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Bradley Whitford

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Bradley Whitford

Born October 10, 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA75 films

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.

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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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Essential films

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Get Out poster7.6Get Out2017Scent of a Woman poster7.8Scent of a Woman1992Awakenings poster7.8Awakenings1990The Call of the Wild poster7.5The Call of the Wild2020The Cabin in the Woods poster6.7The Cabin in the Woods2012Bicentennial Man poster7.3Bicentennial Man1999Saving Mr. Banks poster7.3Saving Mr. Banks2013The Post poster7.0The Post2017

Filmography

75 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Spittin' Image
  2. 2026Office RomancePeter Vance
  3. 2026Reminders of HimPatrick Landry
  4. 2026For WorseDave
  5. 2025FruitHeadRichard
  6. 2025The Big EverythingGod
  7. 2024I'll Be Right ThereHenry
  8. 2023SHARE?#006395873
  9. 2023Don't Touch My Hair"The Suit"
  10. 2022RosalineAdrian Capulet
  11. 2021tick, tick... BOOM!Stephen Sondheim
  12. 2021How It EndsKenny
  13. 2020SongbirdWilliam Griffin
  14. 2020A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All VoteJosh Lyman
  15. 2020The Call of the WildJudge Miller
  16. 2020SergioPaul Bremer
  17. 2020The Last Full MeasureCarlton Stanton
  18. 2019Transparent: Musicale FinaleMagnus
  19. 2019PhilMichael Fisk
  20. 2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersDr. Rick Stanton
  21. 2018DestroyerDiFranco
  22. 2018The Darkest MindsPresident Gray
  23. 2017The PostArthur Parsons
  24. 2017Three ChristsClyde
  25. 2017Unicorn StoreGene
  26. 2017Megan LeaveyBob
  27. 2017A Happening of Monumental ProportionsMr. Schneedy
  28. 2017Get OutDean Armitage
  29. 2016Other PeopleNorman Mulcahey
  30. 2016All the WayHubert Humphrey
  31. 2016I Saw the LightFred Rose
  32. 2014Decoding Annie ParkerMarshall
  33. 2013Saving Mr. BanksDon DaGradi
  34. 2013CBGBNicky Grant
  35. 2013Marvel One-Shot: Agent CarterJohn Flynn
  36. 2013SavannahJack Cay
  37. 2012The Cabin in the WoodsSteve Hadley
  38. 2012The AssetLeo Maxiell
  39. 2011Have a Little FaithMitch
  40. 2008Bottle ShockProfessor Saunders
  41. 2007An American CrimeProsecutor
  42. 2005Little ManhattanAdam
  43. 2005Fathers and SonsAnthony
  44. 2005The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsAl Lowell
  45. 2001Kate & LeopoldJ.J. Camden
  46. 1999Bicentennial ManLloyd
  47. 1999The MuseHal
  48. 1999Countdown: The Sky's on FireJohn Morgan, KTML News
  49. 1999Behind the MaskBrian Shushan
  50. 1997Red CornerBob Ghery
  51. 1997ClonedRick Weston
  52. 1997MastermindsMiles Lawrence
  53. 1997In the Line of Duty: Blaze of GloryTom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
  54. 1996My Fellow AmericansCarl Witnaur
  55. 1996Wildly AvailableProfessor
  56. 1995Nothing But the Truth'Mack' McCarthy
  57. 1995Billy MadisonEric Gordon
  58. 1994CobbProcess Server
  59. 1994The Desperate TrailTommy Donnelly
  60. 1994The ClientThomas Fink
  61. 1994Web of DeceptionLarry Lake
  62. 1993PhiladelphiaJamey Collins
  63. 1993A Perfect WorldBobby Lee
  64. 1993My LifePaul Ivanovich
  65. 1993RoboCop 3Fleck
  66. 1992Scent of a WomanRandy
  67. 1990AwakeningsDr. Tyler
  68. 1990Young Guns IICharles Phalen
  69. 1990Presumed InnocentJamie Kemp
  70. 1990Vital SignsDr. Donald Ballentine
  71. 1987Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in ParadiseRoger
  72. 1987Adventures in BabysittingMike
  73. 1987The Betty Ford StoryJack Ford
  74. 1986C.A.T. SquadLeon Trepper
  75. 1986DoormanTerry Reilly