Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy The Good Guys, as Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison. Whitford has been nominated for three consecutive Emmy Awards from 2001-2003 for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" for his role on The West Wing, winning the award in 2001. This role has also garnered him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role". Description above from the Wikipedia article Bradley Whitford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 10, 1959 In Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 100
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Office Romance
- Latest Project:
- Series Death by Lightning 2025-11-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Don't Touch My Hair | 2026 | |
| Movie | Office Romance | Peter Vance | 2026 |
| Series | Death by Lightning | James Blaine | 2025-11-06 |
| Movie | I'll Be Right There | Henry | 2024-09-06 |
| Movie | Rosaline | Adrian Capulet | 2022-10-11 |
| Movie | tick, tick... BOOM! | Stephen Sondheim | 2021-11-11 |
| Movie | How It Ends | Kenny | 2021-07-20 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Carlton Stanton | 2020-01-23 |
| Movie | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Josh Lyman | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | Songbird | William Griffin | 2020-12-10 |
| Movie | The Call of the Wild | Judge Miller | 2020-02-19 |
| Movie | Sergio | Paul Bremer | 2020-01-28 |
| Series | Valley of the Boom | James L. Barksdale | 2019-01-13 |
| Movie | Phil | Michael Fisk | 2019-07-05 |
| Movie | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Rick Stanton | 2019-05-29 |
| Series | Perfect Harmony | Arthur Cochran | 2019-09-26 |
| Movie | Transparent: Musicale Finale | Magnus | 2019-09-27 |
| Movie | Destroyer | DiFranco | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | The Darkest Minds | President Gray | 2018-07-25 |
| Movie | Get Out | Dean Armitage | 2017-02-24 |
| Series | The Handmaid's Tale | Commander Joseph Lawrence | 2017-04-26 |
| Movie | Unicorn Store | Gene | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | The Post | Arthur Parsons | 2017-12-22 |
| Movie | Three Christs | Clyde | 2017-09-23 |
| Movie | Megan Leavey | Bob | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Mr. Schneedy | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | All the Way | Hubert Humphrey | 2016-05-23 |
| Movie | Other People | Norman Mulcahey | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | I Saw the Light | Fred Rose | 2016-02-05 |
| Series | HAPPYish | Jonathan Cooke | 2015-04-26 |
| Movie | Decoding Annie Parker | Marshall | 2014-05-02 |
| Movie | Savannah | Jack Cay | 2013-04-25 |
| Series | Trophy Wife | Pete Harrison | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter | John Flynn | 2013-10-04 |
| Movie | CBGB | Nicky Grant | 2013-10-11 |
| Movie | Saving Mr. Banks | Don DaGradi | 2013-11-29 |
| Movie | The Cabin in the Woods | Steve Hadley | 2012-04-12 |
| Movie | Have a Little Faith | Mitch | 2011-11-27 |
| Series | The Good Guys | Dan Stark | 2010-05-19 |
| Series | Burn Up | Mack | 2008-06-10 |
| Movie | Bottle Shock | Professor Saunders | 2008-09-05 |
| Movie | An American Crime | Prosecutor | 2007-07-27 |
| Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Series | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Danny Tripp | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Al Lowell | 2005-06-01 |
| Movie | Fathers and Sons | Anthony | 2005-06-02 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Little Manhattan | Adam | 2005-09-26 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Monk | Dean Berry | 2002-07-12 |
| Series | Banzai | Unknown | 2001-01-18 |
| Movie | Kate & Leopold | J.J. Camden | 2001-12-25 |
| Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown | 2000-01-09 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Brian Shushan | 1999-02-28 |
| Movie | Countdown: The Sky's on Fire | John Morgan, KTML News | 1999-07-15 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Frank Maddox | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Bicentennial Man | Lloyd | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | The Muse | Hal | 1999-08-27 |
| Series | The West Wing | Josh Lyman | 1999-09-22 |
| Series | The Secret Lives of Men | 1998-09-30 | |
| Movie | In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory | Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford) | 1997-01-05 |
| Movie | Masterminds | Miles Lawrence | 1997-08-22 |
| Movie | Cloned | Rick Weston | 1997-09-28 |
| Movie | Red Corner | Bob Ghery | 1997-10-30 |
| Movie | My Fellow Americans | Carl Witnaur | 1996-12-20 |
| Series | Tracey Takes On... | Unknown | 1996-01-24 |
| Series | High Incident | Unknown | 1996-03-04 |
| Movie | Wildly Available | Professor | 1996-01-01 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | Billy Madison | Eric Gordon | 1995-02-10 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Truth | 'Mack' McCarthy | 1995-05-23 |
| Series | Ellen | Unknown | 1994-03-29 |
| Movie | Web of Deception | Larry Lake | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | The Desperate Trail | Tommy Donnelly | 1994-10-21 |
| Movie | The Client | Thomas Fink | 1994-07-20 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | RoboCop 3 | Fleck | 1993-01-21 |
| Series | Black Tie Affair | 1993-05-29 | |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | A Perfect World | Bobby Lee | 1993-11-24 |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Jamey Collins | 1993-12-22 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Stu | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | My Life | Paul Ivanovich | 1993-11-12 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Scent of a Woman | Randy | 1992-12-23 |
| Movie | Vital Signs | Dr. Donald Ballentine | 1990-04-13 |
| Movie | Young Guns II | Charles Phalen | 1990-08-01 |
| Movie | Awakenings | Dr. Tyler | 1990-12-04 |
| Movie | Presumed Innocent | Jamie Kemp | 1990-07-27 |
| Movie | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Roger | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | The Betty Ford Story | Jack Ford | 1987-03-02 |
| Movie | Adventures in Babysitting | Mike Todwell | 1987-07-01 |
| Movie | Doorman | Terry Reilly | 1986-01-02 |
| Movie | C.A.T. Squad | Leon Trepper | 1986-07-27 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Tales from the Darkside | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |