · (1 episode)
2009
The Mentalist
Timothy Carter (uncredited) · (1 episode)
2008
Burn Up
Mack · (2 episodes)
2008
In Plain Sight
Adam Wilson / Adam Roston · (1 episode)
2008
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Toby Grossnickel · (1 episode)
2007
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Danny Tripp · (22 episodes)
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
The Colbert Report
Self · (1 episode)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (6 episodes)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
2003
Monk
Dean Berry · (1 episode)
2002
Banzai
(1 episode)
2001
Malcolm in the Middle
Meg's Husband · (2 episodes)
2000
The West Wing
Josh Lyman · (154 episodes)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Frank Maddox · (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Pence Humphreys · (1 episode)
1999
The Secret Lives of Men
(13 episodes)
1998
Felicity
Tom Anderson (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1998
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
High Incident
(1 episode)
1996
Tracey Takes On...
(1 episode)
1996
MADtv
Self · (1 episode)
1995
Touched by an Angel
Steve Bell · (1 episode)
1994
ER
Sean O'Brien · (2 episodes)
1994
Ellen
Doug · (1 episode)
1994
NYPD Blue
Norman Gardner · (4 episodes)
1993
Frasier
Stu (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
The X-Files
Daniel Trepkos · (1 episode)
1993
Black Tie Affair
(13 episodes)
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (1 episode)
1992
The Equalizer
Dillart · (1 episode)
1985
Tales from the Darkside
Tom Dash · (1 episode)
1984
A Capitol Fourth
Self · (44 episodes)
1980
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
Death by Lightning
James Blaine · (1 episode)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (3 episodes)
1944