Cast & creator
Bradley Whitford
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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.
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film credits
82
television credits
154
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (161)
Showing 161 of 161 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Frank Maddox
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Pence Humphreys
1999
The Mentalist
Timothy Carter (uncredited)
2008
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
American Dad!
Vic Mancuso (voice)
2005
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Shameless
Abraham Paige
2011
The View
Self
1997
The Colbert Report
Self
2005The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
2005
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The X-Files
Daniel Trepkos
1993
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The West Wing
Josh Lyman
1999The West Wing
Writer
1999
Frasier
Stu (voice)
1993
Monk
Dean Berry
2002
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Roger Peralta
2013
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
ER
Sean O'Brien
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Malcolm in the Middle
Meg's Husband
2000
Parks and Recreation
Councilman Pillner
2009
NYPD Blue
Norman Gardner
1993
The Handmaid's Tale
Joseph Lawrence
2017The Handmaid's Tale
Director
2017
Touched by an Angel
Steve Bell
1994
Mom
Mitch
2013
What If...?
Colonel Flynn (voice)
2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Tales from the Darkside
Tom Dash
1984
The Equalizer
Dillart
1985
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self
2016
Ellen
Doug
1994
We Baby Bears
Glen (voice)
2022
In Plain Sight
Adam Wilson / Adam Roston
2008
Felicity
Tom Anderson (uncredited)
1998
The Diplomat
Todd Penn
2023
Get Out
Dean Armitage
2017
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Drunk History
William Jennings Bryan
2013
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
Mitch (voice)
2020
The Sarah Silverman Program
Toby Grossnickel
2007
Transparent
Magnus
2014Transparent
Macy
2014Transparent
Magnus Hirschfeld
2014
Law & Order: LA
Attorney Miklin
2010
Infinity Train
Agent Sieve (voice)
2019
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
The Cabin in the Woods
Steve Hadley
2012
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Dr. Rick Stanton
2019
Tracey Takes On...
1996
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Danny Tripp
2006Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Director
2006
Reminders of Him
Patrick Landry
2026
Scent of a Woman
Randy
1992
The Good Guys
Dan Stark
2010The Good Guys
Producer
2010
Go On
Hughie
2012
Alpha House
Senator (Ned)
2013
The Wonder Years
Alan Van Der Kamp
2021
The Post
Arthur Parsons
2017
Flack
Calvin Cooper
2019
The Call of the Wild
Judge Miller
2020
Office Romance
Peter Vance
2026
Bicentennial Man
Lloyd
1999
Chicago Justice
Albert Forest
2017
The Client
Thomas Fink
1994
High Incident
1996
The Darkest Minds
President Gray
2018
The Madness
Stu Magnusson
2024
Parish
Anton Valmont
2024
A Capitol Fourth
Self
1980
A Perfect World
Bobby Lee
1993
Awakenings
Dr. Tyler
1990
Trophy Wife
Pete Harrison
2013
Death by Lightning
James Blaine
2025
Songbird
William Griffin
2020
#1 Happy Family USA
Principal (voice)
2025
Presumed Innocent
Jamie Kemp
1990
RoboCop 3
Fleck
1993
Philadelphia
Jamey Collins
1993
Perfect Harmony
Arthur Cochran
2019Perfect Harmony
Executive Producer
2019
Human Discoveries
Leader Elk (voice)
2019
Saving Mr. Banks
Don DaGradi
2013
Kate & Leopold
J.J. Camden
2001
Red Corner
Bob Ghery
1997
tick, tick... BOOM!
Stephen Sondheim
2021
Megan Leavey
Bob
2017
Billy Madison
Eric Gordon
1995
The Last Full Measure
Carlton Stanton
2020
HAPPYish
Jonathan Cooke
2015
Adventures in Babysitting
Mike
1987
Young Guns II
Charles Phalen
1990
Valley of the Boom
James L. Barksdale
2019
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Thomas Wolfe (voice)
2022
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Al Lowell
2005
An American Crime
Prosecutor
2007
Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
John Flynn
2013
Three Christs
Clyde
2017
Banzai
2001
All the Way
Hubert Humphrey
2016
I Saw the Light
Fred Rose
2016
Little Manhattan
Adam
2005
MADtv
Self
1995
Destroyer
DiFranco
2018
The Secret Lives of Men
1998
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Roger
1987
My Life
Paul Ivanovich
1993
Black Tie Affair
1993
Rosaline
Adrian Capulet
2022
How It Ends
Kenny
2021
My Fellow Americans
Carl Witnaur
1996
Unicorn Store
Gene
2017
Bottle Shock
Professor Saunders
2008
Other People
Norman Mulcahey
2016
Vital Signs
Dr. Donald Ballentine
1990
CBGB
Nicky Grant
2013
The Muse
Hal
1999
Wildly Available
Professor
1996
Cobb
Process Server
1994
Fathers and Sons
Anthony
2005
Decoding Annie Parker
Marshall
2014
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Mr. Schneedy
2017
I'll Be Right There
Henry
2024
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory
Tom LaSalle (credited as Brad Whitford)
1997
Burn Up
Mack
2008
Masterminds
Miles Lawrence
1997
Sergio
Paul Bremer
2020
The Desperate Trail
Tommy Donnelly
1994
Savannah
Jack Cay
2013
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Josh Lyman
2020
For Worse
Dave
2026For Worse
Producer
2026
C.A.T. Squad
Leon Trepper
1986
The Betty Ford Story
Jack Ford
1987
Phil
Michael Fisk
2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Magnus
2019
Behind the Mask
Brian Shushan
1999
Nothing But the Truth
'Mack' McCarthy
1995
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
John Morgan, KTML News
1999
Have a Little Faith
Mitch
2011
Web of Deception
Larry Lake
1994
Don't Touch My Hair
"The Suit"
2023
SHARE?
#006395873
2023
Cloned
Rick Weston
1997
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
Self
2017
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
2019The Asset
Leo Maxiell
2012
Not Going Quietly
Executive Producer
2021The Spittin' Image
The Big Everything
God
2025
FruitHead
Richard
2025
Doorman
Terry Reilly
1986