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:
- 101
- First Appeared:
- In the movie We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods
- Latest Project:
- Series Death by Lightning 2025-11-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods | Self / Steve Hadley | 2026 |
| 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 | How It Ends | Kenny | 2021-07-20 |
| Movie | tick, tick... BOOM! | Stephen Sondheim | 2021-11-11 |
| 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 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Rick Stanton | 2019-05-29 |
| Movie | Phil | Michael Fisk | 2019-07-05 |
| Movie | Transparent: Musicale Finale | Magnus | 2019-09-27 |
| Series | Perfect Harmony | Arthur Cochran | 2019-09-26 |
| 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 | Megan Leavey | Bob | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | The Post | Arthur Parsons | 2017-12-22 |
| Movie | Three Christs | Clyde | 2017-09-23 |
| Movie | Unicorn Store | Gene | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Mr. Schneedy | 2017-05-05 |
| Movie | I Saw the Light | Fred Rose | 2016-02-05 |
| Movie | Other People | Norman Mulcahey | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | All the Way | Hubert Humphrey | 2016-05-23 |
| 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 | Saving Mr. Banks | Don DaGradi | 2013-11-29 |
| Movie | CBGB | Nicky Grant | 2013-10-11 |
| Movie | Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter | John Flynn | 2013-10-04 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Bottle Shock | Professor Saunders | 2008-09-05 |
| Series | Burn Up | Mack | 2008-06-10 |
| Movie | An American Crime | Prosecutor | 2007-07-27 |
| Series | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Danny Tripp | 2006-09-18 |
| Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
| Movie | Fathers and Sons | Anthony | 2005-06-02 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Little Manhattan | Adam | 2005-09-26 |
| Movie | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Al Lowell | 2005-06-01 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
| Series | Monk | Dean Berry | 2002-07-12 |
| Movie | Kate & Leopold | J.J. Camden | 2001-12-25 |
| Series | Banzai | Unknown | 2001-01-18 |
| Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown | 2000-01-09 |
| Series | The West Wing | Josh Lyman | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Bicentennial Man | Lloyd | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Brian Shushan | 1999-02-28 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Frank Maddox | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | The Muse | Hal | 1999-08-27 |
| Movie | Countdown: The Sky's on Fire | John Morgan, KTML News | 1999-07-15 |
| Series | The Secret Lives of Men | 1998-09-30 | |
| Movie | Red Corner | Bob Ghery | 1997-10-30 |
| Movie | Cloned | Rick Weston | 1997-09-28 |
| Movie | Masterminds | Miles Lawrence | 1997-08-22 |
| Movie | In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory | Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford) | 1997-01-05 |
| Movie | Wildly Available | Professor | 1996-01-01 |
| Series | Tracey Takes On... | Unknown | 1996-01-24 |
| Series | High Incident | Unknown | 1996-03-04 |
| Movie | My Fellow Americans | Carl Witnaur | 1996-12-20 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Truth | 'Mack' McCarthy | 1995-05-23 |
| Movie | Billy Madison | Eric Gordon | 1995-02-10 |
| Series | Ellen | Unknown | 1994-03-29 |
| Movie | The Client | Thomas Fink | 1994-07-20 |
| Movie | The Desperate Trail | Tommy Donnelly | 1994-10-21 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Unknown | 1994-09-21 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | Web of Deception | Larry Lake | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | RoboCop 3 | Fleck | 1993-01-21 |
| Series | Black Tie Affair | 1993-05-29 | |
| Movie | Philadelphia | Jamey Collins | 1993-12-22 |
| Movie | My Life | Paul Ivanovich | 1993-11-12 |
| Movie | A Perfect World | Bobby Lee | 1993-11-24 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Series | Frasier | Guest Caller - Stu | 1993-09-16 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Scent of a Woman | Randy | 1992-12-23 |
| 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 | Vital Signs | Dr. Donald Ballentine | 1990-04-13 |
| Movie | Adventures in Babysitting | Mike Todwell | 1987-07-01 |
| Movie | The Betty Ford Story | Jack Ford | 1987-03-02 |
| Movie | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Roger | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | C.A.T. Squad | Leon Trepper | 1986-07-27 |
| Movie | Doorman | Terry Reilly | 1986-01-02 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Tales from the Darkside | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |